hoosier lower anvils

[luke1020]

I will be building a benchmount E-wheel with a 24" or 26" throat.I am on a very tight budget so I cannot afford a set of lower anvils.What anvils would be a good start if you could only buy 2 or 3 to get started with.I will be using a 2"x 6" upper wheel.Thank you for any reply's.

[Peter Tommasini]

HI Luke
I think for the moment you should just buy the one that is almost flat (Not dead flat) and the next one should have just a bit moore crown I use them for most of my work, leave the full crown for the time been untill you have some practice on the wheel
Peter

[Hairy-Neil]

Agreed, buy the low crown ones. Many high crown panels can be wheeled with low crown anvils by putting them out of arrangement.

[Dawai]

Not a real stiff frame?? make sure you got "true radius" wheels.
The ones with center flats come out of alignment under the pressure and you are riding on a "edge" of the lower anvil when it flexes the "softer" frame.

I have used HF ewheels, the anvils are not perfect, but roll. A set of them are reasonable, and "work great" under a go cart slick too to bend metal in a arc. (what I'd do if I was building a light frame)

Perhaps Joe or others will back up my statements here. (Joe makes them true radius rollers too)

If you require better tools.. and Hoosier has been the best so far. THE anvils are true works of art. I panicked when I saw "spots" coming up on mine from humidity and poor storage. Now they are snuggled in oily socks.

[Hairy-Neil]

Whilst it's not the question you asked, If cash was tight and some of my tools had to go I would get rid of the wheeling machine long before I parted with the planishing hammer. Use it far more than the wheel.

Starting out again I'd invest in the P hammer first.

[luke1020]

Thank you for the reply's.I will take the advice that you all gave.I will try out the Harbor Freight anvils.Anything is better than nothing.

[jlrussell4]

Anything is better than nothing


Maybe not :lol: Some of them are O.K., others have poor bearings, some are out of round. Trying to learn to use a good ewheel with bad parts is not a good deal in my opinion. even a "bad" frame with good anvils is workable.

[Joefish]

Whilst it's not the question you asked, If cash was tight and some of my tools had to go I would get rid of the wheeling machine long before I parted with the planishing hammer. Use it far more than the wheel.

Starting out again I'd invest in the P hammer first.

I could not agree with you more. I use my Mechammer a lot more than my e wheel