Despite the numerous bank holidays in Holland in May - it finally came!
All the fuss about the bead roller can be better explained.
I now have a "tipping wheel" set up.
It is a bit of a cheapo version - not as good as shown in the video below but =>
I now have the technology to start a bend of any length - well a length that is limited by the length of the metal I can buy and pedal back to the work place on me chicken chaser.
Unlike the gucci version in the yew toob video shown above this cheaper version has a conical end to it (rather than straight) which essentially gets in the way and stops bends getting as close as possible to 90 degrees. In reality the M10 bolt head gets in the way first so I reckon I might be modifying that in the future.
Trying to roll straight down the edge of the bit of masking tape isn't mega easy - I need some practice - mainly because you are faffing about with the crank handle as well. I can see why people fit electric motors to these things (yes yes perhaps in the future if I decide I like this thing)
The tipping edge doesn't have to be made completely at 90 degrees by the bead roller and tipping wheel tool - other things can be done to finish (such as those bending pliers I showed a few posts back or even a block of steel and a hammer) - once you've got the crease between the two rollers the bend seems to want to be formed.
However =>
If you look closely in the picture above you can see that about half way along the crease I ended up cutting a bit of the masking tape - so this isn't idiot proof (!) - you can end up making tram lines.
The best thing about this tipping wheel set up has got to be that you can tip "
on a curve". (See video) This is the more interesting aspect of this tool. I'll be investigating to see how tight a curve can be tipped soon. (All very exciting)
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