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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 132223" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>Next was to roll an edge for the tank bottom seam. Last time around I used a little homemade tool for this. It worked, but it took forever and did not make a perfect rolled edge.</p><p>This time I have a powered bead roller. It's based on the Northern tool hand operated bead roller, the type that clamps to a workbench. I found that pretty tough to operate with one hand while attempting to accurately feed the work through with the other. There is a foot operated pedal on the modified rig.</p><p>This unit worked really well to put the turn in at the bottom.</p><p>The Thruxton R tank has a visible seam at bottom, just like most tanks did back in the 60s.</p><p>I understand why they did that, but it looks a lot nicer if the seam disappears under the tank.</p><p>The bead roller established the roll and created the flange at about 50 degrees. I used the hand tool to finish the turn to 90degrees. Did not want to run through the bead roller twice and screw things up. It was easy to turn the existing flange from 50 to 90 by hand. This was done in a few minutes per side.[ATTACH=full]39304[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]39305[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]39306[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]39307[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 132223, member: 2708"] Next was to roll an edge for the tank bottom seam. Last time around I used a little homemade tool for this. It worked, but it took forever and did not make a perfect rolled edge. This time I have a powered bead roller. It's based on the Northern tool hand operated bead roller, the type that clamps to a workbench. I found that pretty tough to operate with one hand while attempting to accurately feed the work through with the other. There is a foot operated pedal on the modified rig. This unit worked really well to put the turn in at the bottom. The Thruxton R tank has a visible seam at bottom, just like most tanks did back in the 60s. I understand why they did that, but it looks a lot nicer if the seam disappears under the tank. The bead roller established the roll and created the flange at about 50 degrees. I used the hand tool to finish the turn to 90degrees. Did not want to run through the bead roller twice and screw things up. It was easy to turn the existing flange from 50 to 90 by hand. This was done in a few minutes per side.[ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20201216_111138.jpg"]39304[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20201216_111244.jpg"]39305[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20201216_111126.jpg"]39306[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20201216_112704.jpg"]39307[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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