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I have 600 of these pieces to do. I had the H-sections laser cut, so all I have to do is fold them up. 5 inches long, 3 inches wide. 16ga HRMS The bend is 45 deg.
I have a broach press that I made out of a Chinese 7 ton, electric wood splitter. So all I needed to do was build the tooling to fit what I have.
First the punch holder. 2 inch, 1018 CR shafting
Drill and Tap a 1’’-8 thread to match my ram arbor. Here I am redefining power tapping, an impact wrench makes a great large tap driver.
The gear box was in neutral for this operation, and I was holding the chuck with my hand, I didn’t want transfer the shock load to the gears.
First, make a 0.625 x 1.5 deep slot for the punch. The old ‘’two vice trick’’. This holds the part very securely, and allows the next operation with minimum setup. (those nasty looking cavity’s in the jaws are on purpose, those are sacrificial aluminum jaws, and that was a fixture for another project.)
Drill, tap, and counter bore for the securing capscrew. For this operation all I had to do was locate the hole. Just by flipping the vice over the hole is 90 deg to the slot.
The Punch.
A chunk of 5/8 A36 structural steel I had laying around. Pretty nice machining stuff. Not the best material for a punch, I hope it lives for 600 pieces.
Milling a 40 deg included angle to be able to over bend the part a bit
The Die
Thank you to all of you who replied to my post asking about the die for this project http://www.hobby-machinist.com/show...-Brake-Tooling?p=243552&viewfull=1#post243552 and a special thanks to pineyfolks for pointing out a better die design. This die is based on his suggestion.
3.375 x 10.375 x 1 Unknowdium Steel, it machined really nice, maybe 10Lxx?
Milled a 0.375 x 0.400 deep slot to clear the tool, then chamfered the edges with a 22.5 deg carbide laminate trim router bit. I use carbide router bits on metal quite often, especially aluminum.
The punch & die installed in the press. I added a couple of dowel pins in the die for part location.
Part way through the bend
Bend complete. It actually over bent a bit because I didn’t have any height control at that point. It didn’t spring back as much as I thought it would
I added a shim in the slot to provide a depth stop, and then the bends came out perfect. (well almost perfect, this is not for NASA)
I have a broach press that I made out of a Chinese 7 ton, electric wood splitter. So all I needed to do was build the tooling to fit what I have.
First the punch holder. 2 inch, 1018 CR shafting
Drill and Tap a 1’’-8 thread to match my ram arbor. Here I am redefining power tapping, an impact wrench makes a great large tap driver.
The gear box was in neutral for this operation, and I was holding the chuck with my hand, I didn’t want transfer the shock load to the gears.
First, make a 0.625 x 1.5 deep slot for the punch. The old ‘’two vice trick’’. This holds the part very securely, and allows the next operation with minimum setup. (those nasty looking cavity’s in the jaws are on purpose, those are sacrificial aluminum jaws, and that was a fixture for another project.)
Drill, tap, and counter bore for the securing capscrew. For this operation all I had to do was locate the hole. Just by flipping the vice over the hole is 90 deg to the slot.
The Punch.
A chunk of 5/8 A36 structural steel I had laying around. Pretty nice machining stuff. Not the best material for a punch, I hope it lives for 600 pieces.
Milling a 40 deg included angle to be able to over bend the part a bit
The Die
Thank you to all of you who replied to my post asking about the die for this project http://www.hobby-machinist.com/show...-Brake-Tooling?p=243552&viewfull=1#post243552 and a special thanks to pineyfolks for pointing out a better die design. This die is based on his suggestion.
3.375 x 10.375 x 1 Unknowdium Steel, it machined really nice, maybe 10Lxx?
Milled a 0.375 x 0.400 deep slot to clear the tool, then chamfered the edges with a 22.5 deg carbide laminate trim router bit. I use carbide router bits on metal quite often, especially aluminum.
The punch & die installed in the press. I added a couple of dowel pins in the die for part location.
Part way through the bend
Bend complete. It actually over bent a bit because I didn’t have any height control at that point. It didn’t spring back as much as I thought it would
I added a shim in the slot to provide a depth stop, and then the bends came out perfect. (well almost perfect, this is not for NASA)