How to Use an English Wheel and Bead Roller - Sheet Metal Fabrication - Eastwood

In this video Joe D goes over the basics of why you want an English Wheel and Bead Roller for ANY Metal fab project!
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Heavy-Duty Rollers for Metal Fabrication
The Eastwood Elite 8-Inch Heavy-Duty Bead Roller is one of the only manual bead rollers on the market that enables you to produce strengthening ribs in panels, shape edges and form intricate designs in any panel by yourself. You can also create channels and flanges with the offset flange dies that are included. The gear-driven design delivers maximum forming power and leverage while requiring minimal handle force for the greatest accuracy. The 8-inch throat depth provides the ability to reach the center of a 16-inch panel, and you can add larger panels as well if you're creating curves towards the edges.
Eastwood Elite 8" Heavy Duty Bead Roller Features:
✅8" throat depth
✅Handles up to a 16" wide panel
✅Industry standard 22mm shafts
✅Gear-driven design delivers maximum forming power
✅Includes 3/8" Bead Die Set and Offset Die Set
✅One Man Operation
With the 4-spoke crank handle and the smaller size of this heavy-duty bead roller, it only takes one person to easily operate and form panels. The unit attaches to a bench vise which holds it fast as you work. And it is still big enough to make small floor pans and other commonly fabricated parts without any outside help needed. The roller can handle 20 gauge stainless steel, 18 gauge mild steel and 16 gauge aluminum, which covers what is used in most vintage and modern vehicle panels.
Fabricating compound curves in metal is easier than ever with Eastwood's Elite Mini English Wheel. Whether you're just getting started with an English wheel or simply need a space-saving unit for small projects, this wheel packs huge performance in a small package.
Simply a smaller version of the classic English wheel, this unit allows you to fabricate intricate patch panels that may be too small for a larger wheel or don’t require the expense of such a unit. Expand your metal forming skills and create patch panels correctly when you no longer have to try to accurately form a patch panel over your knee.
The Eastwood Elite Mini English Wheel Features:
✅7.5 inch throat depth to form a 15 inch wide panel (up to 20 inches on angular plane)
✅Wheels and anvils rotate 90 degrees to provide unlimited throat depth in that direction for larger projects
✅Includes 3.19 inch upper wheel and four lower anvils (1/2", 1", 2", 3" radius)
✅Micro-adjustable anvil wheel
✅Form up to 18 gauge steel and 16 gauge aluminum
✅Convenient vise-mount design allows for easy use and storage
✅Rigid Construction in a small package makes this perfect for a shop with limited space or for someone who wants to start forming metal, whether it's for auto panels or general fabrication. ✅Even if you already own a large wheel, many hobbyists and professionals find the need for a small unit and the benefits it provides.
Your patch panels will weld much cleaner when truly formed by stretching rather than bending. When you begin welding that “bent” panel it will want to revert to its original flat shape, and you won't get the results you need. A panel formed in an English wheel that is truly stretched into shape will tend to retain the shape during welding, resulting in a far better fitting, easier welding and cleaner repair.
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[@thisdj83]

This is nice for a mobile unit. Show up to someone's house and patch a floor panel in a day.

[@rustyjeep2469]

Hmm... you might've just gave me an idea for a side hustle! I've noticed lots of driver grade classics needing slight rust repair in my town and so few shops will even do that kind of work any more. Insurance shops don't want it and resto shops usually want a commitment to doing a full resto or at least a big enough job to require a lot of time and money.

[@guillermonieri4203]

Thank you.

[@eastwoodco]

You're welcome!
-JD

[@apeterson23]

Does the bead roller come with any dies? Or do you have to buy them separately?

[@eastwoodco]

The 19" bead roller comes with 1/4”, 3/8", and 1/2" bead forming dies, as well as the offset dies.
Check it out here: www.eastwood.com/bead-roller-kit-with-mandrels.html
-JD

[@tihzho]

Ok...but what is that you made?

[@charlieshepherd7290]

Free shipping to Canada?

[@pablomercado8807]

Congratulation for your videos. I would like to make you a couple of questions before I buy an English wheel. Can the English wheel be used also with stainless steel? How thick can the sheets be? Would 2 mm be too much? Thank you so much for your help

[@eastwoodco]

The mini english wheel can work on a variety of metals and hand 18 gauge steel and 16 gauge aluminum which
according to a gauge conversion chart, is 0.0478 inch or 1.214 millimeter.

[@jawracing911]

It’s killing me that I can’t buy your gear here in Australia 😤🥺

[@joelkoonce8559]

Fantastic, but a little over my pay grade 😁

[@paulkelley7445]

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