Hydraulic Plate roller

Testing out the home made roller by rolling a firepit for the boss. We bent 1/2" plate steel with this unit. it has 2 - 50 ton rams applying 100 tons of squeeze force and heavy duty doubled up bearings with reinforced 4-1/2" rollers.

[@mattspevak7944]

Badass plate roller. Thanks for sharing build details as well! I like that scrap piece to get the ends rolled and help all the lettering cutout stuff sit flat.

[@Nickos219]

Do you have the plans for this? Great machine!

[@justinmartinez6436]

Good Morning Trident Pumps, Do you recall what hydraulic motor was used? This is a great build!

[@jjs4x]

Been admiring your roller for sometime. I've been gathering all the parts to build one like yours. Only issue is what/how are you adjusting it to make the bend tighter? ? I can't actually see what moves when you pull the lever. Awesome idea you have.

[@BentRZR]

The hydraulic rams are connected to the 2 horizontal beams. The lower beam has 2 vertical arms, one on each end that are holding the top roller in place with heavy brass bushings. When the rams are fully closed, there is a 1/2" gap between the top roller and the 2 lower ones. As you extend the rams, they push the lower beam towards the floor, which forces the top roller down as well. I still use this roller every week. Good luck with your build!

[@jjs4x]

Thank you for getting back to me!That really helps clear up my thoughts.

[@rockyblankenship1166]

Very nice build. The rollers. are they home built? Details please.

[@BentRZR]

Thanks Rocky. Yes, I used sch 40 4" A106 pipe. I then used 2" Cold roll steel shaft as the axle. the ID of the pipe is 4", the OD of the shaft is 2", which leaves us with a 2" gap. So I cut 1" wide strips of 1/4" plate steel the length of the 4" pipe and welded 4 of them to the 2" shaft, along the length at 90 deg intervals, then inserted the shaft into the pipe and welded it from both ends. This stiffened the rollers up enough for me to actually fold 1/2" plate steel in this little roller.

[@rockyblankenship1166]

@@BentRZR Thanks for the info. I will do the same. If you was going to build it again, would you change anything?

[@BentRZR]

@@rockyblankenship1166 I would make the top roller a 6" and leave everything else as is. The bottom driven rollers have bearings, but I used a brass bushing for the top roller, because they can withstand far more force than off the shelf bearings. These brass bushings have never let me down! So use them as well!

[@rockyblankenship1166]

@@BentRZR Noted Brother, Thanks again.

[@Maineventboxing1]

Very ingenious, excellent job on that roller, how thick is the plate on the side pieces?

[@BentRZR]

Thanks Allan. The sides are made from 1/4" as well.

[@Maineventboxing1]

Really, I would of thought it was 3/4" at least

[@DerrickWarren-rr3uo]

do u have a drawing

[@chessplayer1977]

Would you sell design: plates shapes, bearing size and type, hyd power unit, cyllinders and control valves (princess auto catalog numbers?), hoses size/lenghts and its connectors.. Or price for full roller unit!?!