English wheel and related popularity

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:25:50 -0800, the inscrutable Eric R Snow spake:

I had never heard of an English wheel until I saw that crazy f*ck Jesse James using one on an episode of Monster Garage.

The answer to your question is a resounding "yes", Eric.

--- After they make styrofoam, what do they ship it in? --Steven Wright

I liked his description - " ... it is a great machine for making blood come out under your fingernail."

I was surprised how many people recognized an english wheel when I was demoing one at an art show, totally due to the TV shows on cycles and hot rods. Three years ago, I had never heard of one, now I use one for art.

Richard

Eric R Snow wrote:

Once again, I feel like I was born either too soon or too late. I was fascinated by these things after reading the English book _Sports Car Bodywork_, published around 1962 or so, in which they were called "wheeling machines." When I was a teenager I wanted one in the worst way. I had a big custom-made shot bag, made for me by a local shoemaker, and I made lots of mallets, but I wanted a wheeling machine. I just couldn't find any photos or drawings of them.

Now they're available, along with lots of instruction for using them. But now, I could care less about using one.

BTW, I still have the book, which contains large, fold-out drawings of homemade chassis and body drawings for some traditional sports cars.

-- Ed Huntress

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 02:50:39 GMT, the inscrutable Richard Ferguson spake:

If you don't mind my asking, what did you buy and what did it cost? Size, weight, brand, accessories, etc, please.

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I used one many years ago in our high school auto body shop. Greg

A lot of interest has also been generated on the web by Terry Cowin's efforts at

regards,

John