Wheeling machines

[Ian Williams]

Thanks for the complementary comment Martin. I was looking at the photos of the van you are building, which looks great btw, and perhaps can offer some constructive suggestions for paneling them if you are intending to produce further examples. You could make a timber hammer form for the shape of the wheel arch, and other areas for that matter, this would allow you to easily turn the flange and stretch the metal around the curve without the need to cut tabs as it appears you have on this first one. I have found this technique extremely useful when producing all sorts of sections, added to which it is very repeatable, if you would like me to elaborate I can attempt to do so, here but demonstration is easier in a practical environment. ( Duncan! ) You can also do the same freehand with hammer and dolly, or a jenny, or even tip the edge on a wheeling machine, but a hammer form is so simple once you have made it and with your woodworking facilities I suggest easy to do.