The Official Bead Roller Thread

There are a ton of home made, beefed up and custom bead rollers I see all over the HAMB. Let's gather them all in one thread. Let's see what ya got!

Here are a couple I have come across

 

Here's one we made that ataches to a planitary roller...........could be made to operate with a crank also.

 

I don't have a picture of it but I recently seen one at a tag sale.
The top roller was about 9' in dia. with a 1' high half round "bump" in it that fit into the lower roller.

The shafts were about 3' dia. steel and the frame was made of 1 &1/2' steel.

It was home made and would probaly bead 3/8' steel.

I passed on it because I diden't have a truck heavy enough to carry it.

 

Here's mine before I added the motor:


Build thread:
http://glennsplace.com/bead_roller.htm

 

shane, why don't you go to YB any more? lot of people been looking for you over there...

 

mine, with some paint.

 

We should leave all that over there...


-Abone.

 

all what ? some guys asking for info about equipment ?

 

There was some drama, which would be very un-HAMBlike, but I think the situation is now resolved.

-Abone.

 

I like it!

 

My cheapo.Canada's version of H.F.

 

Heres a powered one I made

 

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un-HAMB like, lmfao....

 

This is mine,HF based beadroller.It needed some reinforcement because there was a slight bending issue with the frame while rolling.I've made some dies by myself and it has worked fine.I know its a kind of low-tech,no motors or anything else fancy stuff,but it was a really handy tool when i fabricated new floorpans for my shoebox.
This is an old pic,the crank is now replaced with a huge steering wheel from some 40's-50's bus.

 

englishbob,

what is the steering wheel on your roller off of? There is one just like it being used as a valve hand wheel at one of the power plants that I work at and I always wondered what it came from. BTW the power plant was built in 1949 so it isn't a real hot rod.

Norm

 

Here is my HF unit that has been beefed up and powered by a HF 12v winch motor. I use one of their emergency start packs to run the motor. I like the winch because it has a spool disengage that allows it to spin freely (to pull cable out of the winch quickly). This feature allows me to disconnect the motor and use a steering wheel for the tight and intricate parts then go back to powered mode for the straights and lomg runs. I made a foot pedal out of the hand controller so I have forward and reverse at the touch of the toe. The sprockets and chain are from Surplus Center

 

I am such a "klucking futz" that the thought of a powered bead roller makes me want to put my hands in my pockets and keep them there, the steering wheel trick works great, mine was from a '53 chevy truck.

 

It was in an old Dodge truck i picked up but guessing it wasn't stock so I don't know.

 

nice job,, where did you find the gear reduction motor? and what is the ratio? would like to do that to my roller

 

bump
this is was one i have deen lurking around for

 

This is what we did to improve our HF cheapie. Made the frame first, then added the 3/4 hp DC motor with 60:1 gear reducer. It can really creep if you need it to. The black switch on top is for direction change, and it's a detented type switch, so there's no chance of going from forward to reverse too quickly. It's stopped and started by a foot switch.

 

i have a cool baleigh bead roller that i havent even got to use yet! might have to make a truck bed soon so things might change real soon!!

 

Here is mine:

 

Mine. Going to change out the crank for a wheel and modify the tension/pressure adjustment. At some point it will be powder coated.

 

Here is our new bead roller. It will handle 16 gauge!

http://www.baileighindustrial.com/metal-forming/bead-roller-br16E-36.php

 

Here's an old Niagra bead roller set up with a speed controlled motor retrieved from a plating line shaker setup...belt driven, the setup used to have a Pexto 622 on it but the Niagra unit is heavier and has a deeper throat. Will easily do 16 gage, and goes so slow you almost can't see it move if that's what you want. (enjoy these threads)