aarongough
Stainless
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2014
- Location
- Toronto, Canada
Hi guys,
I am working on the design of a machine (onsey-twosey thing for in-house use) that requires a thin-ish plate to be bent thru 180º with a large radius. Plate is likely to be 1/4" or 3/16" thick, bend radius will be about 6-8". I am not a fab shop or sheet metal shop so I'm trying to work out a way to do this with minimal equipment...
Would running a series of parallel weld beads spaced apart beginning at the center of the plate cause it to curl up on itself like I want?
Normally I would be worried about avoiding this kind of distortion but in this case I'm wondering whether it might be used to my advantage. The finish on the inside of the bend does not matter. Unfortunately I don't have a spare sheet lying around to just try this out on.
I tried a search to see if anyone had tried this before but came up blank, maybe I'm using the wrong terminology...
Thanks!
-Aaron
I am working on the design of a machine (onsey-twosey thing for in-house use) that requires a thin-ish plate to be bent thru 180º with a large radius. Plate is likely to be 1/4" or 3/16" thick, bend radius will be about 6-8". I am not a fab shop or sheet metal shop so I'm trying to work out a way to do this with minimal equipment...
Would running a series of parallel weld beads spaced apart beginning at the center of the plate cause it to curl up on itself like I want?
Normally I would be worried about avoiding this kind of distortion but in this case I'm wondering whether it might be used to my advantage. The finish on the inside of the bend does not matter. Unfortunately I don't have a spare sheet lying around to just try this out on.
I tried a search to see if anyone had tried this before but came up blank, maybe I'm using the wrong terminology...
Thanks!
-Aaron