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LAYOUT & PLANNING
• Using a suitable marker or scribe, draw the pattern or shape you
want to form with beads right on the panel. We recommend using
a T-square and straightedge or long ruler for straight lines. For
curves, use a circle or radius template.
• Work carefully and lay out your design lines as neatly as possible.
• When forming beads, be sure to work from the inside of the piece
toward the outside. The bead roller stretches metal and if you work
from the outside toward the center, the bead you previously formed
will be distorted and the entire piece may warp.
• Plan out how you will need to turn and move the panel while
creating the pattern to avoid having to start and stop in the
middle of a line.
• Make a test pass through the Bead Roller over each design line to
be sure there is sufficient throat depth.
• A little time taken at this stage will make the rest of the job go that
much more easily and help avoid mistakes.
OPERATION
GETTING STARTED
• Loosen the Upper Bearing Block Bolt located at the rear of the Bead
Roller Frame with a 19mm wrench (not included)
(FIG 4)
. Note that
the Left Upper Bearing Block mounting hole is slotted.
• Loosen the Roller Tensioning Bolt with a 10mm wrench (not
included) and retract it several turns
(FIG 4)
. At this point, the Left
side of the Upper Roller Shaft and Bearing Block should be free
to be raised up sufficiently to separate the Bead Roller Mandrels
enough to slide the workpiece metal between them.
• Center the Upper Female Mandrel Die groove over the previously
drawn pattern line then slide the Upper Roller Shaft and Bearing
Block down in place against the metal workpiece panel
(FIG 5)
.
• Draw down the Roller Tensioning Bolt finger tight, check alignment
with your drawn line then tighten several additional turns with a
10mm wrench (not included)
(FIG 5)
. For repeatability, count the
number of turns required when forming multiple beads of the
same depth.
• Tighten the Upper Bearing Block bolt located at the rear of the Bead
Roller Frame with a 19mm wrench (not included)
(FIG 6)
.
FIG. 4
FIG. 5
FIG. 6
Do Not Over tighten the Tensioning Bolt as this may
tear the metal workpiece, jam the Roller Dies or
deform the Frame.
Roller
Tensioning
Bolt
✓
Upper Bearing
Block Bolt
✓
