<html><head></head><body>Alternatively, just cut out two donuts from sheet, plus a rectangular strip for the bottom. Bend the strip to Form a cylinder and weld the rings to either side. Would that work?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 January 2015 9:01:23 PM NZDT, Robin Gilks <robin@gilks.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail"><br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> Which way do you want to bend it.<br /> Sideways, away or into itself ???<br /><br /><br /> Many years ago I heard AirNZ were the answer but that may not be so now.<br /> ....<br /><br /> Mark<br /><br /> Robin Gilks wrote: Me again... This time I'm after a sheet metal shop<br /> that can bend channel (1mm wall, 50mm wide & about 30mm high wall)<br /> into a circle of about 560mm i/d. I've found someone that can do bar and<br /> sheet but channel may require a former to stop it collapsing. Any ideas?<br /></blockquote><br />I'm after a track for the idler wheels, similar to the ones I'm testing<br />with, to prevent the drum of my walnut washer from wandering off its<br />runners.<br /><a href="http://gilks.ath.cx/gallery/index.php/Nuts/IMG_3403">http://gilks.ath.cx/gallery/index.php/Nuts/IMG_3403</a><br /><br />To
this end, the open side of the channel will be on the outside (major<br />diameter). I only need it at one end, the other end will have the drive<br />belt assembly!<br /></pre></blockquote></div><br>
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