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rotay machine or a bead roller?
Hi all, new guy here with a newbie question, if you had to choose one or the other which one would you choose, a bead roller or a rotary machine?
I passed a chance to get one(rotary machine) on sale but thought the shallow throat may be an issue in the future although I don't plan on working on big car panels or anything but somehow thought a bead roller might be more versatile. Do you own both? or settled for one of the two? I personally would use one for stiffening a sheet of thin copper or Aluminum, roll edges, that's a bout the extend of my use.
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Hm, I'm no expert but I've seen American "bead rollers" and English "Jennies" and "rotary machines" interchangeably used in shops for decades. Sometimes the dies even interchange. What'll it be, a "Wing" or a "fender?" Body solder or lead work?
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I own a rotary, but would imagine that a bead roller would probably cover most eventualities.
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Thanks for the replies so far.
I thought the dies for a rotary machine were different than a bead roller.
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Most of what I think of as Rotary Machines, or Jennys are rather shallow throat. Today, most BEAD ROLLERS have at least a 18" throat.
A sheet metal shop I worked for in my late teens had a whole row of Jennys lined up on a both sides of a narrow bench. Must have been a dozen with various dies. As Kent said, they do the exact same thing and the names are often used interchangeably.
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Thanks Kerry, it all makes sense now, the bead roller I'm looking at and most likely get is an 18" HF type that our Princess Auto sells (Canadian Harbor freight) , it will need some re-enforcing to stiffen it up a bit but I'll see if I could get by without welding anything to it .
Thank you all for your comments/thoughts. Ken.
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