Homemade Pipe Roller That Really Works! (without a lathe, but with a cnc plasma cutter)
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- Опубліковано 25 гру 2020
- Everyone needs a pipe roller! For making curved pipes without kinks. But why would you buy one when you can make your own. All you need is a cnc plasma cutter, a hydraulic press and some bearings... (Well, ok, perhaps you should just go and buy one if you can..)
The cnc plasma cutter comes from www.xtremeplasma.com (tell Rob I sent you).
Thanks Chris for lending us the hydraulic press. Don't ever take it away!
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My Dad would call this "barnyard engineering". You are the best at it.
Your ingenuity Knows no bounds Tim, Love it. Men in sheds Built the world.
I wish my son Rob was still alive, he was an engineer after your own heart, loved thinking a puzzle out and then making it all sorts. He would have been 45 today and like you he is missed every day even after 7 years
I have a tile that my son painted when he was in primary school - it is very precious to me. Perhaps you have something that Rob made?
God bless his soul 🙏 Aman
Wow. You are a true engineer. Another simple, yet functional design.
That's an amazingly engineered piece of equipment! It seems really practical and easy to use, which is impressive seeing as you've basically recreated something that is only used by professionals and specialised factories.
We learned in High School that Merlin was a wizard of the early middle ages... Not True! He's in Ireland today! Lol. Great work you guys and it's got me thinking about my extra galv. Laying around my place!
The box steel assembly proves itself once again. Really neat use of the plasma cutter!
Thanks! Yes, cutting multiple parts is what it's best at...
@@WayOutWestx2 Good thing Will had his safety squints on when he was welding, be might go blind if not.
Perfect example of ‘Use what you got’ Tim. - Eric.
Exactly - thanks!
I love the way you tell these Engineering Stories. What a great way to explore the possibilities of how stuff happens 😀
Merry Christmas, Tim & Sandra!
It DOES work - maybe a little angle-grinder action on the disc edges will fix the ridges, but I think they serve to keep it all in line ... Cute how the shadows on the floor made a heart shape!
Thanks, you too!
You're never too old as long as a simple curve gives you pleasure - and you can take that any way you like!
this worked like a charm on the first attempt. congratulations! :)
I like that you make your own stuff. I do that to. Partly because it's usually cheaper, but mostly I like to see if I can do it myself.
Great ingenuity Tim and a practical use of resources..really thinking outside the box with this design..very useful piece of engineering..thank you..
Many thanks!
That was great. I love your unorthodoxy. You are truly an adventurer.
Thank you so much!
My goodness. You lost me at minute 2, but I kept watching this whole mesmerizing video. Applause!
Love how clever you are, making do with what you have and figuring stuff out.
I was going to do this exact same thing. I'm more interesting in your use of square pipe as an axle. Brilliant. Saves a bundle on shafting material.
Glad it helped
Wow, That came out perfectly
Another brilliantly simple idea. Well done Tim. Hope you and Sandra are keeping well.
Thanks, you too!
Another genius idea, great job Tim and Will
In these crazy times, watching a little bit of crazy seems almost normal. It just proves, if you want it enough, anything is possible!
I did not understand what you were doing until the end. That's very clever. It's amazing how you see things through to the end and then can build what you need to make it happen.
I love watching your money-saving adventures ☺️
Happy Saint Stephen's Day
Brilliant. Well done.
Great job. Awesome problem solving.
Thanks!
Well done Tim!
Amazing! I love it when a plan comes together
Beautiful indeed!
Fantastic. Can't wait for the next video
Works great - well done.
Unbelievably unbelievable
Very very clever! Great fun to watch this come together!
Well done you two! Cant wait for next instalment
Absolutely fascinating, brilliant! A mystery too, keeping us in suspense. Great stuff. From Rousay, Orkney.
Many thanks!
Bravo!! So impressive!!
How fantastic and what a good feeling when something you make works perfect first time.
So true!
Very cool! I love these videos!
excellent bit of kit, i was concerned the axles might bend first but you have a beautiful curve.
Excellent!!
Well done 👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing
Cheers love the dedication
Brilliant- from soup to nuts
Good exercise Tim
love it GREAT JOB!!!
Very nice!!!
Love it. 800mm diameter great for a cloche grow cover though the diameter of pipe might be a bit overkill for polythene film
Happy Holidays you're so creative ❤🥰❤
Wow Tim. That came out very well.👍
I think so too!
We end on a cliff hanger, can't wait for the next vid to find out what it's gonna be used for
That is quite an impressive achievement.
Brilliant idea with the stacking to get the dies. If you had wanted to, you could have used a grinder to round over the dies slightly and make them less edged. After they were bolted together.
and you only need to grind over one side of each die plate...could still grind the edges once assembled but take a bit more work
So many helpful suggestions.
How wonderful is that!!! :D
Grandioso 👍💪
Nice build. I suggest making another pipe exactly like the one you made here. Then cut them appropriately so as to make a perfect circle and attach them to you T handle on the bender for easier cranking.
Yes, I have just made a rim for the handle wheel
nice job...
Constantly amazed by your engineering skills. My brain just doesn't work like that
A! mazing!
You have my wheels spinning, so many things one could make with a machine like that. One always needs a new toy to make things with on the farm. That is a good size for portable little green houses. I am curious to see how big you can go. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful!!!, Marry Christmas all of you dear!
Same to you
Ingenious. :)
Great lateral thinking as always from Tim. If you can vary the distance between the rollers you will be able to vary the radius of the finished sections.
You don't need to move the dies for that, Roy - just how far down the middle one is.
Have a wonderful Happy Newyear you two and the animals.
Thank you! You too!
I see a whole range of industrial furniture
Awesome, you should become an engineer 👷
Merry Christmas to you all
Thanks - you too!
That's excellent. I really thought those square axles would have bent or deformed.
In this episode: Tim reinvents the integral! Newton would be proud. :-)
(Honestly, Newton would probably be a jerk, but still...)
"the integral" ..."half-ing the distance from here to the door" hated engineering math but got a laugh out of the comment
i love you tim
Long lengths may need to be bent sideways ?good job , look forward to seeing the project
👍🏻
We shall see!
@@WayOutWestx2 I have experience at bending pipes for gas n oil pipelines ,we bent them mostly in the orientation of how you did ,but we had machines to hold them ,our pipes weighed 6 to 8 ton sometimes ,I did a job with a sidebender and it was difficult with moving stands with rollers..etc...you will figure it out I'm sure ,a great tip is..1 degree over 12mtrs is 200mm
I wonder if you can add and subtract discs to match different diameter pipes.
Fantastic! Do you have a smaller chain so the bottom rollers could be closer together? The curving could then get closer to the ends.
Actually it's the frame of the hydraulic press that's the limiting factor.
With different disks you could roll square tube or angle iron
I'm hoping that's true. Looking forward to finding out..
"It is amazing what you can't do if you don't try!
I really enjoyed this. I have recently been thinking how to make a poly tunnel to a custom size.
I wonder; have those scratches ruined the galvanisation? The galavanisation is only surface-deep after all. Perhaps you'll need to paint them.
The zinc is only on the surface but the effect seems to go deeper, so I think even this first pipe will be ok and the next will have less damage - I hope
I bet you could reuse some discs for different size tube
Once you have dies that work (aligned and worn in), you probably don't want to take them apart.
As the street racers say in So. Cal. "Run what you brung". Did you sand the edges of the disks?
Can you swap the dies from the bottom to the top and vice versa to complete the circle? Just a thought.
no need - it just needs a longer length to make a circle
Make a full size pop pop boat
Pipe bender make a large coil spring to fit to hot tub
I like that idea - except where would you sit?
@@WayOutWestx2 The coil is on the outside one pipe is in the water the other is above the water line ,firewood is in the middle of the coil look them up many companies make this hot tub its a wooden tub
When you do the CAD for the discs could you not use the plasma cutter to number them, or mark the diameter? It might help with the assembly.
Yes - maybe for bigger dies it would be worth doing
You've used the square peg in a round hole trick quite a few times. Have you noticed any odd bearing wear due to the four contact points instead of a constant contact point?
I haven't Tommy. But then I'm only using them for slow speed operations so I couldn't promise they'd hold up for everything
I need, as it, were, to get my head around this success and the later, as it were, not quite so successful one.
if you made it so the edges of the discs matched the curve then you could have grinded away the material that crossed the curve and had a more smooth transition. that or take what you have and add some weld into the gaps and grind smooth.
You might use hard facing weld rod to fill the inside in and help it last longer
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balast the fram and put the rollers on the outside of the frame instead of in the center
There would be a lot more strain on the shaft, but I'm sure it would work for lighter pipe at least. Thanks.
Need any more ideas
You could try making the dies out of hardwood too.
You're right. Or good quality plywood
@@WayOutWestx2 maybe resin impregnated plywood? If you had a vacuum pump and a bag you could fill it with fiberglass or acrylic resin and that way it'd be really hard and you could shape it on a regular lathe and it'd be inexpensive. I'd think hardwood like ash or oak or something similar would be the best bet though. (I don't know the trees of Ireland)
If you got a piece of metal the thickness of your die, could you not put an axle in, then use the plasma cutter like a lathe tool, mount at axle height, then move the torch to cut out the required shape in a series of operations as the axle is slowly rotated with a drill or similar, exactly like how it would be done on a lathe? This should be much faster, avoiding any assembly or bolts. If you don't have thick enough material it could be done with several equal sized circles sandwiched together & then cut. Thanks for sharing!
Yes, in theory. But that's not quite how plasma cutters work. You need to set the power to match the thickness of the cut - but the thickness would change constantly in your proposed situation, wouldn't it?
I would have thought as the metal rotates it would present a maximum start thickness that the plasma would cut through as the blank rotates and then it would miss what is left behind till the torch position is moved. I.e. I think it would work as a cutting torch lathe tool. Fairly easy to do a simple experiment, but no doubt you have too many other jobs & your way is working. Good Luck!
you know you could just ask bender bending rodriguez to bend your pipes
I'm wondering what this will lead to in 2021.........
Dude considering a cost of sheets and labor it makes no sense not to buy redy made or playing someone to turn them. Still enjoyable to watch the process
You're lucky if you can just buy what you need locally - we can't.
You made a bike stand
What a title
I couldn't think of anything better - any ideas?
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And if you don't have a cnc plasma????
I'm not trying to be funny but they are getting cheaper all the time.
Ingenious , surely you are wasted on a small holding in the middle of a bog !
Not too many people around here so it suits me very well, Bill.
Sorry I had to stop watching at the point where y'all were mig welding without gloves and without a hood. If you are ok with loosing your eyesight and getting 3rd degree burns that's your deal but stop posting it on the internet because people who don't know any better are going to mimic you.