An open end wrench of the appropriate size also works for finishing the ends of your beads. Lay the wrench flat at the end of the bead and smack it with a hammer. Works great without building special tools:-)
Thanks for your videos. As Im from Sweden Lazze has been known since I was a teenager (55 today). Ive seen all his videos, but since I found your channel you are my ”go to”. I still grade Lazze and Ron as the best sheet metal guys out there but your videos gives me alot more. And you also seems like a great buy. Keep on doing what youre doing. Thanks from Skellefteå where we now have aprox -15 celsius and 10 cm of snow. 👍🏼🍻
Karl Thanks for taking us to school. You are a very good and solid teacher with your grasp of the subject and your clarity of explanation. The camera work is right on and Christine knows exactly where the eyes need to be focused, Thank you for keeping us old farts in the front row of class. Merry Christmas to you and your families. Thanks again Charlie
An awesome use I've found for the steel flat bottom die is team it up with a top beading die and run over your lines with them first like a small English wheel and it pre-stretches the area and the reduces panel distortion and warping, have you tried louvre dies? I wonder if your gasket punch idea would work to clean the edges of them up too Great vid Karl
Man, you are too kind for giving away the secret sauce on dies and keeping newbs from wasting their money. Too cool! I hope Santa brought you two some good health for your families and some good swap meet karma for parts buying!
I pnce had a math teacher like karl when he explained it it just made sense when karl exains things it all makes sense thats why i watch all his videos thanks again im working on getting a bead roller now so this was very helpful
Brilliant just brilliant learning alot man . You and Kristina have a good Christmas and a brilliant new year take care. Jamie old hot rodder from Scotland
Thank you for sharing all of your talent and your trial and error experience so that we can have a less frustrating experience fabricating and purchasing new equipment. Stay Awesome Karl !!!
I took the die and turned it in the drill press and radiused the rollers edges with a flap wheel on a grinder so they don't dig in work amazing! I made my punch from a socket and extention.
Hey Karl, You would make one hell of a metal's teacher. You have a lot of knowledge and skills for a young man. I enjoy your channel and wish I was a young man again. To learn from you to work on projects again. Merry Christmas to you, your wife, family, friends and all your subscribers. Hopefully we all have a Healthy New Year.
Hi Karl, look at the last set in the beader, turn around and look at the belt line in your pickup, turn back around and look at the dies again.Could you not do two passes and make a wide, maybe tapering belt line for a door / cab corner with them?
No matter the tool, every person has a way of interpreting its use. Some pretty straight forward, some can be super creative. I’ll sure be following when you make that bead roller.
The camera work on these videos is awesome. Getting in at all the right angles makes this really stand out above most other instructional style videos.
I have watched this entire video, front to back, twice.......once before motorizing a brand new 36" throat roller, and then again today, before trying it out for the first time. Inspiration, and refresher!
thanks Karl so much great information here My favorite combination so far is using a pair of step dies on the bottom and a single one in the top to make a channel like what you find in a factory floor pan of older cars. Using the three dies means that it can be done in a single pass and the channel is the same width the whole length with no need to attempt to run parallel lines over a long distance.
I love your channel! you and your wife's happy upbeat attitudes are contagious ! you have inspired me to dust off my bead roller and start building stuff again So thank you
Nice demo on your bead roller dies and how you use them. Not too long till I'll start making the floor for my rod, so this added to my inspiration. Thumbs up!
Hey mate love watching your channel as well. Now I hand make alot of penals and have learned that before you put your bead roll into you metal by stretching it in the English wheel with a higher radius lower wheel on your English wheel as when you put your bead roll it pushes the stretched metal down so it takes away alot of the wrapping of your penal. Cheers mate Wayne
Hey I wanted to show some appreciation for what you two are putting out. I look forward to your videos. I hope you two have a great holiday season. Clint
Those Radius roll over dies (that you hadnt used before) I repaired a 1930s British sidecar where they had used those so I bought the set. They had used the largest dies for the side then smaller dies to do the floor, since they are all 45degrees they all come together to make a 90 degrees but by using two different sizes they created a radius which decreased radius as it went around the lower edge.
@@T3glider no, they just created a 90 that changed radius as it progressed, its something that looks good as it tucks under the edge. As you point out, it will make for a perfect join over pipe
To help with the track mark, I machined a couple of flat rolls of the same diameter as the back of the die I use, about 50mm long. They slide over the shaft behind the upper or lower die (depends of where the track mark will show) to help support the back of my panel, it helps with track marks and a little with the wrapping. I don't know if it makes sense.
Hello, Happy New Year, I wish you and your loved ones health. Cool, super lecture. I didn’t write for a long time, it didn’t work, but I followed. Thanks for the constructiveness!
Karl, Thanks for going over the difference in dies. As always , your clear, concise explanation makes the learning enjoyable . I appreciate you passing you expertise along to us. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to You & Christina. Rick
Thanks for posting this. If you want to explore different bead rolling dies on the cheap, look up Jere Kirkpatrick's vid on using washers and spacers as dies. Also polyurethane skateboard wheels make excellent soft dies cheap.
Great lessons with what dies can mix with others etc. I was thinking with my set that I could taper off where the tracking happens with my lathe. I never did cause I thought they were hardened steel... The possibilities are endless 👍👍
Excellent presentation of really informative information. Timing could not be better because I’m getting ready to pull the trigger on an Eastwood bead roller. I really like the fact that you reinforced the idea that the Eastwood dies are very useable. Thanks. You are a true gentle craftsman. 🙏
Man u keep a tight ass shop! Very well equipped from the looks of it. Very informative, not redundant, solid insight and really great camera work. Thank u for your contribution to the slowly growing knowledge that resides in our noggins
If I can make a suggestion, mount a key ring retractor reel to the top of your bead roller to replace the chain on the hex key you use to R&R the dies. I'd like thank you for the videos, I really wish I had access to the training you provide when I was younger. Thanks again!
Ever tried spraying you table with Bostik Top Coat? Just make it rust free, then spray it down. Let it dry up and buff it like wax. Do that a couple times at first, then you can just do touch ups as needed. It makes your material glide around like crazy, and will stop it from rusting further!
Lot's of great info here Karl! This is what I was talking about when you had said some folks wouldn't be happy if it wasn't "Car Related". I'm almost done with my Pro-Shaper English Wjheel build, I have a nice bead roller, and I'm looking into shrinker / stretchers. All obviously car related, but all kinds of other bad ideas crop up. Redoing my hot water heating system for the house in the spring, and I'm going to use ideas like these to build some really nice aluminum radiators for the Wife. Maybe some nice Rose stencils or something. Lots of stuff that doesn't have to be car related!
I like any fabrication work especially when I learn a little trick like you showed with using heat to release stress from welding. I work at a steel mill and I have seen a three inch round bar that was a hard grade of steel that was quenched in water after being red hot and it split half into from the stress put into it from the quench.
Another great video. I agree with your favorite dies as those are pretty much my go to dies. I do use the urethane lower die more with my tipping die. I love Lazze as his videos are what got me interested in sheet metal manipulation.
Hiya great video, thanks very much for taking the time to share your knowledge with us. I hope you both have a great🎄 Christmas & a fantastic New Year 👍
Thanks for this video. I have a very old hand cranked bead roller. I need to make a set of dies for it. I've been looking for some at flea markets but haven't seen any in 40 years of looking. I'm retired and just playing with a hobby. Good Luck, Rick
Hi Karl. Thanks for another great video.. The top tipping die I use has the angled flange on the inside of the die. This leaves a flat face which allows a full 90 degree flange.
Great video. The past 6 years I've been using the Mittler Bros 36" with a variety of their dies to add more detail to my sculptures. It's nice seeing different brands and profiles compared. Also like your modifications you've done on the lathe to avoid track marks. Great tips and information for anyone at any level.
To avoid track marks, at least with some sets, put a piece of bicycle inner tube (or few layers of tape) over the flat of the die. This would create a soft surface and push the panel away from the unwanted part of the die so that track marks would not be formed.
Perfect timing, I’m old school and use whatever I could(hammer, vice, piece of railway retract etc) to bend and form my work piece, I started watching your channel (I watch others too but seriously I have learnt so much more from you) a few months ago I bought a bead roller after watching one of your video’s, yesterday I treated myself to an English wheel. I was always looking for an old original one but they are not easy to come by so I got a medium quality chinese one, I have been modifying and improving it today haha Now I’m learning to do it all, I’m 49 so never too old to learn. Next is a planishing hammer! (Don’t tell the wife ) I wish you and your family (pets included) a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year with lots of success to you. Thank you so much, keep up the great work and passion Regards Shaun
Can you please go over how to run crossing beads and how to handle the intersection versus requiring stamping. Thanks! Love the tips. Can't wait to see your beader build. Please include a parts order list.
Yeah I don’t really know myself how the best way to cross Beeds over is. I’d like to stop them and start them on either side of the intersection myself
Excellent video, exactly what I needed to watch, I mainly work with copper and some of the sets you showed will definitely make my life easier, I'd like to see your hem roll set and how to work them a bit more.
I watched the whole vid, the very last one was what i needed and it was the shortest, thats ok everything was informative and i learned.i hope you play with the last set more , thankx for that!
Another great informative video, I am getting ready to make some floor panels for my model A HotRod on my channel , I have the basic Eastwood roller and dies , and this video has given me some good insight on which dies and how to use them
Thanks for the info. I have a HF bead roller that I bought for doing for furnace ductwork and this adds a whole new dimension of possibilities to the tool. Also, I have a lathe to make my own dies or modify existing ones.
Thanks Karl, after metal shaping in the shop all day I like to relax by watching other people shape metal. Do you think softening the edges on some of the dies would help to reduce the tracking marks?
Excellent, thank you. It also never occurred to me to mix and match the beading dies. Unfortunately dies are really expensive here in NZ. And buying them overseas is expensive because the postage is always ridiculous as they are heavy. Cheapest I have seen here for that Eastwood type set here is about $270 Canadian equivalent. I made my own tipping die from some 3mm steel left over from the inside of a large hole saw! The radius dies are useful. I used them on my guards on my Austin 7. We use the same principal of bending one panel 45 degrees and matching another 45 degrees on vintage car bodies where the sides meet the top. Look at the tail of a type 35 Bugatti say and it looks like the curve on the top corners is a lot but if you think of the sides curving in 45 degrees and the top curving down 45 degrees and it's not so bad. And you get to weld it flat on the join then hammer it smooth.
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Love learning new things. The under sized lower bead is a very cool idea. More great info. Keep them coming.
I have learned alot from you also Tony and wanted to say thanks for the awesome Canadian content.
I’d like to see a collaboration video with Fitzee and Karl Fisher. I know you are on opposite sides of the country but it would be cool.
Love your vids too. You and Karl are my go to guys on youtube!!!
Im one of your biggest fans Tony! Love your videos too.
An open end wrench of the appropriate size also works for finishing the ends of your beads. Lay the wrench flat at the end of the bead and smack it with a hammer. Works great without building special tools:-)
Thanks for your videos. As Im from Sweden Lazze has been known since I was a teenager (55 today). Ive seen all his videos, but since I found your channel you are my ”go to”. I still grade Lazze and Ron as the best sheet metal guys out there but your videos gives me alot more. And you also seems like a great buy. Keep on doing what youre doing. Thanks from Skellefteå where we now have aprox -15 celsius and 10 cm of snow. 👍🏼🍻
Karl Thanks for taking us to school. You are a very good and solid teacher with your grasp of the subject and your clarity of explanation. The camera work is right on and Christine knows exactly where the eyes need to be focused, Thank you for keeping us old farts in the front row of class. Merry Christmas to you and your families. Thanks again
Charlie
Thanks very much Charles! Merry Christmas!
The hole punch to end the beads is a really nice idea. Thanks for sharing.
Merry Christmas! Only thing that is seriously wrong with this video, is that you can give only one like for it. Keep up the good work!
Merry Christmas thank you very much!
Jamie Jordan and lazze are unbelievable..yeah man get to that bead roller build..I plan on making one.
The one best DAM videos on bead rollering
An awesome use I've found for the steel flat bottom die is team it up with a top beading die and run over your lines with them first like a small English wheel and it pre-stretches the area and the reduces panel distortion and warping, have you tried louvre dies? I wonder if your gasket punch idea would work to clean the edges of them up too
Great vid Karl
Yeah that’s a really great idea! I have not tried louvre dies
Always learning anytime i watch your videos and I'm not even a metal guy but still enjoy taking in the information you teach
Man, you are too kind for giving away the secret sauce on dies and keeping newbs from wasting their money. Too cool! I hope Santa brought you two some good health for your families and some good swap meet karma for parts buying!
Ha ha Ha swap meet Karma is my favourite thing to receive!
I pnce had a math teacher like karl when he explained it it just made sense when karl exains things it all makes sense thats why i watch all his videos thanks again im working on getting a bead roller now so this was very helpful
Brilliant just brilliant learning alot man . You and Kristina have a good Christmas and a brilliant new year take care. Jamie old hot rodder from Scotland
Thank you for sharing all of your talent and your trial and error experience so that we can have a less frustrating experience fabricating and purchasing new equipment. Stay Awesome Karl !!!
Gr8 vid. When it comes to warping I normally wheel the bead lines first, to set some stretch in.
I took the die and turned it in the drill press and radiused the rollers edges with a flap wheel on a grinder so they don't dig in work amazing! I made my punch from a socket and extention.
Great, now i NEED a bead roller. Another fantastic lesson, thanks again mate.
Hey Karl, You would make one hell of a metal's teacher. You have a lot of knowledge and skills for a young man. I enjoy your channel and wish I was a young man again. To learn from you to work on projects again.
Merry Christmas to you, your wife, family, friends and all your subscribers. Hopefully we all have a Healthy New Year.
Thanks a lot Scott and merry Christmas and happy new year do you and yours
Great video 👍This is the way all teaching videos should be made thanks again!
Great video Karl! Thanks for sharing, learning something new everyday! We all must Propagate the Knowledge. Rock on Brother!
Hi Karl, look at the last set in the beader, turn around and look at the belt line in your pickup, turn back around and look at the dies again.Could you not do two passes and make a wide, maybe tapering belt line for a door / cab corner with them?
For sure! Bead rolling can achieve many shapes. Guys are even 3F printing dies for custom body lines
Thanks for taking the time to make these vids to share the info!
No matter the tool, every person has a way of interpreting its use. Some pretty straight forward, some can be super creative. I’ll sure be following when you make that bead roller.
The camera work on these videos is awesome. Getting in at all the right angles makes this really stand out above most other instructional style videos.
Dude puts out well thought out advice but being able to really see what he's talking about kicks it up several notches.
Nice video. Great breakdown of dues and their application
Morning Karl, wow, everytime I watch one of your videos I learn something, I like how you take the time to explain....be safe!!
God Bless!!
I have watched this entire video, front to back, twice.......once before motorizing a brand new 36" throat roller, and then again today, before trying it out for the first time. Inspiration, and refresher!
Thanks for the demonstration with each die! Much appreciated!
thanks Karl so much great information here
My favorite combination so far is using a pair of step dies on the bottom and a single one in the top to make a channel like what you find in a factory floor pan of older cars.
Using the three dies means that it can be done in a single pass and the channel is the same width the whole length with no need to attempt to run parallel lines over a long distance.
Right on! It’s cool how you can just use whatever to make whatever. The possibilities are endless!
I love your channel! you and your wife's happy upbeat attitudes are contagious ! you have inspired me to dust off my bead roller and start building stuff again So thank you
That’s so great to hear! Bead rolling is super fun
Dude you rock. I learn a lot from your channel. Well done.
Nice demo on your bead roller dies and how you use them. Not too long till I'll start making the floor for my rod, so this added to my inspiration. Thumbs up!
Hey mate love watching your channel as well. Now I hand make alot of penals and have learned that before you put your bead roll into you metal by stretching it in the English wheel with a higher radius lower wheel on your English wheel as when you put your bead roll it pushes the stretched metal down so it takes away alot of the wrapping of your penal.
Cheers mate Wayne
Hey I wanted to show some appreciation for what you two are putting out. I look forward to your videos. I hope you two have a great holiday season.
Clint
Those Radius roll over dies (that you hadnt used before) I repaired a 1930s British sidecar where they had used those so I bought the set. They had used the largest dies for the side then smaller dies to do the floor, since they are all 45degrees they all come together to make a 90 degrees but by using two different sizes they created a radius which decreased radius as it went around the lower edge.
Good to know!
I can see using those dies to wrap a panel over a tube. Is that how it was used on the sidecar?
@@T3glider no, they just created a 90 that changed radius as it progressed, its something that looks good as it tucks under the edge. As you point out, it will make for a perfect join over pipe
You do a great job teaching how to do all this custom work!!!!
Great video. That Radius Step Roll die looks like it would be perfect for putting the body line in the bottom edge of Model A doors.
I know you did a video about your bead roller and now I have got to make mine more like your’s. When I’m done I’ll send you a pic. Thanks again
Thanks Carl. Just starting to get serious about bead rolling, so perfect timing. Loving the content, and awesome new workshop fella.
Buenas tardes seria tan amable de darme un numero de telefono para mejor comunicacion muchas gracias amigo
Love your videos so much info makes me want to give it a try i think bead rolling looks so cool thanks Marry Christmas bro!!!!
great video and info thank you very much. I learn a lot on your videos. Keep up the good work. Take care and stay safe.
To help with the track mark, I machined a couple of flat rolls of the same diameter as the back of the die I use, about 50mm long. They slide over the shaft behind the upper or lower die (depends of where the track mark will show) to help support the back of my panel, it helps with track marks and a little with the wrapping. I don't know if it makes sense.
I often rewind and playback 4 or 5 times to try and catch the dies you are using. Great content as always matey thanks
Hello, Happy New Year, I wish you and your loved ones health. Cool, super lecture. I didn’t write for a long time, it didn’t work, but I followed. Thanks for the constructiveness!
Karl,
Thanks for going over the difference in dies. As always , your clear, concise explanation makes the learning enjoyable . I appreciate you passing you expertise along to us.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to You & Christina.
Rick
Great info and liking the flaging dies. Awesome job as always.
Thanks for posting this. If you want to explore different bead rolling dies on the cheap, look up Jere Kirkpatrick's vid on using washers and spacers as dies. Also polyurethane skateboard wheels make excellent soft dies cheap.
Great lessons with what dies can mix with others etc. I was thinking with my set that I could taper off where the tracking happens with my lathe. I never did cause I thought they were hardened steel... The possibilities are endless 👍👍
Excellent presentation of really informative information. Timing could not be better because I’m getting ready to pull the trigger on an
Eastwood bead roller. I really like the fact that you reinforced the idea that the Eastwood dies are very useable.
Thanks. You are a true gentle craftsman. 🙏
Time is my hurdle. But your stuff is great. Sometimes I have to watch as I'm experimenting my self.
Man u keep a tight ass shop! Very well equipped from the looks of it. Very informative, not redundant, solid insight and really great camera work. Thank u for your contribution to the slowly growing knowledge that resides in our noggins
Love the video. Thanks for sharing! I can’t wait for the build video on the bead roller
If I can make a suggestion, mount a key ring retractor reel to the top of your bead roller to replace the chain on the hex key you use to R&R the dies.
I'd like thank you for the videos, I really wish I had access to the training you provide when I was younger. Thanks again!
Just purchased the same shear. It is wonderful super smooth operation.
Ever tried spraying you table with Bostik Top Coat? Just make it rust free, then spray it down. Let it dry up and buff it like wax. Do that a couple times at first, then you can just do touch ups as needed. It makes your material glide around like crazy, and will stop it from rusting further!
Interesting! Thank you I’ll have to check it out!
@@MakeItKustom - one guess what 3 letter store you can get it at. ;)
Knowledge from experience is the best and it’s here in spades. 😎👍🇨🇦
Lot's of great info here Karl! This is what I was talking about when you had said some folks wouldn't be happy if it wasn't "Car Related". I'm almost done with my Pro-Shaper English Wjheel build, I have a nice bead roller, and I'm looking into shrinker / stretchers. All obviously car related, but all kinds of other bad ideas crop up. Redoing my hot water heating system for the house in the spring, and I'm going to use ideas like these to build some really nice aluminum radiators for the Wife. Maybe some nice Rose stencils or something. Lots of stuff that doesn't have to be car related!
Cool cause I love doing custom stuff on everything not just cars glad we’re on the same page
Dang that went fast I can’t believe it is over all ready. Great video Karl !!
That quilted design is kool!
Now I need to get a bead roller.
I like any fabrication work especially when I learn a little trick like you showed with using heat to release stress from welding. I work at a steel mill and I have seen a three inch round bar that was a hard grade of steel that was quenched in water after being red hot and it split half into from the stress put into it from the quench.
A perfectly timed, excellent video, sir!!! Thank you so much! 👍🏻
Merry Christmas to you both. Very informative videos . Taught me some new skills (at 70!)
Another great video. I agree with your favorite dies as those are pretty much my go to dies. I do use the urethane lower die more with my tipping die. I love Lazze as his videos are what got me interested in sheet metal manipulation.
Unbelievable video. HUGE amount of info on this subject for a rookie like me. THANK YOU!
Hiya great video, thanks very much for taking the time to share your knowledge with us. I hope you both have a great🎄 Christmas & a fantastic New Year 👍
Thanks for this video. I have a very old hand cranked bead roller. I need to make a set of dies for it. I've been looking for some at flea markets but haven't seen any in 40 years of looking. I'm retired and just playing with a hobby. Good Luck, Rick
You rock. Just started with a Eastwood beadroller..lots to learn..you definitely enlightened me.
thanks for vid , do an english wheel followup
😉😉
Hi Karl. Thanks for another great video.. The top tipping die I use has the angled flange on the inside of the die. This leaves a flat face which allows a full 90 degree flange.
Great walk through. I have so few dies that I don’t use it that much but will now
Great video. The past 6 years I've been using the Mittler Bros 36" with a variety of their dies to add more detail to my sculptures. It's nice seeing different brands and profiles compared. Also like your modifications you've done on the lathe to avoid track marks. Great tips and information for anyone at any level.
Great demonstration, really looking forward to the video on building the bead roller
Glad you mentioned KMS! As a Canadian I have been shopping there for over 20 years. Great content. Look forward to learning more. Subscribed!
Great video. Love the content. It is nice to see the various dies used and the associated contours and the tips on how to best use the dies.
To avoid track marks, at least with some sets, put a piece of bicycle inner tube (or few layers of tape) over the flat of the die. This would create a soft surface and push the panel away from the unwanted part of the die so that track marks would not be formed.
I can hardly wait to try some of the stuff you are teaching. Thanks Karl!
Perfect timing, I’m old school and use whatever I could(hammer, vice, piece of railway retract etc) to bend and form my work piece, I started watching your channel (I watch others too but seriously I have learnt so much more from you) a few months ago I bought a bead roller after watching one of your video’s, yesterday I treated myself to an English wheel. I was always looking for an old original one but they are not easy to come by so I got a medium quality chinese one, I have been modifying and improving it today haha
Now I’m learning to do it all, I’m 49 so never too old to learn.
Next is a planishing hammer! (Don’t tell the wife )
I wish you and your family (pets included) a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year with lots of success to you.
Thank you so much, keep up the great work and passion
Regards Shaun
Thanks so much! Merry Christmas and happy new year. Glad to hear that you’re learning lots from the channel and acquiring new tools! Have fun!
Very interesting! The differences and the pros and cons! Thank you
Excellent demonstration, so informative and understandable, thank you.
Another great video . Hats off to awesome Canadian content.
Can you please go over how to run crossing beads and how to handle the intersection versus requiring stamping. Thanks! Love the tips. Can't wait to see your beader build. Please include a parts order list.
Yeah I don’t really know myself how the best way to cross Beeds over is. I’d like to stop them and start them on either side of the intersection myself
Excellent video, exactly what I needed to watch, I mainly work with copper and some of the sets you showed will definitely make my life easier, I'd like to see your hem roll set and how to work them a bit more.
This was a good educational video. Thanks.
I watched the whole vid, the very last one was what i needed and it was the shortest, thats ok everything was informative and i learned.i hope you play with the last set more , thankx for that!
Great job!
saved us (that are new to using bead rollers) a ton trial and error leaning.
Another great informative video, I am getting ready to make some floor panels for my model A HotRod on my channel , I have the basic Eastwood roller and dies , and this video has given me some good insight on which dies and how to use them
That's pretty cool you certainly know your stuff that's why we watch you and learn from you. Merry Christmas
I'm suprized theres no KMS in Ontario because theres more population in the golden triangle. Great video Carl !
Thanks for the info. I have a HF bead roller that I bought for doing for furnace ductwork and this adds a whole new dimension of possibilities to the tool. Also, I have a lathe to make my own dies or modify existing ones.
Thanks for the tips..... love the show! Time to RUclips to the east and watch Chad. Happy Holidays.
Thanks for the great lesson, i also use the Eastwood dies most, i like Them.
Wow that was a good learning session. THANKS from Australia.
Thanks Karl, after metal shaping in the shop all day I like to relax by watching other people shape metal. Do you think softening the edges on some of the dies would help to reduce the tracking marks?
Yes it would help reduce the tracking marks. I don’t use any dies that have a chance of making any marks
I was about to give you a tip with those radius dies, but you figured it out on your own.
Been busy today I wanted to wish you and your wife a very Merry Christmas
Fantastic tutorial in bead rolling!
Would like to see vid of you using the plastic dies
Some great information and tips sir!!!
Excellent, thank you. It also never occurred to me to mix and match the beading dies. Unfortunately dies are really expensive here in NZ. And buying them overseas is expensive because the postage is always ridiculous as they are heavy. Cheapest I have seen here for that Eastwood type set here is about $270 Canadian equivalent. I made my own tipping die from some 3mm steel left over from the inside of a large hole saw! The radius dies are useful. I used them on my guards on my Austin 7. We use the same principal of bending one panel 45 degrees and matching another 45 degrees on vintage car bodies where the sides meet the top. Look at the tail of a type 35 Bugatti say and it looks like the curve on the top corners is a lot but if you think of the sides curving in 45 degrees and the top curving down 45 degrees and it's not so bad. And you get to weld it flat on the join then hammer it smooth.
Great rundown on the proper use of the bead roller dies
Thanks and Merry Christmas !!