bluebanana32
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Just a few piccies of my new toy.
My homemade 30 ton metal bender, press, punch.
The main uprights are 100mm x 3mm box the bottom and middle cross sections are 6x4" RSJ's and the top is an old railway rail.
I am still playing & improving it, but it can tight fold 2.5mm sheet 12" long with the a removable 'V' block and easily bends 10mm bar when removed. I have successfully punched 3mm sheet at 24mm diameter.
The bottle jack has a quick release handle to save constantly using the jack bar.
The main bender is mounted to 8x17" M/S which is 1" thick, the weight of this alone brings the bottle jack down so no need for springs.
This plate can be removed and replaced with a new piece for pressing.
I have two you tube video's, not great quality, but they show it working:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJrEuXK5tj4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cnEbwj3Eug
My homemade 30 ton metal bender, press, punch.
The main uprights are 100mm x 3mm box the bottom and middle cross sections are 6x4" RSJ's and the top is an old railway rail.
I am still playing & improving it, but it can tight fold 2.5mm sheet 12" long with the a removable 'V' block and easily bends 10mm bar when removed. I have successfully punched 3mm sheet at 24mm diameter.
The bottle jack has a quick release handle to save constantly using the jack bar.
The main bender is mounted to 8x17" M/S which is 1" thick, the weight of this alone brings the bottle jack down so no need for springs.
This plate can be removed and replaced with a new piece for pressing.
I have two you tube video's, not great quality, but they show it working:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJrEuXK5tj4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cnEbwj3Eug