[99 to Life]

last pic is my self built english wheel that is almost done. still need to finish up the bottom nest and a few other things and final weld. big thanks to shannonpanel or 48chevypanel he use to post on here alot. He sent me the HF dies he had laying around. I'll use these till I get good enough to need some hoosier profile dies which are expensive. I literally have $20 or so in this. Its super low buck with material I had laying around. I got about 6hrs in it so far and coulda been faster had I had some better material to use for the bottom adjuster. Hopefully this threaded rod works and I won't need acme thread.

I made it a point to finally build buy or whatever I gotta do with stepping up my tools. I have very little tools and when it comes to shaping metal I want some better tools to try and push my skill level. I know I can do it, I just don't have simple things like a shrinker/stretcher. So next on the list is the HF bead roller that I'll be making electric. I want to keep my tools as diverse as I can. I don't want all HF stuff so I'll make what I can and hopefully find some old tools to fill in if I possible. I want to support usa made stuff, but I simply can't afford most stuff. I honestly still work out of a portable craftsman mechanics tool set, don't even own a real tool box!!