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Offline speedibee

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bending 0.7 mm brass sheet
« on: September 28, 2018, 09:39:21 AM »
I need to repair the boiler on a  small static steam engine  I plan to silver solder a patch round the front of it , what i need to do is bend the brass to 50 mm I.D  so it will be a nice tight fit on the  boiler , any ideas how to achieve this without making a mess of it or winding up with hammer mark all over it ?
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Offline Lew_Merrick_PE

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Re: bending 0.7 mm brass sheet
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2018, 01:59:38 PM »
Speedibee  --  3-rolloer Slip Former?  The one I have has ø20mm rollers.

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Re: bending 0.7 mm brass sheet
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2018, 04:27:38 PM »
Anneal it and form it round a bit of timber turned to the required diameter
Better still make a new boiler
Just had to do something similar to make a replacement boiler with a tinsmiths joint for a Bowman Peter Pan steam boat
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Re: bending 0.7 mm brass sheet
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2018, 05:18:30 PM »
+1. For rolling pin, mandrels......  :thumbup:
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