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Old Nov 24, 2017 | 07:09 PM
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Flareside diamond plate protector progress

Put together a 2-roll former.
Seems to actually work!




IT is 70" long in order to make the tailgate and bed rail protectors.....


And it Fits!
 
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Nice.
Where did you find the rollers and are they solid?
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Old Nov 25, 2017 | 09:17 AM
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Solid 1.5" dia.
Local steel place...$1 a pound and 35% off on "Black Friday" yesterday
 
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First Test bend with Diamond plate, I call it a fail, but great data was gathered.

*Both internal and external bars deflect way too much......

* internal bar does not roll during pressing, Sooooo Ill weld angle Iron to it to keep it from deflecting.

* External bar rolls so I can go with a much larger Dia to lower the deflection.....but how to get a larger dia circle to rotate in the smaller one's diameter???

 
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For a fail it still looks pretty good
 
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Originally Posted by Oz Econoline
For a fail it still looks pretty good
I was thinking the same thing.....good looking fail.


I have the same issue with flex on my home made brake and it has 4" "L".
For me it was good enough so I live with it.

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