I was given a partially completed wheel frame by a good friend. I decided to reshape it a bit, and although I have no use for a wheel this large, I couldn't see the point in cutting the frame down.
I decided that because the frame was this large, if I made the front face flat and parallel, and if I bolted the wheel components to the frame, then I could use the frame with interchangeable tooling. A louver tool and planishing hammer are two possibilities.
I have incorporated some cast iron wheels from an old floor jack in the rear, so the frame is movable.
With the frame complete I started on the wheel components. The lower housing is trailer hitch receiver tube. The height adjuster is from an old vise and I will replace the handle with a wheel at a later date.
The lower wheel mount I fabricated with a quick release. The riser blocks are aluminum, I'll see how they go, I may have to make them from something else. The anvil wheels were purchased complete with bearings and shaft from "Metalman Tools" here in Australia.
The upper wheel is a cast iron dumpster wheel that I refaced and polished. Test run on a piece of aluminum s**** and all seemed well, time for paint.
Painted in hammer-finish grey and had all the parts and fasteners zinc plated. I still have to make a lower turn wheel and a rack for the anvils. Oh yeah and I'll need to learn to use it I guess, I know the basics, I just need to put the miles up on it.
Sorry for the extreme lateness of this reply, but I haven't been on here much for a while. It's a 5 inch offset fabricated steel, can't remember the brand, the sticker/decal didn't last long. I like the fabricated steel vises over the cast ones because I can be a bit rough with them. They will bend over time,but you will never break one.
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