We show you how to motorize your bead roller for under $40 using a cheap drill Tshirt and hats available at www.brokebastardgarage.com music by: Daddy Long Legs Voo doo Puppets
Most of the bending force is right at the end of the throat, where the top and bottom portions begin, on the inside end. By the time you’re at the halfway point out on the throat, the metal isn’t bending significantly. So the most effective reinforcement extends to about a third of the way out. So short, thick tubing, about 8” long, would be more effective. I used 2”x2”x1/4” thick tubes for the vertical and horizontal supports. I beveled the end of the horizontal tubes where they touch the vertical tube piece for greater depth penetration of the welds. I welded that frame together before welding it to the roller plate so I could weld the back of the frame parts as well, and ground that down flat. That strengthened it without using the plate for all of the bend resistance. It’s not criticism, but it seems that no one doing this realizes how the stress is aligned, so everyone just assumes the plates bend like a fishing rod, when they mostly bend where the cut in the plate ends.
I tried to make my own pedal and no luck, bought a cheap HF foot pedal and worked great, I used a gear motor I scored at Bargain hunt and made 25mm to 5/8 coupler. Tomorrow i steal your reinforcement Idea, thanks
I really enjoyed Your modification and video on motorizing. The bead roller And look foward to watching your other videos on metal fabrication I'm actually. A retired Woodworker. Who. Has a new interest in. Learning more about Doing my own metal fabbing but it poses a whole new set of challenges for me because in my 40s i suffered a traumatic brain injury that resulted some paralysis in my left arm and hand so motorizing Tools is a way to go for me Especially on the cheap
I looked at motors, but they need electricity !!! So i got myself a second hand philipno outside walmart at night,... She's great, also makes tea and great fried rice... Unfortunately i don't like fried rice in my tea, but we're working on it !!! 👍😘
I've got the same bead roller .... cool idea. Gonna do a future upgrade on mine too but I want mine SLOOOWW. May have to do a double reduction gear set .. so gonna be needing two old bikes!
Great video, bud! I strengthened mine with 2" wide 1/4" thick flat bar along the top, curved around the throat & along the bottom. Worked real well! I'll be motorizing mine now!! Cheers. Leigh in snowy Scotland.
put a chain tensioner on it, & a forward/ reverse switch somewhere near the top within arms reach. i noticed you reach down towards the foot pedal for making it go into reverse. if your son had a bmx bike kicking around, then there's probably a skateboard you can use the board's wheel (s) as a great chain tensioner.
Well BBG, I can relate to that and even a housewife can build it, hey they are good for something, I like your attitude so subbed and liked... good times from a 70 year sr., I think I am gonna build. You get poor enough, you build what you need and go to the fair!
Howdie awesome thanks for sharing your project with us ya made it easy to understand and workable so like ya got those parts kicking around so use them thers always a way to make it work how ya come up with your name for what ya do l,m old school and to me your knocking your self just saying that ok joined up cause what ya do l like ther been said thks again from Canada 🇨🇦 SK later keep them coming ya got my vote signed up so can enjoy what ya got for us minus 22 here in March 2024 brrr 😊
you can also go to e-bay. get a high torque motor 12dc volt. about 5 rpm. a 110ac volt to 12dc volt converter. I am happy. takes a lot of time at 5rpm but you will not be rushed. a foot petal can be installed.
Some interesting ideas there, thanks. That said I seem to have a lot of washing machine motors about so I am likely to use one of those for the job and build my own speed controller.
What an absolutely outstanding video! Your simple, highly efficient and inexpensive motor drive and controller is particularly brilliant. You've hugely expanded the self builders knowledge base for improving these useful devices. Thank you for this brilliant video, subscribed.
nicely done. Two words for future motorized mods. Sewing machine. fairly cheap at yard sales foot pedal variable speed AC motor. Just throwing it out there.
Look on Craigs List for a free treadmill, and scavenge the DC motor, power supply and controller. I have snagged 1.5 hp to 2.5 hp motors from treadmills. The Procore treadmills have a nice motor & power supply assy, all on one HD stamped steel platform. The other brands I taken apart have had the motor and power supply divorced. Being a DC motor, you have variable speed, plus you could integrate a foot pedal speed control. Then you could speed it up, slow it down, while having two hands on your metal.
A good idea. But I used the power steering engine from Toyota has a lot of power, low revs and is very cheap. And a universal 12 / 24v speed controller. Perhaps someone could use the original driver for this engine then maybe slightly sliding the plate could activate the engine automatically.
You may be right but a pipe threading motor at harbor freight is $190 this is a $20 solution. I'd say it depends upon how much bead rolling you do and whether you are a cheap so-and-so as the name of the channel suggests :))) The idea of changing the gear ratio was good but may need an even higher ratio as RDALEHOUSTON says below.
Great video. How about using a foot pedal from a sewing machine. I used an old tig welding machine foot pedal on my 4inch grinder with a flex shaft to do porting on 2stroke cylinders and rotary engine housings. Thanks for sharing.
thanks great video ,, i'm just saying,, change your gear you must speed up drill or it will burn up very soon ,you can look at go cart gears easy to find , thanks i may build on like your
Brilliant well done mate could you show me how you wired it especially the pedal to make it reverse it’s so cool well done buddy larrysullivan in London
This may be a dumb question...but - would a high-torque stepper motor connected directly to the shaft be an option? The speed controller etc could use PWM via an Pi or Arduino etc. Has anyone tried this?
Great job giving ideas for my bead roller . I noticed your using 18 ga are you using that in your 3 in 1 brake slip roller and if so how well does it work Thanks
I used a cheap eBay winch u plug into the outlet put a 5 step pulley on motor and a big compressor pulley on the bead roller the winch has a mount to go on a pole so u don't even need to make a mount u just slide it up and down to change speeds and tension belt the big compressor pulley is big enough to use as a handle for very fine work with the belt off also.the winch motor is about 52 rpm if i remember correctly and my reduction is about 15:1 on the smallest pulley and around 3:1 on the biggest step on the pulley hope that helps.
@watahyahknow You can control the speed of a 12V winch motor. It's called PWM (pulse width modulation) speed controlling, it has the advantage of you have full torque the whole time, including the start. You can buy a controller, or build one, it's not that complicated. Some capacitors, resistors, small transistors, power MOSFETs, an 555 IC and a potentiometer (variable resistor), that's all you need.
@@baladar1353 thanks for the tip but i was thinking more of a 110 volt ac winch motor www.kippersrijssen.nl/hijsmateriaal/elektrische-takels/elektrische-takel-mw-50100kg?gclid=CjwKCAiA99vhBRBnEiwAwpk-uNMrBjU9VqWq5eawSrlyP__iy4ZtcctcUQjictVM6tpMId1S1jgk4hoCkRIQAvD_BwE probably can do sumting simulair though
@@watahyahknow Oh, I see. AC motors can be speed controlled effectively only by changing the frequency of the AC, and that's way more difficult. I wanna change the motor in my drill press to get more power and to control the speed of the spindle, much more than small gears can do. My only chance is to put in an universal motor, and fortunately I have a washing machine that has one in it. Good luck for your project!
