Scroll Jig

Anyone got a simple picture of a scroll jig i could look at please
Iam going to make one for making scrolls with 12 x 3 mild steel flatbar.
Thanks

Mine is an ali casting thats been split into 3 bits & mounted on two hinges. The central bit is fixed mounted, you start the scroll & lift up the other two sections after you have scrolled past the first bit. Using a split scroller keeps the scroll you make flat.

here are a few

http://www.anvilfire.com/21centbs/jigsfixs/bender1.htm
http://www.anvilfire.com/21centbs/jigsfixs/bender2.htm
http://www.anvilfire.com/21centbs/jigsfixs/bender3.htm
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5495739/description.html
http://spademanfabrication.com/AnvilGallery/v/Jackie/DSC_0134.jpg.html



Justme

Hi Ramsay

Here is a pic of mine

and here is some of the scrolls that it makes


Hope this helps

Sandy

I want one

Are you bending that cold? if so how do you start the bend off?

Hi Alan
I am bending that cold and to start the scroll off i just bend it over the back of my vice


Cheers

Sandy

Hi

Thanks... I'm going to be needing something to do while my leg gets better, so think I might try make one and start making some scrolls to give me something to do.

Are the scroll formers any good from MM or are they abit cheep, they look abit thin to me for the price!

Hi,

I looked at buying the jigs in the past but as stated above they seem a bit thin for the price.

Anyhow, we're in the fabrication hobby/business so I'd rather make my own as 'time' isn't a 'cost' for me, as I suspect it isn't for most of us at the hobby end of metalwork.

I met a guy on the local car boot/market a couple of years ago and he was making hanging baskets, etc. In between serving customers he had a rig attached to the back of his car and he formed a few scrolls. It got people interested and talking to him and helped the sales as people could then see that everything was home made.

His scroll jig was half a dozen old sockets bought from the same car boot at 50p each then screwed onto a piece of wood.

Thanks for all the links above, there's plenty there to think about!

Regards
Peter

If you only want to bend 3mm flat a lightweight former like this will be ok,
Ive made hundreds of scrolls with it, its mounted on a square box section so if you're tight for room you can turn the former in the vice.