Thread: Metal folding - how it's done

Fascinating to learn just how things are made.

Very interesting thnx. Looks like the basic way of forming many shapes in metal hasn't changed much except that much of it is now controlled by button pressing instead of manually.
Interesting to see the way they did the roofing/wall sheets as I worked for a company who put the steel through a rolling machine and then it was cut to length after the forming as opposed to the length being cut first as in the film.
Different method but same result.
AlanH.

We use a English wheel here...very old fashioned but works a treat..Shrinkers and stretchers work equally as well.

Mrs hh

How do you coil tube on an english wheel?

Originally Posted by ATH

Interesting to see the way they did the roofing/wall sheets as I worked for a company who put the steel through a rolling machine and then it was cut to length after the forming as opposed to the length being cut first as in the film.
Different method but same result.
AlanH.

My brother worked with a guttering company that formed the gutter on sight - they had a big roll of metal and then it went through a series of roller dies and out spat the guttering. They would then cut the formed gutter to length.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

How do you coil tube on an english wheel?

You don't

That is some pretty thick steel they are rolling - looks at least 1inch thick