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| Author: | Junior [ Tue Mar 25, 2014 3:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | bead roller |
i need to put a bead in a section of intercooler piping. i dont have a bead roller and dont know anyone that has one. anyone have any ideas on how i could do it cleanly without one? |
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| Author: | Junior [ Tue Mar 25, 2014 3:12 pm ] |
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its aluminum pipe. |
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| Author: | Joshie225 [ Tue Mar 25, 2014 3:42 pm ] |
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http://www.d-series.org/forums/diy-foru ... oller.html |
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| Author: | Junior [ Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:46 pm ] |
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i like it. thanks man. |
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| Author: | Junior [ Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:12 am ] |
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ok i finally got around to needing to do it. i didnt have a bead roller obviously and i didnt have a 3" exhaust clamp but i do have big nuts. pictures are pretty self explanatory. if you got big nuts, a bench grinder and some vise-grips they you can do it too. <img src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p79/weesers1/IMG_20140405_113009_589_zpsbb668c7c.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_20140405_113009_589_zpsbb668c7c.jpg"/> <img src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p79/weesers1/IMG_20140405_113028_963_zps3413d19f.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_20140405_113028_963_zps3413d19f.jpg"/> <img src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p79/weesers1/IMG_20140405_113240_110_zps9f14116f.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_20140405_113240_110_zps9f14116f.jpg"/> <img src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p79/weesers1/IMG_20140405_113044_385_zpsf454e86f.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_20140405_113044_385_zpsf454e86f.jpg"/> comparable results to the other methods used. |
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| Author: | Joshie225 [ Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:20 am ] |
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Nice work! |
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| Author: | DusterIdiot [ Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Next time... |
Other ways to go, depending on size, would have been to go to a sheet metal shop or the shop teacher at the local community college and have them roll it on a machine for ya, that would ensure a good deep bead for clamping onto. Being a career sheet metal worker, the straight edges on your roll former nuts shown in the pics should have been rounded with a fine file...this prevent nicking the aluminum and later causing a stress crack from vibration (aluminum is not as forgiving when formed like iron, and a blemish on the die will cut it a little, much like a tubing cutter on the first pass). 2 cents, -D.Idiot |
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| Author: | Junior [ Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:58 pm ] |
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getting it done wasnt an option i tried. there is nowhere around here that does anything like that and no one i know has a bead roller. as for the bead, the one i made is actually deeper then the ones that came on there. im happy with the results. if it does eventually break ill make another one. and round the edges a little better on my dies. ill keep an eye out for someone that has a bead roller. if i come across one ill make another pipe and change it. i still have alot of the piping kit that i got. |
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Sat Apr 05, 2014 7:03 pm ] |
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creative solution to your problem. Greg |
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