Great Lakes 2T1A-VR I-ESON "the Outatime Flyer"  |
December 20th - 2007 The English Wheel and other tools has arrived from the USA After a couple of months of email and quotation over quotation, the English Wheel and other sheet metal tools have finally arrived from the USA. I found them on september performing a search on ebay. I was used to find very expensive english wheels on the internet, mainly manufatured in the USA or in the UK. Eventually I tried to look for it on Ebay. I encountered a couple of shop offering interesting english wheels for hundreds dollar instead of thousands, so I went deeper into the deal. The english wheel I found comes from Harbor Freight , which is an american supplier of namy different tools at a good price. Off course, I can't expect the same quality of the expensive english wheels from Fournier & Co., but I guess the one I've ordered is a very good "entry level" to start learning the "art of wheeling". Also, It has a 28" throat so I can work sheets up to 55" wide! Even more interesting, Harbor Freight has many other interesenting tools such as Throatless shear, bending brakes, planishing hammer at a very interesting price, so I opted to orther everything in one time. I wasted many weeks looking for the most affordable shipping option, but at the end the "best" and "safest" one was to do it with standard international shipment with Fedex as Harbor Freight offered. Actually, I have spent more for shipment than for items themselves!!! But the good Euro-Dollar exchange of the period makes having deals with the USA very good, so afterall I think I have paid a good price for everything.. Now, let's install the tools and let's see how it is!!! keep in contact for updates.
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