From this picture? It’s all the info I can get at the moment. it’s going to take considerable effort in traveling and moving things around to get at it. I’d like to research a bit before committing. It looks familiar but can’t seem to find it. Thanks for the help.
What is it you're looking for? I can see it doesn't have a drop lever to lower the bottom wheel. To remove what you're working on it looks like you have to drop through the adjusting wheel. If the top wheel is as rusty as it looks you're probably going to resurface and polish it, pits will transfer.
It probably does but I can’t get anyone to read it until I go drive there, crawl over the pile and read it myself.
Make sure it has all the parts to make it operate as it should. It has that "parts are missing" look!
looks like an older mittler brothers before they started building them with the offset wheels. here is a picture of a similar one that i thought might be an older mittler unit too but it wasn't identified what brand it was.
That is a Metal Crafters (99% sure) made in NC. They were built in conjunction with John Glover a very accomplished wheel man from England. Glover sold how to tapes, wheel plans, and tools. Search YouTube and I’d bet he comes up. It’s a good machine. A new one is around $3200, I’ve seen used go for $750. Make sure the top wheel and lower anvil wheels are pit free, if not the defects will transfer to your panel(s). There is a quick release on the lower yoke for panel entry/ removal. Metal Ace is the brand that Trick Tools and basically copied/ used the Glover blueprint. They have updated their version a couple years ago with more bracing. Your welcome to call me if you have questions I know a little about this stuff…
Yep looks like the anvils are there, still wrapped from the looks of it. So maybe never used ? Depending on price it looks like a good find !!
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