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I'm doing a job that involves making some tight bends with copper flat bar. I don't have tooling small enough to do this with the brake so I came up with a die block set that works with our 75 ton bearing press. I had to fab tooling for two different offsets, the tooling I am posting pics of has an offset of 15/16", while the other copper strips pictured are ony offset a 1/4". I factored in the shrinkage and what not so all I need to do is place a precut piece into the die, squeeze it to shape and it fits perfect.... no trimming, no fussing. Here is a pic of the parts in place..... all the copper joints are brazed, and the bronze block to the copper flat bar joint is sliver brazed....Thanks for looking...._________________Chris
Reply:Very nice wutzitz you have there! Rather large too!City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Now see... that's what made America great... Build something, so you can build something, so you can make what you needed in the first place!Nice work!The best things in life all come on a stick!
Reply:Very cool tooling, but what is it that you're building?
Reply:HOLLY COPPER BATMAN!!!!!!  Nice job it looks like innovation to me
Reply:"You had me at 75 ton press....."(ala Jerry Maguire movie)
Reply:Hahaha, laughing at runchman. He had me at "inexpensive tooling", then he topped it with "copper". Very nice stuff Chris, glad to see you're still working as hard as ever. Nice TIG welds as well!John -  fabricator extraordinaire, car nut!-  bleeding Miller blue! http://www.weldfabzone.com
Reply:but what is it Chris?   nice work by the way.63' Lincoln SA200 2008 miller trailblazer 302fibre-metal pipelinermiller camo BWEand all the guns and ammo a growin boy needs
Reply:Originally Posted by runchman"You had me at 75 ton press....."(ala Jerry Maguire movie)
Reply:Originally Posted by runchman"You had me at 75 ton press....."(ala Jerry Maguire movie)
Reply:Looks like a macro chip.......
Reply:Great idea, good work.  I think you demo'd what presses are all about.
Reply:Looks like copper buss bars for a plating tank assembly to me.I could be wrong.Lincoln Power Mig 210MP MIGLincoln Power Mig 350MP - MIG and Push-PullLincoln TIG 300-300Lincoln Hobby-Weld 110v  Thanks JLAMESCK TIG TORCH, gas diffuser, pyrex cupThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 101My brain
Reply:Originally Posted by runchman"You had me at 75 ton press....."(ala Jerry Maguire movie)
Reply:nice work Chris as always  I will dare to ask what does it do when finshed is it a buss bar setup like joker said ? if I don't ask I will never know  Creative metal Creative metal Facebook
Reply:Chris, you are a true fabricator. Nice looking work.  The one big thing that came to my mind is all the copper laying around, you must have security there. That must be one very pricey job. Miller DVI2Lincoln Precision Tig 225Thermodynamics Cutmaster 38Everything else needed.
Reply:Cool setup.  Its always neat to see someone make a deal like that.  Pretty elementary, but serves the need well.Lots of toys.
Reply:Give miller killer a cigar...... we have a winner!!!! The motor mounted to the top of the bar is for vibration to reduce the chance of bubbles being entrapped in the plating._________________Chris