My design of the HF bead roller

[Mike Rouse]

My HF beadroller occupied a spot on the floor for a long time. It was just a pain to operate.
I did what it took to put it in proper use
I kept the shafts and bearing blocks the rest is on the floor
Here are a couple of pictures of the finished machine

[jlrussell4]

That looks good Mike. Can you explain the knob near the backside of the machine?

[Mike Rouse]

oh, I forgot to mention that the uppershaft has one inch of movement
this can help with custom dies

[Hotrod1932]

Nice job Mike!! I reinforced mine with some square tube, kind of the more common method I have seen done, and I like your method. I am still trying to figure out how to mount a guide to mine and your method makes that much easier.

Thanks for showing it.

[Mike Rouse]

thanks the guide surrounds the bottom tube the front of the guide reaches the front of the rollers so that you can guide any width roller
Mike

[Bill Gibson]

Nice Job..!!!!

[anders nørgaard]

That looks good Mike!

I was thinking about doing it something like that... just haven't got around to it yet

[Mike Rouse]

Hi Anders,
I placed the intersection of the rollers at 44 inches above the floor. Makes it easy to see what is going on. It takes about 10 feet of 2 inch by 2 inch. 11 gauge tubing. I filled this tubing with concrete in order to stabilize the machine. I have a picture of ihe shafts that I will post.
This took me about a week to design and fabricate.
Mike

[anders nørgaard]

Thanks Mike