KemppiFrog
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Hi All
Since I have a couple of fabrication jobs in stainless tubing coming up this year, I was thinking of buying the formers from Stakesys and adapting my DIY hefty version of the Clark bender to form the bends. Whilst in my stock supplier, who is also a major recycling outfit, I noticed a bin with some big lumps of ally offcuts. So, for €10, I went home with a couple of bits...
First photo is the blank marked out and with the corners rough cut off on my multi purpose saw. (The blade comes up in a slot.
Then drilled and tapped the lump to attatch to a spare faceplate.
Sorry, the images are in the wrong order. Tech wizard, not me!
Then, turned off the corners on the lathe.
Needed to face it off a bit, as for some reason the gap in the bender is 47mm, while the ally was 50mm.
Now, the tricky bit for the week end, is to machine the 25mm groove to bend the tube in. As you
can see, the saddle will not get under the work, so I will have to concocked a tool holder with an offset. My ancient Sphere is pretty clapped, but I reckon I can get it to do this. The bits from Stakseys are a little under £200, so this is not really economic on a time basis, but it is fun....
KF
Since I have a couple of fabrication jobs in stainless tubing coming up this year, I was thinking of buying the formers from Stakesys and adapting my DIY hefty version of the Clark bender to form the bends. Whilst in my stock supplier, who is also a major recycling outfit, I noticed a bin with some big lumps of ally offcuts. So, for €10, I went home with a couple of bits...
First photo is the blank marked out and with the corners rough cut off on my multi purpose saw. (The blade comes up in a slot.
Then drilled and tapped the lump to attatch to a spare faceplate.
Sorry, the images are in the wrong order. Tech wizard, not me!
Then, turned off the corners on the lathe.
Needed to face it off a bit, as for some reason the gap in the bender is 47mm, while the ally was 50mm.
Now, the tricky bit for the week end, is to machine the 25mm groove to bend the tube in. As you
can see, the saddle will not get under the work, so I will have to concocked a tool holder with an offset. My ancient Sphere is pretty clapped, but I reckon I can get it to do this. The bits from Stakseys are a little under £200, so this is not really economic on a time basis, but it is fun....
KF