theodoropoulos - 12-16-2015 at 09:04 PM
i would like to show you my custom bending machine for bending ribs
VIDEO FOR BENDING MACHINE
of course every rib needs to be corrected with adittional bending but its an excellent start for beggining point...
Hibari-San - 12-17-2015 at 07:16 AM
Wow !
That seems to work pretty well. A nice innovative invention.
How did u bent the ribs before u made that machine ? Is it now easier/faster/ more accurate ?
theodoropoulos - 12-17-2015 at 07:37 PM
Well before that i bent the ribs with a pipe heated by resistance!
Of course with this machine the final bending is not achieved 100% so it needs correcting but i have a starting point and the most important is that
all ribs have the same curvature ( i mean the big one) so the small correction is at the endng of the rib!
As a summary i would say it is more time consuming but it is worthy because it is more accurate than the free hand one!
Hibari-San - 12-18-2015 at 03:29 AM
Ah I see, you said "free hand", does that mean you dont use a mold ?
Is it possible to bend several ribs at the same time with ur machine ?
Gocauo - 12-18-2015 at 10:16 AM
I have been watching your videos...very interesting.
thanks for uploading them.
theodoropoulos - 12-18-2015 at 11:09 PM
Gocauo
thank you for support!!!
i try to show my ideas!
Hibari-San
Sorry for misunderstanding.Free hand means that i try to get the curvature by the traditional way....I bend and check...all the time if it feets the
mold.
MOLD PICTURE INSTAGRAMM
The mold is a full mod with brigdes...Because in my opinion you must be very experienced to keep the bowl inside the limits !
You can bend as many ribs as you wish at the same time but this depends on the width of the machine...I bend 2 ribs at the same time.
Dr. Oud - 12-25-2015 at 10:26 AM
A silicon heating pad can be used to heat the whole rib rather than spot heating over a heated mold. The more even heat can reduce failures of some
woods.
theodoropoulos - 12-30-2015 at 04:08 AM
Yes of course but i live in Greece and i cannot find it here.I tried to find it from USA but the cost for me is very high...