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That is very cool!! I have done couple of things similar to that with scrap i have laying around the shop.

LOL..Thanks! I love the idea of the table, that would assist greatly as long as the piece you are bead rolling is flat. The fence is a must for rolling straight lines, however i have not gotten that far yet.

Thanks! Having the bead roller mounted up high is a huge benefit, it allows you to site down the piece and keep things nice and straight. The stand height is around 42"

Thanks it is fun and i would not give it up for anything, but damn the economy these days has really taken a toll on the business!! Very hard to stay in the business these days.

Thanks alot for the compliments!! The gift you are talking about is patients, cause there is alot of trial and error involved in making a set. I use i ESAB machine that is about 20 years old and outdated, does not really work very well on anything but mild steel and some stainless. By the way...

Here are a couple of pics of the shop

US Car Tool http://www.uscartool.com My name is Chris and i am the shop manager/fabricator, we are Fabrication/Restoration shop located in Durham, North Carolina. We specialize sheet metal restoration. Our shop focuses on Mopar's from the 60's and 70's, but we are equipped to take on any size...

We have a Mittler brothers 24" powered bead roller to mount on it, it works very nice, only mod we made was to bolt it to the floor so it does not wobble.

We use a 20 ton shop press to dimple die the holes, and a wiedemann turret punch to make the holes. You can get the dimple dies off of ebay very reasonably, and in any size.

We could not convince the customer to run a cage, he is going to drive this on the street. Kinda crazy but i can dig it. we welded the quarter panels but the customer installed the quarter panel patches. The front is all stock, sadly this job was done way more for the cool factor than the go...

Thanks for the info and the compliments!!

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I have been working on turning an 83 Kawasaki KZ750 into sort of a cafe style bike. Mostly focusing on the tail styling, and getting rid of that ugly cruiser style look the bike had from the factory.

Built a new stand for our bead roller at the shop, think it turned out pretty good.

here are a couple more pics

Not really a ratrod, but heres some pics of a backhalf project that i took on at the shop. Any input is appreciated. I also new to this forum just wanted to get some talk going. Work at a shop in Durham, North Carolina, we mostly focus on 60's and 70's Mopars but when we get the chance we love...

Those are some nice looking headers, may i ask what kind of machine you were using to weld? Also i have built some headers for the shop i work for included a couple of pics.