We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Very few hand-powered tools can be as big or effective as the English wheel. These heavy-duty devices, also known as wheeling machines, can ...

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 ...

Winston Cup bodymen have achieved a status as practicers of some type of black magic. Part of that mystique comes from one of the bodyman's most valuable tools-the English wheel. Because it is used ...