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| jatt:
Well I finally finished this darn busted vice I keep stubbing my toe on. To help keep the new Dawn in one one piece I knocked up a basic bender for the recently purchased shop press. Only a toy really (30 tonne). Its about 560 mm between columns. Found a V block offcut in my travels, its a 60 deg unit so have to be watchful when making those 90 deg bends in sheet. A bottom die more suitable to 90 deg bending is on the ever increasing to do list. Figured I would quickly knock up a basic piece of top tooling. Did a hunt around the shop and the only piece I could find that was heavy and large enough was a piece of 10 mm angle. The angle of the V was done by eye. Cut the unwanted side off with the 9 inch (got plenty of wheels from the cuttoff saw). Too bad it wouldnt fit in the bandsaw. The plate had a bit of a warp on one side, no matter I needed to heat the sucker up anyhow to weld some pipe to attach it onto the press. Out with the G clamps and some heavy 50 x 50 x 10 mm angle, clamp onto the plate, weld a pass along the plate, weld on pipe.... presto one farm yard bender. Bent a bit of 5mm plate with ease. Bit hard to make out (only had the fone camera on me). |
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