In order to fully explain how an English wheel works, we need to think of making a pie. Therefore, lets begin in the kitchen instead of the fab shop. Imagine you are rolling out the dough for the pie ...

Pre-stretching metal before beading can reduce distortion and ease the process. This month we'll describe a clever way of doing this. Like you, I usually get better results when I pre-stretch panels ...

Americans call it an English wheel, but the English call it a wheeling machine. It's technically a rolling hammer—two steel drums that can form sheetmetal into complex curves. In the wrong hands, an ...