Rusty Bowtie
General Category => General Discussion - Intros => Topic started by: Rattiac on May 07, 2023, 11:26:47 AM
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Alright, I finally paid off my PayPal and looking into a bead roller for when I do the steel conversion.
(Tops of the doors) and redo the floor.
Being a poor guy I don't get to buy new tools very often. My budget is around $200 .
At first I was looking at the 8" Eastwood but it looks like I could go bigger.
What's the best bang for my buck ?
I did see one awhile ago that had more rollers included. Jegs I think.
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I bought the larger one at Harborfreight...same one as the Eastwood...just different paint. Just checked the HF website and don't see them listed.
I have a couple of the Pexto bead rollers that I use for short stuff.
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I bought this one from Woodward Fab and I'm very happy with it. Cost is $249
https://www.woodwardfab.com/product/manual-bead-roller-with-6-sets-of-dies-wfbr6/ (https://www.woodwardfab.com/product/manual-bead-roller-with-6-sets-of-dies-wfbr6/)
Jegs has one for $195
https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/81235/10002/-1 (https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/81235/10002/-1)
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That same beadroller is sold here, same dies and all. I’ve been doing
crank duty on it a lot at a rod building friend’s garage, and also rolled
some of my own stuff there, as my own bead roller is small at
about 8” of throat depth. It’s not perfect, but good value for the
money, if you ask me.
We did this great looking floor with that Harbor freight style beadroller.
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Just saw that Eastwood has theirs on sale for $199
https://www.eastwood.com/bead-roller-kit-with-mandrels.html (https://www.eastwood.com/bead-roller-kit-with-mandrels.html)
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After much deliberation. I went with the Woodward fab unit.
Eastwood's shipping was way too high $55. So I went through summit (free shipping) , got the better unit and still cheaper than Eastwood.
Should be here tomorrow.
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You guys will be making all kinds of panels :)
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Years ago when I was running my restoration shop, I had to make new floor panels for a 1957 T Bird. I bought an old bead roller from a plumbing/heating shop that was going out of business. I made new dies, for rolling the floor reinforcement designs in the new steel panels, out of aluminum. Cheaper to make my own, as I had a good old time metal turning lathe and a cheap source for round aluminum stock.I also made sinking dies for the body mount depressions from aluminum. Just drill a 3/8" hole where you want the bolt to go through and pull the dies together with an impact. I still have the body mount set.