home made tools and equipment...

[brucer]

heres a post i started on my sheetmetal brake build

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=528979

[scootermcrad]

Originally Posted by vendetta

Hopefully these pictures are better.
a few details- i work in metric,all sizes are in millimeters.
stand-900mm high.
300x300x10mm base.
2.5 mm folded upright tapers from 240-165mm.
180x250x10mm top motor mount plate.
drive wheel-195mm dia x 55mm wide.
it has a crown machined on it to help belt run true.
grub screwded to motor shaft.
electric motor-1hp single phase.
tension wheel-55mm wide x 55mm dia,also has crown.
rubber wheel-75mm dia x 50mm wide,flat
centre-centre of drive/rubber wheel 542mm.tension wheel,200mm from centre of drive wheel.97mm below drive/rubber wheel centre line.
belts-1500mm long x 50mm wide.
main arm is a piece of thick wall tube.
i hope i have bored ya with details.

Yes! AWESOME! THANKS! Great work!

[Dyce]

Originally Posted by Patdoody

Do you have any info on this? I would love to build on of these for my press. Would be great to take over for the box and pan when I need to bend heavier stuff. Mostly how to did you knife edge the top ram?

I made the upper using a milling machine. You could leave the top flat, and make upper dies that you can remove. That way you can make a point, and a few radiused uppers. It works good the way it is though for sharp bends. It'sbar stock I salvaged from an old belt conveyer.

[Patdoody]

Originally Posted by Dyce

I made the upper using a milling machine. You could leave the top flat, and make upper dies that you can remove. That way you can make a point, and a few radiused uppers. It works good the way it is though for sharp bends. It'sbar stock I salvaged from an old belt conveyer.

Good stuff.. I actually just got done making a replica. I don't have a mill so I used a piece of 1/4 angle for the top die...

[KrisKustomPaint]

Its not all homemade but the pedals are.

[cowboy1]

Originally Posted by KrisKustomPaint

Its not all homemade but the pedals are.

is that motor from a hospital bed?

[KrisKustomPaint]

I think it came of a "lift chair" but i'm sure a hospital bed probably has a similar motor.

[Dyce]

Originally Posted by Patdoody

Good stuff.. I actually just got done making a replica. I don't have a mill so I used a piece of 1/4 angle for the top die...

They really come in handy making brackets!!

[cowboy1]

Originally Posted by KrisKustomPaint

I think it came of a "lift chair" but i'm sure a hospital bed probably has a similar motor.

YEAH ! I just pulled one off a hospital bed for this same set up! How's it working for ya?

[Kustom Leatherworks]

Some helpful tools here

[KrisKustomPaint]

Originally Posted by cowboy1

YEAH ! I just pulled one off a hospital bed for this same set up! How's it working for ya?

Well you can see I did reduce it down about 3:1. but at that speed it works great. Not too fast, but slow enough to make smooth turns. Some times I have to tap the pedal to turn a tight turn but other than that its wonderful. You can make a full depth pass on 18 ga. steel no problem. Motor has plenty of power. Speed control would be nice but having a power bead roller for next to nothing is nicer.

[Patdoody]

Originally Posted by Dyce

They really come in handy making brackets!!

Yeah I bent up a piece of 1/8" steel diamond plate with it very easily. I have a 4' box and pan brake but hate putting heavier stuff in it, since its only designed for 22g

I took photos of making it I might throw together a "how to" build for it.

[iagsxr]

Bench at my house. Had to reload my computer lost all the actual fab pics.









I'm still working out the backsplash.

[KrisKustomPaint]

You must have some DEEP pockets to be using heim joints on a work bench. Looks cool though.

Originally Posted by iagsxr

Bench at my house. Had to reload my computer lost all the actual fab pics.









I'm still working out the backsplash.

[MP&C]

Just finished this up for the shop.....

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=508071

[Richard D]

Originally Posted by Homemade44

Here is a small bead roll that you can use on a bench or take to a car to do edge beads on fenders. It weighs 12 pounds and is very adjustable.

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Did you take pictures while building this?

[vendetta]

my latest-a 600 wide press brake.i can use the arm for bending light gauge and narrower parts.as i don't have a press,i might just put a bottle jack on top instead of buying a press for heavier/wider parts.
second picture is of some dies for putting swage around 1 1/2 and 2" holes in sheet metal.

[rouye56wingnut]

Originally Posted by Richard D

Did you take pictures while building this?

That tool was built by Joe Hartson and can be seen on allmetalshapers.com.I got a chance to use it at Kerry Pinkertons fall gathering in Huntsville Al.Joe is quite the machinist and craftsman .Dan

[hugh m]

Just gave away a Ryobi electric log splitter, and the thought came up it would be a neat "power cavity" to use for a small press or even a tube bender...just an idea.

[Blue One]

I got hold of a Dayton gear motor, the same one Murfman used to power his bead roller. He posted pictures of it on one of the bead roller threads.

It has a pair of wires which need to be swapped to change the direction of the motor.

I'd like to be able to wire it with a switch to change motor direction and a single foot pedal to control it all.

Anyone have any ideas or know how to do this ? It has me stumped right now.

By the way I have been in touch with Murfman and he did reply back initially, we corresponded back and forth by e-mail.

I asked him for details on how he wired his, as he has done what I want to do.

No response lately to my messages and he seems unable (or unwilling) to help me out.

Any help will be appreciated. Below are 2 pictures of Murfmans BR.

Larry.