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03-28-2008, 12:00 AM
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Grenade Inspector
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Winder,Ga
Posts: 368
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
Yep, that is the shit!! I would be punchin' louvers through stuff that should never be louvered, I'd be louver freakin' crazy! I would size up everything I see by whether or not I could punch me a louver in it!!.....Dang this is an old thread, so you're probably well past this stage of excitement by now.
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03-28-2008, 07:36 AM
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Alliance Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: South Jersey Shore
Posts: 2,574
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
That thing is *Tits!*
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01-20-2009, 01:57 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Mangakino ........ New Zealand
Posts: 2,843
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
So Kev.
How many have you punched with it now.... That is the coolest machine I have ever seen.. |
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01-20-2009, 06:14 AM
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Alliance Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Ramona CA
Posts: 1,187
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
That press is wicked...along with that Longboard collection. Damn!
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01-20-2009, 06:53 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Garage
Posts: 13,448
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
very cool, and great way to recycle an old machine into something new and useful.
probably could do way more with it than just punch louvers. will you be offering pre louvered panels? I may want to have the rear panel below the rear window on my tudor done probably cost too much to have it shipped Nice lines too Skratch
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01-20-2009, 08:08 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Posts: 4,302
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
Stuff the louver press Kev, I wanna scope out that killer garage of yours !!!
All those killer vintage longboards hanging from the rafters WOW!! Sano work on the press too !! Rat
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04-29-2009, 05:05 PM
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Grenade Inspector
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: houston
Posts: 100
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
Thats cool!
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04-29-2009, 05:22 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: South Jersey
Posts: 821
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
amazing....
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04-29-2009, 10:57 PM
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FNG
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: indiana
Posts: 6
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
Love the press..What tooling did you use to do the flamed recess panel? PICS?
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04-29-2009, 11:33 PM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: san fernando valley
Posts: 667
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
thats awsome dude... really resourceful.
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04-29-2009, 11:53 PM
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Grenade Inspector
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: wisconsin
Posts: 383
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
Give that man a Blue Ribbon
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04-30-2009, 12:12 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Ventura, CA Hotrodders Paradise
Posts: 6,731
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
attitude.....This is a pretty old thread now, the flamed panel is bead rolled. If you haven't seen it already there is a thread called custom bead rolling ....lotsa pics that has alot of pics. Search for bead rolling and you will find it.
LIFESTYLZ.... Don't know how many but it has been used steadily for 2 1/2 years now with no problems. That's Lucky Burton with the trunk panel for his A coupe.  
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08-31-2009, 02:57 PM
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FNG
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: WV
Posts: 15
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
Kev,
Do you know what the pressure output on that pump is? I am in the process of putting together a lowbuck setup for louvers and a set of flair punches and am not sure how much of a hydraulic system I need. Any constructive help is apprecdiated. Thanks, Scott |
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08-31-2009, 03:25 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Posts: 82
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
Cheers to that. Killer press..
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08-31-2009, 03:31 PM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Ventura, CA Hotrodders Paradise
Posts: 6,731
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
I don't know any details on the pump, it is a 12v pump from a truck liftgate. The ram is 11" long x 3" ID with 1 1/8" shaft. I have seen a louver press with a Chevy power steering pump set up with an electric motor turning it.
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08-31-2009, 03:46 PM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: CT
Posts: 8,027
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
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You don't need much preessure at the die. I just did some louvers in a big bench vise and did not need to overtighten the vice. the metal was 19ga |
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09-04-2009, 05:29 PM
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FNG
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: WV
Posts: 15
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
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I have calculated that to punch a 4" louver in 20 ga metal it would take just under 6,000 lb of force at the die. This assumes a non progressive cuttingh edge of 3.25 inches since the full width of the louver would not be sheared all at once and an ultimate strength of 60,000psi for typical steel. The reason I am concerned is because I picked up a set of the Mittler Bros louver dies and press kit minus the pump. I am trying to stay as low buck as possible but Mittler Bros wants to sell me a 10,000 psi pump. The problem is that the hyd cyl on my setup is much smaller that on Kevs. Anyway, by my calcs I do not need 10,000 psi but more like 3,000. Thats why I ask what Kevs 12v unit was putting out. |
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09-04-2009, 05:46 PM
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: northernca
Posts: 605
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
way cool press dude only i wish id thought of it
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09-05-2009, 03:59 PM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: massachusetts
Posts: 3,764
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
your a ace of a fabricator , that louver press is kickin shweeeet ,
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09-05-2009, 04:16 PM
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#180 |
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Grenade Inspector
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: KTOL
Posts: 168
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Re: Built me a louver press.... and it works!
Thats the coolest thing I've ever seen! I'd give my left nut for it, good work man.
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