Another transition piece

[Paul.]

I know some of you like to see metal being formed up so here's a little job I did this morning, its just an extractor nozzle to fit on the outlet chute of a planer thicknesser, to connect to a vacuum extractor


Developed it out first on cardboard, then cut it out to use as a template. material is 18swg mild steel

Bending it up in the flypress, note the cut in the corner it helps to keep the corner square, easy enough to weld up afterwards.

Tigged up and welds cleaned off, and rolled a ring for the vacuum hose, also dressed out the flats to make a nice circle and a good fit up to the ring.

Fully welded here

A few mig tacks to hold it to the existing chute, it doesn't need to be fully welded.

And a coat of paint finishes it off, I can do any colour you like as long as its black.

 

[doubleboost]

Very nice

 

[ford34/2]

the last one I did, I used it on the top whilst thicknessing , and shoved it underneath and wound the table up underneath whislt planning overhand on the top, So best of both worlds. Extractor sucked from the top while thicknessing and sucked from the underneath when planning on the top. Nice angle as the extractor doesnt like sucking shavings straight up (vertical). The motion of blades help propell the shavings into the chute.I`m guessing when thicknessing the chute will be on the top of the infeed table, and if possible when working on the top may adapt to being placed underneath the outfeed table, capitalizes on the motion of the blades.
Nice job, that looks a shade of dark black, I think you may be able to get light black as well.

Stan

 

[Richard.]

Takes me back to college days that. I used to love that sort of work marking up and bending square to rounds and lobster backs. Fabrication like that that is few and far between now a days
Lovely work Paul I'm jealous, I've not done that sort of thing since I was in my early 20's

 

[Paul.]

Takes me back to college days that. I used to love that sort of work marking up and bending square to rounds and lobster backs. Fabrication like that that is few and far between now a days
Lovely work Paul I'm jealous, I've not done that sort of thing since I was in my early 20's

Cheers, but its fairly simple stuff really, If you like this one then you may like another one I did a couple of years or so ago.
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/square-to-round-hopper.26339/

 

[Richard.]

Cheers, but its fairly simple stuff really, If you like this one then you may like another one I did a couple of years or so ago.
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/square-to-round-hopper.26339/

Yeah that's lovely . I made one identical long time ago for a company that produces cored welding wire. I put a fine mesh siv in the bottom with an electrical vibrator so the powders were sived through to the strip lump free. It was marked cut and folded from one piece like the one in the older thread you done.
We had to work it all out every fold to ensure it comes out at the right diameter. I bet you do the same, I did not find it simple mind but not practiced much, bet it is much simpler with a computer software.

 

[Paul.]

bet it is much simpler with a computer software.

Its less skilled, I rarely use software to do developments, I will sometimes use autocad to draw it and then print a paper pattern instead of direct to sheet or a drawing board, but the method of development is still manual.

 

[Richard.]

I drew it out on card board and simulated the folds. Took a few attempts mind before it matched drawing but that was down to my lack of experience . It was certainly worth the waste of card board as the first attempt out of steel was within tolerances.
Interesting read Paul. Cheers.

 

[Fintray]

It's good to see the steps in making something like this for those (me) that haven't the experience.