This thing. Building it with one of my sons for his house. It’s a built-in monster.
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I'd love to see it when complete. I worked for a cabinet maker all through high school and it amazes me what people can do with wood
This thing. Building it with one of my sons for his house. It’s a built-in monster.
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I radiused the outside corners of the angle iron nesting dies for my Swag Off-road press brake:
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My friend's old J-head Bridgeport is worn out, so it was an interesting process trying to get a uniform radius on there!
Looks great, a few questions if you don’t mind. I just got a Eastwood press brake and have never used one before.
1. Any particular reason? Is it just for handling them?
2. Do the different angles get a tighter bend?
3. Do you use a smaller angle for thinner or smaller peices?
Any advice in general appreciated. Hoping this weekend to bend some steel to modify the stock bumper.
- The radius was required in order for each one to sit inside the next. They are made with a sharp corner on the outside and a radius on the inside corner. If you don't do something about it, they don't nest properly.
- Yes. With all of them, the radius is the tightest. With none of them, the radius is the largest.
- Use more of them for a smaller radius. Thickness of material plays into it a bit, too, but the concept is always the same.
Let me guess - that wire was an online purchase. I stopped buying 10lb and higher spools online because even welding companies don't pack it properly, and it always arrives with the plastic spool cracked. The last 30lb spool I bought from Amazon, and I didn't realize until after the return period was up that the spool was only held together by the wire. As soon as I started using it, it completely bird-nested inside the welder. $80, down the drain.
Damn, I'd be pissed.
Do you remember who the manufacturer you got the broken spool from?
Even Blaine's packing doesn't always stop the United States Package Smashers from destroying something. I just bough a new pair of front calipers from him, they arrived and the packing was FANTASTIC! But, one of the pistons was chipped all the same. Blaine had some choice words to say about the USPS, needless to say. A replacement is already out to me, but this crap cost Blaine real money and that sucks!If only more people would pay attention to packing like Mr. Blaine does!
Even Blaine's packing doesn't always stop the United States Package Smashers from destroying something. I just bough a new pair of front calipers from him, they arrived and the packing was FANTASTIC! But, one of the pistons was chipped all the same. Blaine had some choice words to say about the USPS, needless to say. A replacement is already out to me, but this crap cost Blaine real money and that sucks!
Which reminds me of a VCR I sold on eBay a few years back. Double boxed the thing, packed like crazy but Fed Up managed to break it anyway, despite only a 50 mile shipment.
I had a little 2# spool of 309 wire for stainless show up cracked but luckily still useable.No doubt that the shipping gorillas will always find a way to destroy stuff. However, to expect a 12" diameter, 33lb roll of steel wire packed in a 14" box with a couple sheets of kraft paper for packing material to survive is just ridiculous. I would expect destruction 99 out of 100 times in that scenario.
I buy my welding wire locally now. It's only a bit more expensive, but I'm the delivery service for that, and I've received the sab seal of approval every year since its inception.
I had a little 2# spool of 309 wire for stainless show up cracked but luckily still useable.
My 12.5lb roll of lincoln wire came from home depot. They had several rolls available right off the shelf.