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freebeard · 08-06-2020, 05:59 PM

For the record here is my Polymetal picture from 2015. Sheared, rolled and braked with a hand operated bench brake with an 18" lever arm. I'd like to see 5ft rollers made from old water heater tanks to roll full sheets.

Chris Runge is on that other level. A practical project might be an EMPI Imp in stainless steel.

[Tesla-powered?] Cyber Dune Buggy

edit:
For comparison, a 2-door Type 181 in aluminum.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_sheet_forming

I can imagine a situation where you put a strip of metal in a U-shaped buck and then pass a nylon roller back and forth incrementally conforming a cycle fender. The edges that were held in the form would be trimmed, else bead rolled and wire-wrapped in a separate operation.

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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 27,695 Thanks: 7,775 Thanked 8,584 Times in 7,068 Posts	For the record here is my Polymetal picture from 2015. Sheared, rolled and braked with a hand operated bench brake with an 18" lever arm. I'd like to see 5ft rollers made from old water heater tanks to roll full sheets. Chris Runge is on that other level. A practical project might be an EMPI Imp in stainless steel. [Tesla-powered?] Cyber Dune Buggy edit: For comparison, a 2-door Type 181 in aluminum. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_sheet_forming I can imagine a situation where you put a strip of metal in a U-shaped buck and then pass a nylon roller back and forth incrementally conforming a cycle fender. The edges that were held in the form would be trimmed, else bead rolled and wire-wrapped in a separate operation. __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ____________________ . ."We're deeply sorry." -- Pfizer Last edited by freebeard; 08-06-2020 at 06:49 PM..