Bead Roller Modifications

[@deankay4434]

The mother of all inventions is a need to better your life, make it easier or increase productivity. I think you have succeeded in all! ASE Master Tech since 1978, Retired.

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Thank you sir!

[@josephcrowshaw950]

Excellent work, I like how you showed the second setup in the same video. The Acme screw thread and spring loaded return are top notch work. Thank you for posting your work.

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Thank you for taking the time to watch!

[@davidlaver5972]

I think this is the nicest one I've seen. Love that repurposed clamp bolt and lift spring.

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Thank you!

[@MaxMakerChannel]

Very nice ideas!

[@DaveWard-xc7vd]

Nice mods. Im planning a resto on a 1981 F100 so I'm watching beadroller videos to deternine the feasibility of rolling my own bed panels. Looks doable so far. Patch panels cost so much and this truck is pretty rough - inherited it - so I want to repair more than I replace. Thanks for the video.

[@CL-ps7kh]

Well thought out Sir! I commend You for the excellent mods and straight forward video!

[@mikemcdonough3221]

Very nice, I just got mine today. I do like several of your mods especially the threaded foot from the Clamp. Looks like it might be easier to cut it off and reweld to achieve that Mod. I have a Wheel Chair Motor coming off eBay to power it with and a foot pedal from Amazon. Should be a fun project. Didn't really need a Bead Roller, just wanted one.

[@BIGCHIEF305]

Really cool modifications. Thanks for sharing!

[@nickbaird1867]

Best mod video. I'm so gonna copy your ideas! Thanks man! I was thinking about mounting mine on an arm off the side of my homemade 4' metal brake though to take up less real estate in my tiny shop. I figured they go hand on hand? Thanks for the great mods!! Especially the c clamp and spring bit!

[@alanmaughan7968]

Really good mods, thanks for sharing them.

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Thanks, You are welcome!

[@TorquinDSL]

Thank you for the great ideas on improving my bead roller!

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

You are certainly welcome!

[@mohammadnoormauludadnan1847]

Well plan modification, I will follow your mod. Thank You.

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Thank you!

[@fractalign]

I got an Eastwood Manual beadroller in early 2007 and bit the bullet and got an electric one from Metal Man tools a few months later. The reason being, I had neither the skills or patience to motorise the Eastwood one. One thing I did do with the Eastwood beadroller however was to modify the existing roller dies by adding a removable 1mm aluminium sleeve to allow all the dies to fit the slightly smaller Metal Man shaft.

[@BoxcarsGarage]

Awesome share plus you showed Dion's...a twofer. Thanks I'm going to copy sir.

[@martinsteele3259]

Hope you start putting out videos again, some cool stuff!

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Thank you! I've got a couple ideas for videos, Hoping to get something posted early in the new year.

[@danielminskey]

great great great great mods...

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@bobrossi1185]

one of nicest mods I've seen on both thanks

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Thank you sir!

[@JustPlainCommonSense]

impressive! I like it. My Woodward Fab will be here in a couple days so I needed the mod ideas. Thanks

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Glad I could help with any ideas.

[@jarredsegal6842]

Gotta say this video made me sub And while I like all you did I’d recommend against a treadmill motor as they spin at about 3000rpm And have tonnes of power in its higher rpm range they have almost no power at their bottom range Instead I’d recommend a windshield wiper motor instead as they are geared down (stepper motor) already and have more power than you’d even think possible once geared to your roller Oh and you can get them with multiple speeds and for the same price (free)

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Thanks for checking out the video, and the motor suggestion. I still haven't powered mine as in my shop it doesn't get used a lot, so it slips down the priority list.

[@jarredsegal6842]

@@kellysrestorations.7397 don’t blame you only reason mine will be is A lil OCD on my part Only reason I even bought the darn thing is I want to make a pan for under my lathe and possibly bandsaw Lmfao 🤣

[@jonathanw4942]

Very nice!!

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Thank you Jonathan!

[@sergiogonzalez8871]

Yo lo ise de 20 centímetros y funciona bien de bien para que tal largó 😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@rogermiller8262]

How is the spring modification attached? I like that and would like to apply it to my roller. Is the fence removable on your friends roller? It does reduce the throat a bit. Thanks. Nice job

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

The spring for retracting just sits over the bolt that threads into the upper guide. The fence on my friends is removable. Thanks for checking it out!

[@СергейЗагоруйко-н1я]

Привет из России! Красавчик! Молодец! Классно придумал с пружиной. За одно только это подписываюсь! Жду новых видео. Hello from Russia! Pretty boy! Well done! Cool invented with a spring. For this alone I subscribe! Waiting for new videos

[@jmartin567]

excellent, thanks for that, i just bought me a bead roller and i appreciate this info,if you don't mind i will try this on my own

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Thanks, feel free to use any of the mods I did to make yours better.

[@clist9406]

I powered mine with a windshield wiper motor with gear and chain

[@DaveWard-xc7vd]

How is it holding up?

[@chadrucker6359]

Just wondering which brace was better, the square tubing or the flat stock? Thanks for sharing.

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

I'm not sure one was better than the other, both are likely stronger than needed. It just came down to the materials at hand at the time. Thanks for checking it out!

[@larrysullivan6536]

Brilliant love it

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Thank you sir!

[@donaldroberts6452]

Thanks for sharing. I'm getting ready to make a stand for mine. Any reason you dont like the side mounted stand?

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Sorry for the delay in reply. Nothing wrong with the side mounted way. I wish rather than welding it, I would have made it unboltable, although I'm not sure I would ever take it apart. Side mount does give you the option of rolling something like a barrel though.

[@AerialLensVideo]

Thanks for the video and great ideas! How heavy gauge can this go, with the mods? Do you think 16 ga is possible without harming the machine?

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Thanks for watching it! 16 ga is kind of pushing it's limits, but it is possible to do it in 2 or 3 passes.

[@AerialLensVideo]

@@kellysrestorations.7397 I was thinking that, too -- it's just an occassional project (art) thickness anyway amoung mostly 18 and 20 ga stuff, so definitely worth a try. Thanks!

[@OldSkoolF]

Heavy stand is good... Don't move much!

[@transchristine]

WELL DONE

[@mikemcdonough3221]

Did you machine a new foot for the Clamp Bolt?

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

The round foot on the clamp bolt is from the clamp. It was just crimped over the ball end of the threaded part.

[@mikemcdonough3221]

@@kellysrestorations.7397 I see. I got one from Harbor Freight and unscrewed the foot right off of it, came off real easy. Thanks for the Smartest Mod Ideas I've seen. I'm in the middle of Modding mine now like you did, I just need the Neighbors to leave me alone.

[@gustavomarcelo524]

Guanto custa uma maguina dessas?

[@ratbuuuanopaman3099]

What brand of bead roller you modify

[@kellysrestorations.7397]

Mine was Branded "Magnum" from KMS Tools.

[@ratbuuuanopaman3099]

Thanks