Powered Bead Roller/Flanger

[worntorn]

One thing is definately leading to another with the Egli build. The last diversion, building an English Wheel in order to do all the tinwork, took a couple of weeks or so.

Now I need a bead roller and flanger to finish up the fenders I made with the Ewheel for the Egli and a couple of other bikes. It will come in handy in the future too. Harbor Freight and Northern tool offer a similar plate type bead roller. From what I have read about them, the dies that come with it are terrific but the 1/2" plate isn't up to the job.

A lot of members on the metalshaping site have beefed up their bargain beadrollers. Some have added power as well. One fellow used a 1/2 drill for power. He uses the bead roller in his commercial operation and it has worked well for a couple of years or so. I thought his modifications were pretty good. So here is my stab at it. I used the Northern Tool version, it was $20 cheaper than Harbor Freight rig, it has grease fittings (the HF one doesn't) and delivery was free.

With a little luck I should have it up and running tomorrow.