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I have been working on this project for about 5 years, it's a wheeling machine for curving sheet metal. Just decided i needed to crack on and get it finished over christmas.
So here are some pics.
This was the first wheel made out of mild steel pipe, but for 4 years i didn't have a lathe big enough to machine it.
Once i had the lathe i bought a set of wheels instead.
The frame sides were then cut out of 6mm plate and the top and bottom also filled in with 6mm plate.
The bottom anvils sit in the frame.
I then spent a fair bit of time machining a slide type of affair for adjusting the top wheel down, here's a pic of the finished slide.
I then lined it all up and welded it onto the frame.
Then to give it a test run.
Just about finished, but no stand and it's just sitting on a seat and clamped to a bench.
I now need a bigger shed to put it in.
More pics here
So here are some pics.
This was the first wheel made out of mild steel pipe, but for 4 years i didn't have a lathe big enough to machine it.
Once i had the lathe i bought a set of wheels instead.
The frame sides were then cut out of 6mm plate and the top and bottom also filled in with 6mm plate.
The bottom anvils sit in the frame.
I then spent a fair bit of time machining a slide type of affair for adjusting the top wheel down, here's a pic of the finished slide.
I then lined it all up and welded it onto the frame.
Then to give it a test run.
Just about finished, but no stand and it's just sitting on a seat and clamped to a bench.
I now need a bigger shed to put it in.
More pics here