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Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 22, 2013 20:29:14 GMT -5
Okay, Scott, you asked for it. Here's the job we did for Barclay, building a new cabinet for an old 10" R&M saw he picked up inexpensively at a yard sale. He brought it home, took it apart and had it sandblasted before he realized how thoroughly rusted out it was. That's where we came in. This is the saw as we first saw it. Can you say Swiss cheese? This is our four foot Cidan shear, made quick work of a sheet of 14 gauge cold rolled steel. Laying out the bends. Test bends on a narrow strip. It's always a good idea to do a test, so you make sure of the order and direction you will make your bends. The bends were done on our 15 ton Chicago press brake. This is the bent box, sans ends. Making comparisons - yeah, that'll do! Next we (that's the "royal" we!) cut ends, made a bend along the top edge, and welded them on. Didn't get photos of it, but we cut off the angle iron legs from the old box, and welded them onto the new box. Barclay had the already-sandblasted cover and the new bottom box powder coated, then brought everything over here and we put it back together. We did cut two new 7/8" round bars and replaced the guide rails. Sorry I missed getting pics of some of the steps, but when you're doing the work, it's not always possible to stop work and take photos. I hope you enjoyed the show! Jean
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Post by catmandewe on Apr 22, 2013 21:21:16 GMT -5
Nice job, I wanna come play with some of your tools!
Tony
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steveo
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Post by steveo on Apr 22, 2013 22:18:36 GMT -5
There's a lot more work there than the pictures show. The narrow test strip brings back memories.
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Post by Peruano on Apr 23, 2013 7:45:47 GMT -5
Elegant. Thanks for documenting the process to inspire and guide others. Tom
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Post by johnjsgems on Apr 23, 2013 8:36:23 GMT -5
I was thinking exactly what Tony said. Nice job!
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Post by roy on Apr 23, 2013 9:21:50 GMT -5
boy have i got a project for you ! lol
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2013 17:55:42 GMT -5
that is really great!
Zooopaaa!
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GeorgeStoneStore
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Post by GeorgeStoneStore on Apr 24, 2013 14:27:21 GMT -5
nice work! Congratulations!
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Post by Rockoonz on Apr 24, 2013 22:44:04 GMT -5
Like Tony said, those are my kind of toys. Very nice.
Lee
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Post by robsrockshop on Apr 25, 2013 9:11:49 GMT -5
Having worked in the sheetmetal field for almost 20 years I can relate slightly to this post lol. Most of my home shop equipment is more on the machining side though lathes etc. but I would def be in the market for a press like that should I find one locally.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 25, 2013 12:56:05 GMT -5
Rob, we picked up the press brake from an ad in the paper at least ten years ago. If I recall, we paid about $3K for it. Seemed like a lot of money at the time, but we have used it a lot. We also have a Turnmaster lathe, Anilam Chevalier mill, large Bridgeport mill, and all the welding equipment (mig, tig, gas, arc, plasma) one could care to own! Some of this stuff was picked up new when money wasn't so tight, a lot of it now is bought used from ads on Craigslist. Then there's the garage sales and swap meets. I hoard rocks, my husband hoards tools and equipment - lol! Jean
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robsrockshop
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Post by robsrockshop on Apr 26, 2013 9:00:59 GMT -5
Cool. Never hurts to have that stuff around lol. I'm always dragging home something or other. Might come a time when you 'have' to use it.
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