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Brake Recommendations?
I am looking into a tool that will allow me to bend 6" X 24"(1/8"
thick) mild steel lengthwise. I'd appreciate any ideas on what I'd need, or possibly a website tutorial for this. Thanks a lot. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. |
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Brake Recommendations?
On Sun, 4 May 2008 11:10:21 -0700 (PDT), Searcher7
wrote: I am looking into a tool that will allow me to bend 6" X 24"(1/8" thick) mild steel lengthwise. I'd appreciate any ideas on what I'd need, or possibly a website tutorial for this. Thanks a lot. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. Unless you're setting up a shop with floorspace for a heavy, expensive machine, your best tool here would be a telephone and some cash. When I have had need for one or a few pieces like this, I've jigged up flat stock with an open corner and welded the corner. Looks like a bend, works just fine. |
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Brake Recommendations?
Searcher7 wrote:
I am looking into a tool that will allow me to bend 6" X 24"(1/8" thick) mild steel lengthwise. That is a pretty hefty bend. How many of these do you need? What is the inner radius? Wes |
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I am looking into a tool that will allow me to bend 6" X 24"(1/8" thick) mild steel lengthwise. http://www.e-ci.com/loadcalc.php This will let you figure the numbers on how much tonnage a vee die air bending will require. Play with the vee die opening. Small vee's require more tonnage. The vee is going to be acute. A 90 degree die won't work due to spring back. HTH, Wes |
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Brake Recommendations?
On May 4, 8:06*pm, Wes wrote:
wrote: I am looking into a tool that will allow me to bend 6" X 24"(1/8" thick) mild steel lengthwise. That is a pretty hefty bend. *How many of these do you need? *What is the inner radius? Wes Oops! I forgot to ask about that. Ok, this would not be a sharp bend, but the curve on the *outside* would be the same as that of a 2inch ball(max.). I'm assuming that the radius would be 1 inch and a tiny bit smaller since the metal would only be 1/8" thick. Also, how much easier would 72 degrees be? Thanks a lot. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. |
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Brake Recommendations?
Searcher7 wrote:
On May 4, 8:06 pm, Wes wrote: wrote: I am looking into a tool that will allow me to bend 6" X 24"(1/8" thick) mild steel lengthwise. That is a pretty hefty bend. How many of these do you need? What is the inner radius? Wes Oops! I forgot to ask about that. Ok, this would not be a sharp bend, but the curve on the *outside* would be the same as that of a 2inch ball(max.). I'm assuming that the radius would be 1 inch and a tiny bit smaller since the metal would only be 1/8" thick. Also, how much easier would 72 degrees be? What you now describe would be a piece of cake for a hossfeld type bender if it was 4" wide and bending in the small direction, 6" is too wide for the hossfeld, but you might copy the basic form in a purpose built bender, if you are bending the 24" way some form of press brake is about your best shot. Or cut a section out of a piece of 2" x 1/8" wall tubing and weld it to a pair of plates. |
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