Metal shaping

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Custom Metal Fabrication

Cleaveland Tool's Edge Forming ToolHow to adjust and use the edge rolling tool.http://www.cleavelandtool.com/Edge-Forming-Tool/productinfo/EF60/#.VftnqflViko...

Modified/re-purposed vise grips Sheetmetal and Fab

Making a mini-English wheel using a large C-Clamp

Design and Build an English Wheel: An english wheel is a classic hand-powered shop tool for making two-dimensional curves in sheet metal. Its used for making aircraft skins, car body parts, suits of armor and other applications where a smooth surface on the sheet is desired, so…

Fritz - great idea. I have to ask though: did you test this set-up the same way in which one would test a magneto for spark?? (sorry my friend!)

How two hands and an old-world tool made some of the sexiest car bodies in history.

Some stuff I've had and still have That is a huge English wheel!