"Z" progress.

[Bob Kraemer]

It's a ShopBot. I'm suppose to make signs with it, but........

Thats called multi-tasking

[pro70z28]

[Mr. Jean]

Very cool toy, nice job.

[pro70z28]

Got the bezel off the table. Now comes the task of bending it in the right places & at the correct angles to fit the dash.

[Rapid Randy Baker]

WOW!! You ROCK!!

[jim sanders]

NICE !!! well done Pro

[pro70z28]

I decided to make a section of the bezel to see how it bent in the brake. The pic. below doesn't show how bad it looked when I pulled it out. (I made some alterations on the brake & bent it a second time and it straightened out some). I flipped the last 5 fingers over so they would come up short of the edge. Then I made a roll edge by putting a radius on the edge of a 1/2" aluminum plate. I tried it that way for the first test that distorted the raised edges & the thin center caved in because there was no support.


I had a pc. of c-channel laying around so I bolted it to the brake to make a wider edge. Then I put a couple bolts in the 1/2 aluminum plate so I could put the brake fingers right at the edge w/o it slipping off. Then I made a filler pc. out of aluminum to wedge under the 1/2plate to support the machined out center area of the bezel. The second test pc. bent perfect. Got a few things to finish on the dash cover & then it's time to bend the real deal.

[Rapid Randy Baker]

Pretty neat stuff Landlord!

[SLICK VIC]

I am impressed,..great work Gary

[pro70z28]

Thanks Rapid & VIC. I appreciate the compliments.