0-00 Bead-roller
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Ben (the Dutchman's) bead roller, based on Tom Liption's Bench wheel design

0-02
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First bead

0-03
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first-bead-close-up

0-05
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Ben's drawings

aa-powerbeader
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Tom Lipton's

bead
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Jim Bailie

bead1
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George King

beader_samples
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Tip from Jim Bailie

Harbor Freight -- 0-01
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Harbor Freight machine out-of-the-box

Harbor Freight 0-03
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Harbor Freight -- cost $89.95. With modifications -- a bead roller that does full depth in 14 ga with one pass. For more information -- CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE. Bob Nienke

Harbor Freight 0-04
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The motor is a Grainger ac/dc gearmotor @21 rpm with chain drive and a gear reduction down to 12 rpm. Click image for more info. Mike Shambarger

Harbor Freight 0-07
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This style beader sold by Harbor Freight and others has to be strenghtened. This is the base. Terry Cowan

Harbor Freight 0-08
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This is after stiffners have been added

Harbor Freight 0-09
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Old Ford bushing were used to shim the shafts to accept Pexto dies.

Harbor Freight 0-10
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Assembled

Heavy Duty -- 0-01
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Maplewood Machinery Company

Heavy Duty 0-03
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Whiting beading machine

Pexto -- 0-01
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Jacin's Pexto 622

Roll Over dies -- 0-01
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Covell's dies in action

Roll Over dies -- 0-02
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Ron Covell's Round over dies

Tipping 0-01
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Terry Thorne's Rubber bottom tipper -- Jim Bailie style

tipping 0-02
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Terry Thorne's tipper

Tipping 0-03
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Enlarge this pic and you will notice that the rubber lower roller says Chevrolet (motor mount) -- an el-cheapo tipping tool by Terry Cowan

Tipping 0-03a
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This tipping tool was made using a simple washer and a Harbor Freight cutting die with the cutting edge unbolted along with the motor mount. You could simply drill out a piece of round bar stock and add the washer.

Tipping 0-03c
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The motor mount has to be drilled out to fit. I got this far and my hole saw broke.

Wire-edging -- 0-01
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Jim Bailie wire edging dies