i need to be a able to bend and corrugte metal to the size and shape of a handlheld clothing washer. or to be able to buy it at a reasonable price somewhere?? any ideas? i will paythose who point me in the right direction.
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>>2870505How big of a piece do you need? And the corrugations themself look to be about 1\4" wide or so from valley to peak or 1/2" wide from peak to peak?
>>2870505>>2870507I’ve never seen a CGA resolution camera before. Cool!
>>2870505>i will paythose who point me in the right directionno you wont. But in my mind this problem has two big choices that will impact what choices you make. So first off is what material you want and how to form that material. Personally if I had this project forced upon me I would likely bend up whatever material into sharp corners and on a second pass attempt to bend the sharp corners into rounded peaks. Reckon you could relieve the sharp corners with round die pretty easily. Issue with my way would be id likely make a die that only did one fold at a time, where as when this was made it was likely stamped in one pass once it was cut to size. So with two passes on a bottle jack press id be wasting tons of time.Press brake would be nice if the throat was deep enough but still would have to figure out how to smooth out the peaks. Material choice impacts this because some metals dont like being bend like this without cracking and also we dont want something that will stain clothes it comes in contact with. Plus it has to have some ability to withstand water and likely being put away wet. Having never used a hand washer I am also unsure what thickness would be the most useful, IE very thick for rigidity-durability or very thin for cost-ease of manufacture-possibly user comfort.Is the current damage to the point where it has eaten enough metal to cause breaks-tears-holes that would catch on a the garment being washed?If it is just a surface finish issue perhaps trying to clean away the existing part might be a good choice. Lastly if this is being used and the effort was being made to repair it, seems worth while to my autism to speak to the user to find out what was lacking in the original design. Would have to imagine size-frame material-how this thing is held/sits in the basin-etc could be optimized for this user while being repaired.
>>2870530If you're gonna make your own corrugations I think it would be worthwhile to do a roller die configuration. I bet a person could make some out of heavy pipe and half round rod that is welded to the roller at the appropriate spacing for whatever sized corrugations you want.
>>2870540Doesnt seem worth for the thickness id likely be bending honestly. With my time wasting press-die package I would only be making dies, and could reuse them for other random shit. But if we talking dream tier rigs for specifically this I would make a progressive die so I could make the shape in fewer operations. Infact if you had a gun to my head I would machine UHMWPE plate with grooves and not need a frame or metal at all. Found the stuff pretty easy to work with when ive made sliders and it would easily last 100K panties or more before failure. But I do appreciate this is a good solution if we were in the business of hand washing boards.
>>2870547>>2870540>>2870530need ore advice on type of steel, thickness is fairly obvious. material ismagnetic on original desing so can rule out aluminum and other non magnetic metals. my offer still stands. and there is top contender as of now
>>2870540how to construct corrugation rollers?
>>2871292Again I know no one in this thread will get a cent. But you didnt answer previous question of what state is the current material in, IE is there enough damage its unusable or is it a surface finish thing. Which would lead me to which material to choose for this project. Whats the current thickness?Are you near a metal supermarket?Reusing the existing frame or making your own?
>>2871292Most all of them I have ever seen are just galvanized steel sheet. >>2871294I would go low-tech to start with and just get some half round steel profile and weld them to steel pipe of an appropriate size. Make sure you get them spaced around the pipe properly. Then build a frame to hold them in place and some kind of adjustment on the top roller to apply more/less pressure between the rolls. Then a hand crank and lever on one of the rollls to pull the sheet metal through. May need some fiddling with to get it to work properly and will give you an idea on whether it is worth it or not to step up to something with machined dies if you are going to crank out 1000's of these.
>>2870547>Found the stuff pretty easy to work with when ive made sliders and it would easily last 100K panties or more before failure.>pantiesWhat did he mean by this?
