so gentlemen (and some ladies!)
having recently got very disheartened with the price...and more so the speed that decently priced sheet benders get picked up! i have been browsing the tinterwebs and "think" i can make one.. the specs need to be the following
6 ft or even better 8 ft long! but 6 will do
needs to be able to bend 1mm sheet steel both galv and mild steel if i could push to 1.6mm sheet them brilliant but if not then no worries!
i have a large amount of 150mmx150mm x12 mm angle that i was thinking for the main components ( clamps and moving jaw)
also a large amount of 10x5 rsj and 150mm 6mm pipe for the stand/frame
`budget of a few hundred pounds for "bits" remembering i already have several tons of steel to throw at it.
weight and size not really a issue as long as it can do the job
so the question is...after seeing the videos of useless ones flexing like a wet Kellogg's box..can it be done?
thanks all
having recently got very disheartened with the price...and more so the speed that decently priced sheet benders get picked up! i have been browsing the tinterwebs and "think" i can make one.. the specs need to be the following
6 ft or even better 8 ft long! but 6 will do
needs to be able to bend 1mm sheet steel both galv and mild steel if i could push to 1.6mm sheet them brilliant but if not then no worries!
i have a large amount of 150mmx150mm x12 mm angle that i was thinking for the main components ( clamps and moving jaw)
also a large amount of 10x5 rsj and 150mm 6mm pipe for the stand/frame
`budget of a few hundred pounds for "bits" remembering i already have several tons of steel to throw at it.
weight and size not really a issue as long as it can do the job
so the question is...after seeing the videos of useless ones flexing like a wet Kellogg's box..can it be done?
thanks all