English Wheel Work on YouTube

[Lionelgee]

William Longyard has five YouTube clips of Geoff Moss using an English wheel to fabricate a Lotus 11 front panel.

Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6GTMAMUee4
Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbnyUbPq6fI
Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xl7TrjiwIc
Part 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MkoKqiYx8s
Part 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDkVobW1uQY
These clips are just superb and mesmerising to watch.

William Longyard has also filmed Wray Schelin rolling the front section of a Jaguar E-Type mudguard on an English wheel
Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLxk9s0tmcs
Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7T2rWu9NZk
Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeQoxbR_Pmw

Wray Schelin uses log shrinking - gee it looks so destructive that you think the panel is ruined

Part 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDfXDbadhYo

The amount of weight and the sturdiness of the English wheels used certainly makes other English wheels on the market really look puny in comparison.

I hope you enjoy watching these clips as much as I did. A special thank you to the craftsman involved and to William Longyard for filming and posting up these clips on YouTube.

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Chops]

Down in Melbourne here, there used to be a show on C31 that showed a guy doing a lot of this work.
Its really cool to see a good craftsman in action.
He used to also use a wooden block which had like a bean bag on it that he belted with a wooden mallet to help shape stuff.

Thanks for pointing these clips out Lionel. :D

[Didge]

Wow, that's absolutely amazing. It's like a magician's sleight of hand trick - does he vary the pressure with a foot press? I'm gobsmacked at his spatial & geometrical awareness but I guess that's developed over time. It got me into looking at other panel beating videos - would be a good skill to develop in our line of leisure activities, eh?

[gromit]

Down in Melbourne here, there used to be a show on C31 that showed a guy doing a lot of this work.
Its really cool to see a good craftsman in action.
He used to also use a wooden block which had like a bean bag on it that he belted with a wooden mallet to help shape stuff.

Thanks for pointing these clips out Lionel. :D

The guys on C31 were Peach & Tommasini.
Peach seems to have dropped off the map but Peter Tommasini runs a classic car resto business in Bayswater.
Peter Tommasini - Classic Car Restoration (http://www.handbuilt.net.au/)

Colin

[Don 130]

The Peach and Tommasini set of DVDs is still available as far as I know. I recently bought a pristine set off ebay. (SH) They're excellent.

Gasolene Peach & Tommasini 6 DVD Set - The Pitstop Bookshop (http://www.pitstop.net.au/products/gasolene-peach-and-tommasini-6-dvd-set/)

Don.