fabricator1
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Going to build one. Probably hydraulic motor turning a gear reducer for ability to control the speed and reverse it easily. Just curious if anyone had some do and don't
Is one powered drive roll enough? I see most of the high end machines have both of the stationary wheels poweredblacksheep10 said:because my bender already had a homemade hydraulic setup on it (motor off boiler blower, pump/resi/valve off a combine) I just put hydraulic qd's inline and hung the roller off the back. Made some plates to ride on the up/down center roll C and hung a hyraulic motor off of an old auger. big sprocket on the drive (got teh swag drive shaft and rolls) and small sprocket on the hydro motor. Perfect. Super controllable from most distances as I can pivot the roll and run the hydro control from 3-8' away to control the tube from rolling sideways and corkscrewing. It's easy and works ****ing awesome.