Re: 1924 Sport 136

Posted by Karl On 2023/12/14 12:03:31

No, Kevin, I am a civil engineer. But my first job was as a technical draughtsman. 3 1/2 years of training with a technical degree in the early 60s. After 5 years in this profession it was not difficult for me to draw and construct such a profile bending machine, after I took the basic construction from the pictures of the companies that build such machines professionally. So I designed and built the necessary parts so that they would fit on my beading machine. I had the steel plate for it cut to size by my steel supplier and I made the rollers myself on my lathe. I only needed this profile bending machine for 2 window frames. It was not possible to find or buy a suitable machine for the profile of my Packard. And to find a company that makes suitable rollers to bend this profile is pretty hopeless. The time and cost would also be out of the budget.

Karl

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