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Title: metal bending on the cheap Post by: SteveRedd on March 10, 2008, 04:59:27 PM I posted this on Brit Chopper but thought you lot might like it too......
came up with this this afternoon so I thought I would share it... take a piece of scaffold pipe and a clamp/joiner (http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb134/steveredd/workshop/folder/DSCF0017.jpg) slit with 1mm disc and a steady hand, then cut the clamp in half (http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb134/steveredd/workshop/folder/DSCF0019.jpg) fix in vice (http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb134/steveredd/workshop/folder/DSCF0018.jpg) bend up sheet metal, limited by your imagination (http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb134/steveredd/workshop/folder/DSCF0020.jpg) different lengths can be clamped by sliding the clamps along and tightening, together with gripping in the vice. Longer lenghts of higher degree bends, you grip one end of the tube in the vice horizontally or vertically and wrap the metal around the pipe. Different diameter pipes can be used as required and I suppose exhaust clamps or jubilee clips might do for smaller bore pipes Title: Re: metal bending on the cheap Post by: VALLEYSBOY on March 10, 2008, 05:30:44 PM i still think its a bloody good idea :D
Title: Re: metal bending on the cheap Post by: lunatic on March 10, 2008, 06:22:59 PM Yeah me too! ;D
Title: Re: metal bending on the cheap Post by: brock on March 19, 2008, 08:56:12 AM and much better than the complicated mess that I built to bend my fuel tanks over. I have seen a fairly brilliant piece of extruded ali on another forum that was used for all manner of bending opperations but can't find it at the moment, I'll post a link when I do as it is worth a look.
Title: Re: metal bending on the cheap Post by: brock on March 20, 2008, 02:09:21 AM found it !, I was beginning to think that I had dreamed it all, shame really as that would mean that I had invented it and that would be a good thing, however I didn't but I have found it and that's a good thing also ( but obviously not as good ) Have a look at the video
http://www.pro-tools.com/multiroll_brake.htm Title: Re: metal bending on the cheap Post by: VALLEYSBOY on March 20, 2008, 05:31:51 AM nice one brock, tad expensive :)
Title: Re: metal bending on the cheap Post by: shabby on April 12, 2008, 08:20:23 PM well i must say I LOVE THIS how clever
Title: Re: metal bending on the cheap Post by: texon on April 12, 2008, 10:24:54 PM its better than using a lampost to bend your steel on but the lampost is free and you know us yorkies ;D
Title: Re: metal bending on the cheap Post by: shabby on April 12, 2008, 11:09:20 PM true true
Title: Re: metal bending on the cheap Post by: SteveRedd on April 18, 2008, 09:12:55 PM don't you have building sites in Yorskshire ;)
Title: Re: metal bending on the cheap Post by: Mr_G on April 18, 2008, 09:54:02 PM Genius device, Oh the possibilities!!! :)
Title: Re: metal bending on the cheap Post by: madron on April 19, 2008, 10:52:04 AM brock that video is excellent shows what professionals do cant afford there stuff but can make it from steel and show what shed buiders can do like steveredds great idea
Title: Re: metal bending on the cheap Post by: klogan45 on September 03, 2008, 09:25:28 PM Just seen stevereds post, I like that simple and even better cheap ;D
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