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Beadroller Build (Turned into sheetmetal work thread)

It's a couple of Brits doing crazy stuff. Spend the time and get hooked. Worth it for the fab skills and humor.
And they spell color with a U which is very strange indeed.
But he motorized his bead roller.
 
I really like the work you did on that truck. The signs and stuff are really cool, but making something functional is more cool. Really nice job.
 
Im sure I will be doing more now. Ive already had dune buggy people contacting me.

Being close to the dunes, panel work like that could keep me very very busy. A lot of money up there, and more and more crazy rigs every year.
 
Added some 2" square tube cross supports to the table while it was flipped over to mount the casters and floor brake.

Then flipped it over and started playing with mounting locations for the brake and english wheel.

I think this is the configuration I will go with. For size reference, that brake is like 56" wide.... This thing is a monster lol.











 
FOR MUD said:
That's the biggest "Tool" I've ever seen. :D
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Lol.

Came up with some cool ideas on how to save some space, and mount the beadroller. Now if I could just finish the van that's in the garage before camping this weekend...
 
I finished up creepy bear. It wasn't a thing I had made for anybody. I just found the image online one day, and thought it would be a hard one for me to try. It turned out to be on of the most detailed pieces yet actually.

I welded the corners after bending the edges over. The welder works good to be honest. I have no experience with tig before this. But if I can stick 2 pieces of .040 aluminum together by just putting the machine to the recommended settings, I think it must work pretty decent.



 
I got alot done on my table today too. Im super stoked about it. Finally going to have one place with all my things setup to work in a single work space.

English wheel and the brake are mounted. Also took a sander to the table and took all the rust off and then wiped it down with some oil to hopefully keep the rust at bay. Michigan is wicked humid.















 
Oh, and I also worked on the bomber frame some more this weekend. Got it fully welded up, sanded down. Then played with some bluing with the torch, folled by clear coating.

I had stuck creepy bear behind it, just as a visual to how the final panel will mount. I think im going to make a beadrolled clock panel to put in it, and then make it functional, and add internal lighting, and maybe some copper inlays on the panel itself.

Im hoping to put alot of effort into this piece to make it really great. Its already at about 15 hours, and im maybe halfway done...





 
Man, you sitting next to that table really shows how massive the whole setup is. Very cool dudemanadamdooringfabguybeadrollercopperrivetsdunejunkie.
 
GWeakland620 said:
Man, you sitting next to that table really shows how massive the whole setup is. Very cool dudemanadamdooringfabguybeadrollercopperrivetsdunejunkie.
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Pictures do not do it justice man. It's so epically monstrous haha.

42x72 table top. 40" tall. 3" .250 wall square tube frame. 6" 1200 lb capacity ea castors.

You could build a rig on it :D
 
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