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I can believe the cost of the dies now!
well I set out to make my first die last night. :P
I acquired a 1 1/2" thick slab of steel, roughly lunch tray size but with a corner cut out. It was drop from some huge unknown Cat equipment fabrication operation.
so I drill a 3/4" hole in it at the pivot point. That went surprisingly well, and I put it then on my 10" rotary table and I figured I'd swing it under a 1/2" endmill and rough out a 210 degree 5" radius arc.
(I had planned that after I roughed it out, I'd tur the table vertical and start spinning it inder a fly cutter.)
Well, I got through about a 1/4" of the plate and I've decided that I'll have expended nearly $200 in electricity, and many more time that amount in sweat before it's done.
On the other hand, my progress on making the bender it's self is almost encouraging. I'm planning on using 3/4" pins through my 5/8" arms. I drilled the pivot holea, I just need to lay out the pin holes. I could use a few dimensions for that if anyone is willing to share.
At least with standard dimensions I could buy dies to fit, and just make the frame and guive up on the dies.
well I set out to make my first die last night. :P
I acquired a 1 1/2" thick slab of steel, roughly lunch tray size but with a corner cut out. It was drop from some huge unknown Cat equipment fabrication operation.
so I drill a 3/4" hole in it at the pivot point. That went surprisingly well, and I put it then on my 10" rotary table and I figured I'd swing it under a 1/2" endmill and rough out a 210 degree 5" radius arc.
(I had planned that after I roughed it out, I'd tur the table vertical and start spinning it inder a fly cutter.)
Well, I got through about a 1/4" of the plate and I've decided that I'll have expended nearly $200 in electricity, and many more time that amount in sweat before it's done.
On the other hand, my progress on making the bender it's self is almost encouraging. I'm planning on using 3/4" pins through my 5/8" arms. I drilled the pivot holea, I just need to lay out the pin holes. I could use a few dimensions for that if anyone is willing to share.
At least with standard dimensions I could buy dies to fit, and just make the frame and guive up on the dies.
like I said, no guarnatees on the dims. I built a computer model of it based on those dims. only issue i found was possible interfence where the one bar is notched out to go around the pins. Might need a just a tad more notching then what is shown.
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