18.1/4" bead roller upgrade question.

[Ken from ontario]

You made it work for you, do you still use it? it looks like it's a better quality than what the make now, did you reinforce the body at all?

 

[682bear]

Yes, I reinforced the body with some fairly heavy gussets welded to a short piece of 2x2x¼ square tube...



This keeps the body from twisting under stress... it works very well.

I've only used it on one project... I fabricated new floor pans for a 1964 Ford Fairlane...



It worked out pretty well, actually...

-Bear

 

[Ken from ontario]

You did a good job on the floor pans.

 

[682bear]

Thanks... I had to build the pans in sections because of the short throat of the machine... but that wasn't a big issue... its floor pans... they don't really have to be very pretty... lol

-Bear