With the help of a homemade mini bending machine (conductor) with a "secret", you can bend curls from a metal strip. Moreover, the distance between the inner and outer sides of the products will remain the same, which allows you to get absolutely identical blanks.
To make such a mini bending machine is very simple. To do this, you need a conductor for curls (it is also called a "snail"), as well as a piece of a motorcycle chain of the desired length.
Due to the same thickness of the chain, all the blanks are smooth and the same. This is very important in the mass production of curls from a strip of metal or other blanks (square, round bar).
Features of using a bending machine with a "secret"
As you might have guessed, in this case, the very “secret” is precisely a piece of chain that is attached to the conductor. At one end of the chain there is a rod, it is inserted into the hole drilled in the site of the bending jig, and is held tight enough.
Working with this device is very simple. First, the outer contour of the strip is bent around the "snail". Then, with the help of the chain, the inner one. All this takes a couple of minutes.
In detail about how to make a simple home-made bending machine with a "secret" with your own hands, you can see in the video on the site.
