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Phase one of rack fabrication: Turning 2 old, Lignum Vitae, crown green bowls into a set of rollers for a pipe bender. It's a very hard wood, and very stable. The rollers are al turned 'freehand', and measure within a tollerance of 0.05mm to the design dimensions. I had to make a special cutting tool to get a really accurate profile, to match the pipe. The better the profile of the roller, and the harder the material, the better the quality of the bend!
Next step is to make the frame for the pipe bender, and then start bending the racks into shape! I've got a load of 10mm stainless tube, and some 6mm round bar. The rack designs sorted too- The Diameter of the main roller is the same as the spacing of the bolts on the outside of the fork crown. I'll post more when I start making them.