How to Build a Miniature English Wheel

It's been a while since I had the idea of making a miniature size English wheel in my head. Then I noticed by using a simple clamp, I would be halfway there. So here is a tutorial on how to convert a simple clamp into an English Wheel.

Step 1:

The first step is removing the lower jaw by grinding the bottom notch and then cutting the flat part on the movable jaw.

Step 2:

Then I drilled four holes into the fixed jaw and tapped them.

Step 3:

I used a medium-sized ball bearing as the mainwheel and bolted it to the fixed jaw. For the moving jaw, I used two smaller ballbearings, one for neutralizing the spinning of the handle and another one as the anvil.

Step 4:

Then I made a piece of metal to hold the ball-bearing housing on the moving jaw into the clamp's body.

Step 5:

To make this metal piece does the job I had to weld it into the ball-bearing housing on the moving jaw.

Step 6:

In the end, I tested my English wheel on a piece of copper sheet, and it worked just fine, although adding some curve to the smaller ball bearing, which acted as an anvil, would have been a nice Idea.

I hope you enjoyed this Instructable. You can also check the video tutorial of this project by clicking on the video, which is located at the top of this page. Please feel free to ask any questions in the comment section below, and also, you can check my YouTube channel for more projects like this.