Reply with Quotemy guess is the radius of the die should be max material condition plus .005" for that size tubing. And I guess clearances would advance somewhat as the tube size increases.
very impressive work!
im cnc removal, not forming. not my paridigm.
jim
Home made cnc bender
Hi all,
I have been working on making a home made cnc bender. Attached is a picture of the bender. Was looking for any feed back from others. I do not have much experience with this type of machine. Most of my ideas came from watching videos on you tube.
I will be bending stainless tubing that is about 1/4" in diameter with a wall thickness of about .025"
The design basically uses a nema 34 stepper motor with a 16:1 gear reduction and then a 3:1 belt reduction to drive the "bender".
I am using a 5C collet to hold the tube that will automatically be opened and closed with an air piston.
I was going to use linux EMC2 to control the bender. I have some experience with this program.
I am not sure how to make the "rollers". Do I make them the same diameter as the tube, a little oversized...
Thanks for any help
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brilliant work!
my guess is the radius of the die should be max material condition plus .005" for that size tubing. And I guess clearances would advance somewhat as the tube size increases.
very impressive work!
im cnc removal, not forming. not my paridigm.
jim
pipe bender
Hi b7may
How is the progress have you come any further, are the any images of the project''
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