Homemade Box Pan Folder (30 years ago)

Hi All

I made this Box Pan Folder mainly out of scrap pieces of material that I had lying about. The only material I purchased was for the fingers. I was very fortunate to work for a company that I was able to do a bit at lunch times and built it over several weeks some 30 years ago. I recently gave my slip rollers a make over and decided to do the same for the folder. This little folder has been a great little servant and deserving of this makeover for all the jobs it has produced over the years. Originally painted in green hammer rite :headshake: I now what was I thinking (It was 1989)

It is able to bend 16 gauge and the front former can be raised and lowered to change the bend radius for different gauges of material or set to a desired radius. The fingers are different imperial widths so they can be gang to together to create the require width of bend when making boxes etc.

For those interested in the slip rollers here is the link.https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...553#post143087

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I'd like to see that scrap bin! :D That's really nice, looks commercial!

As you blokes say over there "That's a rather nice piece of kit".

Why thank you Crusty.:lol:

Bobs409 I worked at a research laboratory and every Tuesday dinner time they sold surplus material as scrap at £0.03/kg and I was able to buy load of 50x25mm solid steel bar in meter lengths, so was perfect for the start of the folder. I still have some left knocking around the workshop even after all this time. The money made was then given to charity. So some weeks you were really lucky and others just lucky :clapping:. But there was always a shed load of material available from aluminium, brass, stainless steel and steel.

Thank you both for the kind words

Very nice build.
Just got to add that my go to paint is still hammerite mid green (apart from the few that are still red oxide and probably will stay that way)

Don’t get me wrong green hammerite is a great paint and really protective but I think you have to be pretty good painter to get a good finish and unfortunately I am not the greatest at using this paint. When you see a good job made and then reined by a bad paint job that is me with hammerite. I am sure there must be a technique to using it and it is a pain to have to buy their thinners as the paint and thinner is very expensive in my opinion. I even struggle with smooth hammerite :sweating:

Don’t buy red oxide paint from Toolstation either it is like treacle.

Firstly that is one unbeautiful box folder.
Forget red oxide primer it is old technology. Bondaprimer is the best I have found, it looks like red oxide but has anti rust bonding and etching agents and can take any kind of paint. I could go on but the proof is that I have given one coat on steel outside and never got around to applying a top coat, 5 years later and no rust. (usual disclaimer). I to have long given up on Hammerite it is too much of a pain for me to use.

Hey, that's an awesome build!
Can you share your plans dimensions with the community?
Doesn't have to be cad, a napkin drawing is fine.
Thanks!

Hi Fejlong
As I built this30 years ago from odd bits there are no drawings but I can take some photos and place a rule against it for scale if you want.
many thanks
The Home Engineer

That sure looks like a professional bit of work. Are you sure you made it? :headscratch:

I admire your work, the pan folder looks so well made. Is it possible to have a drawing or sketch preferably not CAD. I dont have a CAD software.
Regards Stafford

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Originally Posted by Gadgeteer

That sure looks like a professional bit of work. Are you sure you made it? :headscratch:

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Hi Gadgeteer
l am sure I made it I also built the slip rollers at the same time http://l https://www.homemadetools.n...-rollers-75553. Not sure if your message is a compliment or if you are questioning my honesty :confused: but I will take it as a compliment thank you ��. I have recently finished a bead roller to compliment the folder and rollers as I need to put a few joggle’s in some plates for my 3” scale Foden Steam Wagon which I am currently building. https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/bead-roller-75870 Please go to my website at http://www.modelengineeringworkshop.co.uk/ to see some of the other projects I have built and currently working on to reassure you I do make the items I post on HMT.
Thank you again for reading and taking the time to post your comments.
The Home Engineer

I do not think that you need to justify yourself for good quality work, one just needs to spend a few minutes to look at what your profession is on your bio and the quality of all the other project that you have posted. The fact that one is building a machine for one's own workshop does not mean that the same care and attention should not be put into the final product.
Thank you for all of your posts which have been of the same standard, especially you models.
Kind regards,

Tony.

Hi Tony
Thank you for the kind words.
I really enjoy sharing my projects with like minded people especially on this forum. Home engineering as a hobby can be quite insular as none of my close family share my passion for engineering. I am a member of the Newbury Society of Practical Engineers in the UK which is only a small group with about 20 members. My role in the society is to share and teach the group subjects that they are either interested in learning more about or struggling with. This can be anything from sheet metal, marking out castings, silver soldering, screw cutting to basic machine setups. I look forward to the meetings which are held approximately 6 times a year as it gives everyone a chance to share there projects that they are currently working on or have finished. I find it amazing that these guys are all self taught and produce some fantastic models and tools to aid there interest in engineering. I would say some are more skilled than some of the so called time served professional craftsman I have come across in my career. This is due to it being an interest to them rather than just a job.
Again thank you to all who read my posts on HMT

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Originally Posted by bobs409

I'd like to see that scrap bin! :D That's really nice, looks commercial!

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Just love that sentiment 'looks commercial'. It's a compliment alright, mostly observing the fit-up. That brake looks just right; not embellished, pure functionality, eased edges and good ergonomics.
Meanwhile, commercial doesn't look so hot anymore.

Of course I made my comment as a compliment. Sorry, I'm a bit late with this clarification, but I missed out on your reply a couple of years ago. Your work shows more than a functional tool... it's a work of art.