[TheForge] old tool

[CGRAF]

On 6/30/2011 10:24 AM, ries wrote:
> Actually, for the last 50 years or so, we just call this whole category of sheet metal machine a "rotary machine", and Roper Whitney, which now owns Pexto, is the last big US manufacturer.
> Jet, and other importers from the far east sell these too.
> In the old days, when they really were only fifteen bucks, a sheet metal shop would have 8 or 10 of these, each with different dies.
> Now, since they start at closer to $500, you generally buy ONE machine, and multiple dies.
>
> I have a deep throat, Pexto 622, shown here-
> http://roperwhitney.com/beading/1-67.cfm
>
> and you can do all kinds of things with it. Beading, flanging, burring, ogees, and so on.
>
> But its not really good for putting a flange on 1 1/2" tubing. As mentioned, the rolls are too big.
>
> Ries
>

Ries,
I wonder what year that catalog was from.
I am guessing 1900-15.
I think the $500 now might be a better deal.

I have the eight or so of them in the shop AND drawers of dies.
Most of these have had no use in many years.
Ever since it became cheaper to but pipe and fittings for HVAC work 
there is little use for a tool to make smoke stops or clinch lock pipes.
I still use some for decorative architectural stuff, but there is 
usually no need to change the dies.

Still, I keep them. Just knowing I can duplicate most anything, using 
original tooling has some advantage.

Mike Graf