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Had the need to form flanges on curved profile light gauge sheet metal recently, so made up this handy little tool to do the job, Using materials I had to hand, - see assembly and demo on the YouTube video below:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0llO5hFrsE0
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Thanks brianhw! We've added your Curved Flange Bender to our Metalworking category,
as well as to your builder page: brianhw's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:
<div id="blocks"> <div class="block b1 pngfix"> <div class="bimg"> <div> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-curved-flange-bender"> <img src="/uploads/157037/homemade-curved-flange-bender.jpeg"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="head pngfix"></div> <div class="left pngfix"></div> <div class="right pngfix"></div> <div class="blockover b1 pngfix"> <div class="title"> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-curved-flange-bender">Curved Flange Bender</a> <span> by <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/builder/brianhw">brianhw</a></span> </div> <div class="tags">tags: <a href='http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/sheetmetal'>sheetmetal</a>, <a href='http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/flange'>flange</a>, <a href='http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/bender'>bender</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>
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Hi brianhw,
Very nice and clever tool.
Thanks for shairing.
Regards Bill
:thumbsup:
Especially the no frills/just the facts vid!
I very much like your curved edge flanging tool. I've already got a bead roller, tipping dies, and a shrinker stretcher I use for the same purpose which work very nicely for me. If I didn't already have those in the shop, I would be making one based on your design. Will keep this in mind for our local HS Electric Vehicle Race Team as this would be rather easy for them to use and certainly much nicer on their very thin budget. Great idea, and well worth the effort and cost to make. Nicely done!Quote:
Originally Posted by brianhw
Awesomeness!
I can see this bugger being quite helpful.
Thanks brianhw,
Geoff
Hi brianhw,
Yes, a really nice design and will be a great addition to the HMT tools collection. Your YouTube video will make building and using one of these a lot easier.
Thanks for the posting, Paul
Hi brianhw,
Nice tool, it solves a recurrent :headscratch: problem, thanks a lot !
Have a nice day.
Pierre
Thanks Brian.That solves my problem how to make flanges to curved sheets.
You need to patent this tool. It can be used in sheet metal shops all over the world. This is a must have tool for male radius fittings like OG offsets and elbows. Well done sir!!!
This tool exist in others designs, and it interest some specialized workers, patenting is difficult in my opinion for the technology, brianhw's tool is a very good concept in itself, selling it is another story, but as said it's just how I see it. ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Savage11
Also. Patented object needs to be "new". If its shared in public its not a "new" anymore. When we have seen it, it can not be patented anymore. :(
