This thread will be dedicated to all sheet metal components custom or original made with my new equipment from Shane @ Baileigh Industrial. Equipment purchased ;Magnetic Brake Electric bead roller 6" stretcher / shrinker Good equipment enables you to be a better craftsman! First off is making a custom running board for our Pepsi Chevrolet Truck. I will update this thread as i use the equipment to perform varies tasks.
Nice work. Love seeing your stuff. Absolute art!. I just bought a manual bead roller, shear and shrinker/stretcher from Baileigh a few weeks ago. Nice stuff. Not sure how ever got along without them.
Jon, Looking great again man, would like to get over to your shop and see this equipment in action. planning on being around still this weekend?
I just came across this thread. How is their magnetic brake? I saw it in the catalog and thought you could do all kinds of cool **** with something like that. What size did you buy? Is it 110 or 220? What gauge will it bend? Thanks -Dane
I bought the 48 " .its 220V .It does 18gauge easy and at a push 16g depending on length of fold.Its a great piece of machinery.
Panels in the process of being made with Baileigh equipment. I made a straight edge guide for the bead roller too.
It's support for that piece of flat steel that is set up to act as a guide fence in order to get a straight line running panels through the rollers.
Without this equipment and the quality of this equipment,my job becomes 10x harder.If your thinking of equipment upgrading ,talk to Shane at Baileigh .I cant speak highly enough about the equipment. Pictures are freshly made body sides for a project.
Using the Baleigh Strecher/Shrinker, Bead Roller and Magnetic Brake, the metal surgeon was able to make this inner door structure for a project in the work shop. The job required taking an original door and redesigning the existing door stucture from the wheel well arch, to a straight profile. The door will now be used as a suicide door hinging before the rear tire, eliminating the need for the "wheel" arch. Watch for more on the Door skin using the Baleigh equipment.
Conner (70Kid) is my part time apprentice and doing great.He's enjoying using the Baileigh equipment.
You do some nice work but being from Coventry UK with the tradition of coachbuilding going back generations there you must have had some great craftsmen to learn from. We are lucky here in the UK that the traditional skills were kept alive. Bailey machines seem to do the job!. David
Thank you! even more so from a craftsman of your caliber too.Im also lucky enough to have 2 employees to p*** it on to ,and there both on the hamb!. Baileigh equip is great at affordable prices too. Keep up your great work ,we need to keep the UK well represented !
I had a small technical problem on Friday,turn out a switch in the foot pedal was stuck in one position. I call Shane@ baileigh and was p***ed onto the technical department (on site) .Problem was fixed within 20 mins . Customer service rating A1 + Thanks guys
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