chunkolini
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I was shown this idea by a neighbour, he found me trying to wrap some 1.2mm sheet around a gas bottle, a method I have used but slow.
Two clamps or bolts, a piece of box section and two shims found in a corner.
Or you could bolt the section on
Clamp the box section on top of the shims, feed the metal through and pull up, then feed the metal through a few mm at a time, gentle tweaks, using the long side, when you reach the middle turn it round and repeat. I have bent 3mm sheet up to 300mm wide like this. Note watch out for overbending the workpiece. For 3mm I use a big piece of angle iron
One day I might even have a go at building a proper one of these with a lever to pull on, and make it part of the work bench, one day.....
Not my own idea but a bloody good one.
Chunko'.
Two clamps or bolts, a piece of box section and two shims found in a corner.
Or you could bolt the section on
Clamp the box section on top of the shims, feed the metal through and pull up, then feed the metal through a few mm at a time, gentle tweaks, using the long side, when you reach the middle turn it round and repeat. I have bent 3mm sheet up to 300mm wide like this. Note watch out for overbending the workpiece. For 3mm I use a big piece of angle iron
One day I might even have a go at building a proper one of these with a lever to pull on, and make it part of the work bench, one day.....
Not my own idea but a bloody good one.
Chunko'.