Stark USA Benchtop English Wheel Sheet Metal Shaping Tool, Heavy-Duty Metal Forming Machine for Automotive Body Panels, Motorcycle Fenders, Custom Fabrication & Metalworking Projects

Works great if your in a pinch... The anvils are the best part of this English wheel. I modified it by adding set screws to the lower anvil mount to steady the unit.

Awesome little English wheel, works really good.

Good for $100 if you're willing to do a little drilling and welding. You're buying this to start fabricating right? So start here: 1. The holes for the top wheel pin are too big so it wobbles - weld them shut and drill the proper diameter. 2. The gap between the top fork ears is too wide - use washers to center the wheel. Center, not just move to one side, because the ears are also misaligned and moving the wheel to one side will wedge it. 3. The bottom fork has a lot of play - drill and tap a hole for a bolt to wedge and hold the bottom fork in place. 4. The bottom wheel doesn't square up to the top one - cut the bottom fork head off, lign it up so the planes of the two wheels align, weld the fork back together in that position. This shouldn't take you more than an hour and you'll have a decent tool to learn on. I've seen people here say "the wheels alone are worth the $100" - I disagree, the bearings have a lot of play. But again, you're looking at the cheapest English wheel on the market - what are you expecting?! 5/5 for the price and the cheap metal that is easy to drill, tap, and weld.

First of all when I read the reviews, I knew I was only getting it for the dies. When I received it I confirmed the Chinese don’t know or didn’t care about welding it square. assembled the wheels were off center, and the frame was not well reinforced. I decided to save my metal that was to rebuild the frame, for another project. So I added a couple of washers to the bigger wheel to center it and keep it from moving side to side. Cut a slit in the frame to center the lower wheel and pounded it square followed by a good bead of weld. Then I added a gusset to frame to make the bigger stationary wheel more ridged. I had also added a couple of shims to center and reinforce the telescoping wheel support.So in essence don’t think it will work out of the box, because it’s garbage. But I knew what I was getting into, and had the options to address.

Don't expect to make a metal body for a car, but makes compound curves very well for patch panels. I'll reinforce the framework so I can work it faster, but great for the price

For my shop it's going to be amazing. Ill weld some gusset on the frame, take the slop out of the wheels and it'll be great!

Decent starter English wheel AFTER modifications. Frame was not square, wheels misaligned. Bent frame 1/4" to align the wheels, this moved the stationary wheel into alignment. Then shimmed the lower wheel shaft to take the slop out of it. Now with both wheels aligned it works reasonably well. Rather than clamping it in the vise I made two brackets and can now bolt or clamp it to any surface. Now more stable than clamping it in the vise, two contact points rather than one. Also modified the die holder rails to lock the dies in place, the pins cannot move out of the dies. It now work great. A little scrap steel I already had and about 2 hours of work to make it an affordable hobby shop metal working tool.

I'm a DIYer/ welder/ metal sculpting/ tinkerer artist aficionado. That being said: YES, it is not a "top notch all pro" tool. But what do you expect for the PRICE? Gimme a break, go spend close to $1K on a professional tool and quit complaining about this one! It does what its supposed to do, and does it good. Yes, taking the play from the top roller helps and fiddling with it here and there helps too, but it works FINE.

Pour une atelier de carrosserie comme moi ! Cest parfait pour fabriquer des pieces pour restaurer des vehicules!

Bon pour débuter seulement

Needs reinforcing and to build a strong stand