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26th Sep 2013, 02:48 PM #16Most Valued Member
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one of the ebay sellers got back to me and said the below bender will work with my aluminium sheet but its pricey i wish that youtube guy had a link to plans and material needed so i could go order it
Bending Brake 30" Sheet Metal Steel Heavy Duty Bender NEW | eBay
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26th Sep 2013, 03:07 PM #17Most Valued Member
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Not that pricey really(if it will do the job).
The utube guy doesn't say what thickness he used but you would pretty much need 3off 1m lengths of 100 x 100 angle. The place I buy from charges
$27.29(+$3.3 a cut) per m for 6mm
$35.15(+$3.3 a cut) per m for 8mm
$42.30(+$3.3 a cut) per m for 10mm
+ a couple of bolts + a gate hinge
Now if you have a scrap dealer about you might be able to get it cheaper.
Stuart
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26th Sep 2013, 03:35 PM #18Most Valued Member
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awesome thanks , will these hinges work?
Hinge Weld Small Zenith Gal Rh Cd2 Har4103 I/N 4150060 | Bunnings Warehouse
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26th Sep 2013, 03:40 PM #19Most Valued Member
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They certain look like the ones.
He says it will fold 950mm wide. So it would be 950mm+two hinges you need. (I did say "pretty much a meter lol)
Stuart
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26th Sep 2013, 03:50 PM #20Most Valued Member
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26th Sep 2013, 07:30 PM #21Most Valued Member
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Hi Michael,
I Had been meaning to reply to your offer. I certainly would be interested in looking at a few pics of your folder. No rush, anytime you get a chance. I have some real heavy gauge steel 20mm and 40mm thick and now have a means of cutting it. A sheet folder seems like as good a project for it as any!
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27th Sep 2013, 05:09 PM #22Most Valued Member
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i built a sheet metal bender similar to that on youtube total cost was $53 but my building skills suck and i over cut sections so no close up pictures lol
but i can say it bloody worked!!!!!!!! i couldnt be bothered chopping off a nice new sheet to test on the bender so i quickly grabbed some scrap ive been practicing welding on its 1.6mm 5005 aluminium 25cm long and it only took around 2kg's of force to bend the sheet
i over bent the sheet but its scrap anyway, tomorrow ill cut out and bend a nice live bait tank hopefully it works out
one down side is my measuring skills suck i wanted to make my live bait tank 60cm long i now made the bender to small and its max bending with is 47cm that'll have to do lol
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28th Sep 2013, 11:41 AM #23Most Valued Member
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well guys my bending is almost done i just need to bend a couple of ends
check out the bends, that guy on youtube is awesome
took around 5-6kg to make the large bends and a little more force for the smaller bends all up the total area bent is 46cm long not bad saves a heck of a lot of welding
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