FJ Edwards 4ft x 14G Box Pan Folder

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awemawson:
So this morning I've taken each of the bending teeth out of the citric acid bath, rubbed them down with a nylon 'sink brush' and re-stacked them so bits that previously were masked by touching are now exposed. Pleased to say that they have come out pretty well so far. I only used a fairly weak dilution as I used up the end of a 5 kg bag of citric acid crystals - maybe a kilo or just less in about 20 gallons of water. I'll leave them for a few more days, but they probably would be ok now anyway. Amazingly they've cleaned up even where they were touching.

No photos as acidy hands not suitable for camera work :thumbup:

awemawson:
The weather changing has meant I've had to set up to do the gloss coats inside - a fair bit of machine trundling around in the welding shop. I love pallet trucks!

So two coats of top coat gloss, and the 'teeth' have come out of the citric acid bath, been dried off and rubbed down with a rag soaked in 'Shell Ensis' anti rust oil.

The top coat will need to harden off for quite a while before I can contemplate putting the bending teeth back in and actually using it.

If I get really keen I will remove the counterbalance weights and give them a coat of something really bright to avoid collision accidents. Probably 'JCB Yellow' as I have a can of it in the same family of paint as the top coat.

vtsteam:
Looking good and ready for business! :thumbup: :dremel:

awemawson:
So a couple of coats of JCB Yellow on the bits I'm bound to walk into, rivet the makers label back, re-insert the hold down 'teeth' and apart from making the missing 'bend limit bar' it's finished and waiting for a workshop re-organisation to find a suitable place as a final home.

:clap: Bit of a contrast from as it was :clap:

:ddb: :ddb: :ddb: I can go on a bender now :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:

awemawson:
So I managed to make the bits of the bending angle 'Limit Bar' which was missing when I bought the folder. This limits the movement of the folding apron in the upwards direction letting you bend repeatable angles.

A simple turning and threading exercise. The clamping screw bears directly on the bar itself, and to avoid mangling the bar I had intended to counter bore the clamp screw and insert a bit of brass. In the end I made the whole screw and lever mount from an offcut of phosphor bronze. Scandalous waste of the bronze but it made construction somewhat simpler.

So I think this brings this re-build to a close.

A few pictures of the Limit Bar

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