Bead roller question

[breezer]

I'm thinking of getting a bead roller to put some stiffening ribs in some sheet steel.

Ideally I want to put some X stiffeners in the centre

Is it possible to do this with a deep throat bead roller or do I have to start each bead from an outside edge?

Cheers

Jim

 

[Chickenjohn]

You can put stiffening channels into a panel like this chap http://www.vwrides.com/viewtopic.php?t=77&sid=c540d264279306fbcaeaa54a17d66174

Just need a hammer, ruler, marker pen, a blunt bolster chisel and a piece of angle iron held in a vice (or an anvil)

http://www.thaivwclub.com/vwrides/MVI_7103.MOV
http://www.thaivwclub.com/vwrides/MVI_7104.MOV

 

[hotrodder]

Don't need to start from an edge, most likely limitation when working along the diagonal of a sheet is the throat depth of the machine and in the case of a piece of work that has folds as well as beads need to give the order of work a bit of thought- folds can interfere with bead rolling and visa versa for example

Just lay the beads out with a marker pen (only really need start/stops when working parallel to the edge of the sheet with a fence as in this example), in the case of an X you'll have one unbroken bead and two shorter ones. Set the pressure with a piece of scrap (note # of turns on die pressure adjustment) before playing with the real job as you have one shot. With a manual machine it's usually a 2 person job really, one to crank the handle and one to steer the work

 

[breezer]

Thanks.

Like the idea of a roller rather than braying at something with a hammer as it should (in theory) provide a neater job.

I've tried hammer forming before and found the results to be a bit, well, hit and miss (if you'll excuse the pun)