[nissan]

I made this junk I had lying around the garage.all in a days work.now I am going to make more dyes.then I am going to build a plenishing hammer,then a english wheel.I love doing this stuff,I got to much junk lying around and need to do something with it.

[oldschoolrods]

Looks good, got any pics of work done with it? and if you get hungry you can eat some of your support system

[cboy]

Love it. Take some more pics when you put it into service.

[nissan]

it only has an eight inch throat,but it does work great,I just clamp it in the vice. the steering wheel works better than a crank.not much else to do in the winter.

[Old Fool]

Very similar to one a friend made.
IF yours is like his, the adjuster bolt rides directly on the shaft.
after much use his shaft was getting worn pretty good.
He made a new shaft and mounted a bearing at the point the adjusted screw would have contacted the shaft.
The outer race of the bearing contacts the screw, and the shaft spins free. Thing works smoother than the day he first built it .

[nissan]

Originally Posted by Old Fool

Very similar to one a friend made.
IF yours is like his, the adjuster bolt rides directly on the shaft.
after much use his shaft was getting worn pretty good.
He made a new shaft and mounted a bearing at the point the adjusted screw would have contacted the shaft.
The outer race of the bearing contacts the screw, and the shaft spins free. Thing works smoother than the day he first built it .

I thought about doing that with a bearing,but I was in a hurry to see how good it was going to work first.I have a friend that can make me some really good dies.I now building a plenishing hammer,than an english wheel,then a tubing bender.I built a 30 ton press,and a sheet metal brake,and a rotisorie.

[Old Fool]

Originally Posted by nissan

I thought about doing that with a bearing,but I was in a hurry to see how good it was going to work first.I have a friend that can make me some really good dies.I now building a plenishing hammer,than an english wheel,then a tubing bender.I built a 30 ton press,and a sheet metal brake,and a rotisorie.

Cool! lets see some pictures of them

[Nonhog]

Originally Posted by Old Fool

Cool! lets see some pictures of them

X2 !
Thanks for the motivation, I'm designing in my mind a bead roller made from my old DeWalt radial arm saw.