Cantedvalve 128 Report post Posted November 6, 2018 I am in the middle of making a sheet metal brake, and I thought it would be fun to see what other tools people have built to use in working on their cars. I dont have any pictures to add yet, but I will when I get it done. Let's have it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted November 6, 2018 Drip rail molding removal tool 2 RPM and SWPruett reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted November 6, 2018 Just a few of many. 1 Ridge Runner reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted November 6, 2018 A couple more ,a fixture to assemble front clips . And added hydraulics and a rolling portable cart to my tubing bender for making roll bars 2 1 Mach1 Driver, RPM and SWPruett reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantedvalve 128 Report post Posted November 6, 2018 Nice work guys! I think once I am done with the brake I am working on now, I am going to find another project. I like that engine leveler. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted November 6, 2018 Now this wrench right here...this is sweet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted November 6, 2018 5 hours ago, Cantedvalve said: I am in the middle of making a sheet metal brake, and I thought it would be fun to see what other tools people have built to use in working on their cars. I dont have any pictures to add yet, but I will when I get it done. Let's have it! Bend brake or press ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted November 6, 2018 7 hours ago, Cantedvalve said: I am in the middle of making a sheet metal brake, and I thought it would be fun to see what other tools people have built to use in working on their cars. I dont have any pictures to add yet, but I will when I get it done. Let's have it! Som build pics would be great . I would love to build a press break ,the welding shop in town has dies in twenty foot lengths ,i would have to have at least an 8 foot break that could bend 16 gauge Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantedvalve 128 Report post Posted November 6, 2018 Here are the two I’ve taken so far. First one shows where I ground the edge flat on the clamp bar, so that when I bend, I get a tight radius. Second one shows the clamp bar mocked up. I have brackets on each end where the studs and wing nuts will go. Will also have springs in there to raise the bar when loosening so I can get the work piece out. I worked on it some more tonight... welded up the clamp bar... but no pictures. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantedvalve 128 Report post Posted November 6, 2018 4 hours ago, Ridge Runner said: Bend brake or press ? Bend brake. I saw a tutorial for a press brake, but i decided to go bend brake this time around. If I get a need for thicker material, then maybe I will revisit it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted November 6, 2018 I make my own rotisseries ,it is strong enough to haul on a car trailer and picked up with a fork lift to move if needed . It folds into a 4 foot x4 foot x2 foot unit for storing 2 Cantedvalve and RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantedvalve 128 Report post Posted November 7, 2018 Nice. I’m hoping to do a rotisserie some day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted November 7, 2018 Once you go rotisserie ,you dont go back 1 RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted November 7, 2018 I want to do one with a elictric reduction motor .When i sand blast i have to shut the blaster down to spin it ,electric motor i just hit the button 1 69RavenConv reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantedvalve 128 Report post Posted November 7, 2018 I think that would be awesome! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantedvalve 128 Report post Posted November 7, 2018 Now that I am into this, I am thinking of building a nice weld and fabrication table. That table that I am building the brake on is actually an old restaurant work table. There is still part of an industrial can opener attached... I'll take that off. Get some 1/8" sheet as a table topper. Recess the brake onto one edge of the table (still have to figure out what to make the base of the brake from... thought C channel , but I think maybe 1/4" plate). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aslanefe 333 Report post Posted November 8, 2018 22 hours ago, Ridge Runner said: I want to do one with a elictric reduction motor .When i sand blast i have to shut the blaster down to spin it ,electric motor i just hit the button I used the electric motor from a treadmill I found at the dump to power my bead roller. Used a starter gear and a flexplate to increase the torque and reduce the speed. Use the foot control of my TIG welder to start and adjust the speed and a switch to change direction of rotation. That motor with starter gear and flexplate should have enough torque to spin if the car is balanced on the rotisserie. 1 RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted November 8, 2018 Its balanced ,i can turn it to any position and it will stay . I found a reduction gear box and electric motor combo ,i forget what the reduction is but it turns very slow ,i was thinking about a foot pedal for a sewing machine may make it even slower . I like your idea for the bead roller ,it is hard to feed the metal in and crank the roller at the same time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted November 8, 2018 On 11/6/2018 at 11:06 AM, Ridge Runner said: Now this wrench right here...this is sweet Necessity is the mother of invention. I was shocked when I was a youngster and saw my dad had cut one end off an end wrench. I thought tools were gold, and shouldn't me messed with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantedvalve 128 Report post Posted November 8, 2018 I got the base for my bender last night.. 5/16" x 3" x 48" steel plate. I hope to finish up tonight. Just have to notch the bend bar and the base for the hinges. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted November 8, 2018 2 hours ago, RPM said: Necessity is the mother of invention. I was shocked when I was a youngster and saw my dad had cut one end off an end wrench. I thought tools were gold, and shouldn't me messed with. I always thought it was a mother when you didnt have the correct tool! My dad has made a few wrenches out of my wrenches...not quite as good as yours though I keep waiting to find one of my snap on cut up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantedvalve 128 Report post Posted November 9, 2018 Worked on it some more... notched the base for the hinges, welded in the hinges, and it is basically done except for the clamp bolts and handles. Here is where I am at. And I need to clean it up and paint it. I think I will end up affixing it to that table once I have it complete. and I really need to clean up that bench. 1 RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigmal 225 Report post Posted November 9, 2018 When I first read the title I though you guys were posting pictures of home brew kits. I got real excited......but this is good too! 1 RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantedvalve 128 Report post Posted November 11, 2018 It’s all assembled. Needs cleaned up and painted, but it is done. Finished the hold down screws last night. Did you know you can weld stainless to regular steel (yeah, I know I’m the last to know)? Awww... her first bend need to devise a way to hold it down to the table. Probably some counter sunk screws. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mach1 Driver 560 Report post Posted November 11, 2018 nice, how thick is the material you bent? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites