A '54 named Busty

[Gregski]

oh the possibilities ...

and who's this International Manuel guy?

[8man]

Oh wow, a new toy! Let the fun begin...

[dsraven]

Check out laze metal shaping you tubes. Lots of great tips and tricks with bead roller die combinations and other metal shaping how to videos.
Whatcha gonna build first? Is your machine able to accept a drive system so you can work with both hands?

[dsraven]

Sorry, spelled lazze wrong or my phone auto corrected.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by dsraven

Whatcha gonna build first?

Probly a passenger side kick panel vent delete thingie bob!

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by dsraven

Is your machine able to accept a drive system so you can work with both hands?

Si, for only $430 bucks, I can bribe my friends to turn the crank for less than that, ha ha

Woodward-Fab electric power bead roller kit WFBRM

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by dsraven

Sorry, spelled lazze wrong or my phone auto corrected.

thanks, when I want to get depressed I just watch some of Ron Covell's stuff

Beading Machine Basics

[dsraven]

Yeah. Nice stuff he builds. Let's see him do that with 18ga steel, a claw hammer and a piece of firewood. Haha
I built a power unit for my bead roller from an old starter, a flex plate, an electric drill, some scrap metal and some bike brake cable I had laying around the shop. I bought a center shaft adapter for a pulley/sprockey to mount the flex plate, one of those weld on style you get from farm equipment places.
You're gonna have fun with it. Try some thin metal first to get the hang of it, spacing the dies differently and how that affects the shape etc

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by dsraven

Yeah. Nice stuff he builds. Let's see him do that with 18ga steel, a claw hammer and a piece of firewood. Haha
I built a power unit for my bead roller from an old starter, a flex plate, an electric drill, some scrap metal and some bike brake cable I had laying around the shop. I bought a center shaft adapter for a pulley/sprockey to mount the flex plate, one of those weld on style you get from farm equipment places.
You're gonna have fun with it. Try some thin metal first to get the hang of it, spacing the dies differently and how that affects the shape etc

pics, or it didn't happen, LOL

thanks for the tip on going with thin sheet first (ha ha)

[dsraven]

here's a few pics of my el cheapo deluxe modified bead roller. the extra steel is to help keep the upper and lower part from flexing when rolling thicker sheet. you can see some of my home made dies as well. made from necessity when i couldn't wait for the dies to ship. hey, they worked for what I needed that day. building the tool is half the fun anyway, lol.
no wonder my project truck isn't done yet. haha.

starter is gutted and the body shortened so shaft would stick through the rear end of it in order for the drill to grab on. variable speed low rpm drill. 1/2" is overkill but most 3/8 or 1/4" ones run too fast plus they wouldn't fit the shaft size of the starter in their chuck. this was before I invested in a cordless drill set. maybe upgrade that mount to fit the cordless drill one day. it's a heavy thing but it works.

[dsraven]

thin aluminum is even easier to get the hang of things for practice. steel is just cheaper.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by dsraven

here's a few pics of my el cheapo deluxe modified bead roller. the extra steel is to help keep the upper and lower part from flexing when rolling thicker sheet. you can see some of my home made dies as well. made from necessity when i couldn't wait for the dies to ship. hey, they worked for what I needed that day. building the tool is half the fun anyway, lol.
no wonder my project truck isn't done yet. haha.

starter is gutted and the body shortened so shaft would stick through the rear end of it in order for the drill to grab on. variable speed low rpm drill. 1/2" is overkill but most 3/8 or 1/4" ones run too fast plus they wouldn't fit the shaft size of the starter in their chuck. this was before I invested in a cordless drill set. maybe upgrade that mount to fit the cordless drill one day. it's a heavy thing but it works.

that looks legit, I wonder if you could run the starter directly with a potentiometer aka a pot and skip the drill using DC of course or if you could just throw a gear on the drill and skip the starter

[dsraven]

Prolly could do either. I was using what I had the day of. Some guts adapt a DC motor from a treadmill but that was more time than I wanted to spend.

[Gregski]

make me

[Rickysnickers]

Originally Posted by dsraven

here's a few pics of my el cheapo deluxe modified bead roller. the extra steel is to help keep the upper and lower part from flexing when rolling thicker sheet. you can see some of my home made dies as well. made from necessity when i couldn't wait for the dies to ship. hey, they worked for what I needed that day. building the tool is half the fun anyway, lol.
no wonder my project truck isn't done yet. haha.

starter is gutted and the body shortened so shaft would stick through the rear end of it in order for the drill to grab on. variable speed low rpm drill. 1/2" is overkill but most 3/8 or 1/4" ones run too fast plus they wouldn't fit the shaft size of the starter in their chuck. this was before I invested in a cordless drill set. maybe upgrade that mount to fit the cordless drill one day. it's a heavy thing but it works.

Dennis, this is just genius!!!

[dsraven]

Thanks snickers

[Gregski]

lets dance...

this square tubing we found by a trashcan, so it's FREE

[Gregski]

bass, tached and weldered up

[Gregski]

turning our attention to the top mount

[Gregski]

sandwiched in

[Gregski]

level to good enuff

[Gregski]

even decided to add sum horns

[Gregski]

after I get some more bolts we will wrap up the horns on the other side

now how the hewk do you use this thing ???

[Gregski]

here we go...

[Gregski]

here it is from a side view