Slippery Anne update

[Ian Williams]

I believe they have been around since before WW1 however don't forget they were only commonly used in the UK hence the American term English wheel. Don't be fooled into thinking you need a wheeling machine to produce compound curved panels, they do however great speed up planishing and make is easier to stretch evenly when producing large low crown panels. As Mark already indicated everything on his car could be produced with nothing more than a couple of hammers, dolly's and a sand bag, it would just take longer. Metal shaping is actually not that hard to do once you understand the basic principles of shrinking and stretching the material, both of which can be done with hand tools, even so many consider it a black art, I tried to explained some of these skills in the threads about rebuilding my special. Here in Auckland we run a fortnightly Body building workshop where we pass on these techniques, anyone is welcome to come along for a contribution of just $10 a session to cover costs.