On 10/27/2022 3:45 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message news:tjettu$1sht$[email protected]...
On 10/26/2022 7:15 AM, Matt wrote:
I am currently baffled on how to bend or even make this part. Has
anyone any ideas?
https://www.polytechforum.com/img/tcx
Make it Kustom is the other channel I was thinking of.
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Matching the form looks like it would require a very expensive die set,
or simpler linear bending plus skilled welding to attach the ends.
Matching the function might be simpler if you can square the ends, then
it's a job for a press or finger brake.
I didn't really study the OPs image much, but Ron makes some pretty
decent shapes using MDF and other easy to work with material for forms.
Make It Custom often makes some free hand forms from steel.
A long long time ago when I was relatively new to this group I needed a mounting plate to recess a photo electric emitter and sensor in a
walkway to reduce wear on the lens surfaces from casual traffic. Upon
some guidance from this group I made a punch and die free hand from A36
with a drill, jigsaw, bench grinder, and Dremel(*) tool. I would set
the die inside of an aluminum electrical cover plate, and press the
punch down with my hydraulic press aligning the parts by eye. This
created a nicely centered rectangular recess in the plate. I then
drilled a hole to snap in the emitter or sensor. It last for many years working as pass through counters in a fairly busy port of entry. My
biggest issue was protecting the electronics. Not the lenses. People
(mostly their clothing) did brush the plates, but the wear on the lens
did not degrade them enough to be an issue. If I had left them proud on
a flat plate I am 100% certain it would have been an issue. Anyway, my admittedly simpler punch and die were hand made with materials I had
laying around.
Any of the methods suggested may work for a one off part.
(*) That was before I learned that as machine tools go Dremel tools are
pretty terrible compared to even a cheap proper rotary hand-piece
flex-shaft tool.
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