Cheapo Bead Roller Upgrade

[Burdekin]

I'll measure them on the weekend.

 

[DrNik]

wooohoooo, ahem i mean thank you

 

[candor]

Just as someone who never had anything to do with bead rollers, any examples of work done with them?

 

[DrNik]

what have you been missing.......

 

[Burdekin]

Check out some of the Lazze vids: http://www.lazzemetalshaping.com/in...lts/category_id=5/home_id=5/mode=cat/cat5.htm

I mainly want it for turning an edge on a curved panel, so using it as a swager.

 

[candor]

what have you been missing.......

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Check out some of the Lazze vids: http://www.lazzemetalshaping.com/in...lts/category_id=5/home_id=5/mode=cat/cat5.htm

I mainly want it for turning an edge on a curved panel, so using it as a swager.

Very nice :-) real art there!

 

[MoreWellie]

Well I lured my wife to the workshop tonight with the offer of pizza and a lovely warm woodstove and while she was there she took a few pics of when I was working away, something a little different (the pics not me working ;-) ).

I rolled my first bead tonight, nothing too exciting but everything worked as it should. I see how a motorised one is the way to go for rolling beads, but at this stage not what I need it for so later down the road I'll look into doing that. I still need to make the handle for the front adjuster and weld on some bar to keep the dies in place. I ordered the parts needed to copy Bill's spring adjuster idea and will do that next week. Oh yeah I also still need to turn up some Jenny dies on my lathe.

Lack of experience here, but this has got my interest

the picture of the sample bead that you rolled shows the panel all distorted. I take it looked like that BEFORE you rolled the bead?

 

[Burdekin]

Yep

 

[MoreWellie]

what thickness steel do you reckon it is now capable of working on?

 

[Burdekin]

I've only used it up to 1.2 mild steel, but you would just do extra runs if thicker metal so 1.5mm would be fine I reckon. A wheel for winding it round or better still motorised would be much better, rather than the handle. It is on my long to do list.