[TheForge] Circle Roller

[Dave Mudge]

Thanks Ries,
This is for occasional use in a one man shop doing ornamental.
Can't afford a Hossfeld. Looking for plans to build a roller.
I have use of an old tire bender (roller) from 1879. hand crank,
maximum capacity is about 3/4" x 6" the "easy" way and 1" round
or square bar. However the smallest circle that it will roll is about
18" or 20".
dave

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:59 PM, ries <ries at riesniemi.com> wrote:
>
> Dave-
> What is "heavy duty"?
> do you need to roll 1/2" round?
> or maybe 1/2" x 4" flat bar the hard way?
> How big of circles?
>
> Generally, hand cranked 3 roll machines top out at around 1/4" x 2"
> flat bar the easy way, or 1/2" round.
> Above that,you usually want a motor.
>
> I find that I can make a LOT of circles with my hossfeld bender. I use
> the angle iron, flange out, die set, and I can get accurate,
> repeatable circles from about 6" OD up to 30 feet or so.
> The dies are standard sizes- 8", 10", 12", 14", 16", and so on, up to
> 72", but by making marks on the steel, and bending on the mark, I can
> get pretty much any size in between, and sizes much bigger than 72".
> I have bent literally thousands of circles this way, in angle, solid
> square and round, square and rectangular tubing, flat bar the easy way
> and the hard way, and much more.
>
> ries
>
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Dave Mudge wrote:
>
> Good evening,
> Does anyone have plans or links to plans for a heavy duty circle
> bender (roller)?
> Does anyone have a tire bender (roller) for sale?
>
> dave mudge
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