Hydraulic Corner Rounder and Bench Punch

[equippaint]

What are your thoughts on a setup like this hydraulic punch? We have a Roper Whitney 218 punch for holes and a million dies but need something to round 080 corners. Was looking for something faster and hands free (air or hydraulic) so it's not a back breaker with larger panels. We have an electric lasco rounder now but its max is 040 aluminum or 3mm ACM

 

[equippaint]

I guess not so popular. How does everyone handle .080 aluminum? Do you put it in a CNC or just working with pre-cut blanks?

 

[Andy D]

Looks nice, how much it is?
I had a similar one that offered all of the same
radius, but it was manual.

 

[equippaint]

Looks nice, how much it is?
I had a similar one that offered all of the same
radius, but it was manual.

Depending on the pump you go with about 1500 maybe a hair less. Manual one with die about 1100

 

[Andy D]

I can't seem to find a link, but the manual one I bought was around $350 & you had
to get your own press... around $60 at Harbor Freight.

 

[Andy D]

I was off.. $400 for the rounder, $200 for the base.

https://xpertsigntools.com/

 

[equippaint]

I can't seem to find a link, but the manual one I bought was around $350 & you had
to get your own press... around $60 at Harbor Freight.

Was it one of these?
https://xpertsigntools.com/pricing?olsPage=products > pricey $1k with punch and base
http://www.penntoolco.com/woodward-fab-radius-edge-tooling-die-set-wfp12-r/
I wasn't real keen on using an arbor press, it seems like it would be awkward to use with larger panels?

 

[Andy D]

Yeah, could be... I used it on smaller stuff.
The one-ton press had to be bolted down to a heavy counter too.

 

[equippaint]

I was off.. $400 for the rounder, $200 for the base.

https://xpertsigntools.com/

Thanks, looked again, 600 is right, 1k includes the hole punch too.

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

5 ton Fly Wheel Punch Press. Anything from .010 to .125 no problem. Any thicker and you start to have build burr issues. At least with our machine

 

[equippaint]

5 ton Fly Wheel Punch Press. Anything from .010 to .125 no problem. Any thicker and you start to have build burr issues. At least with our machine

I think that's a winner! Does it take regular arbor press style tooling?

 

[mpn]

What kind of tooling is used on the 5 ton?

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

Something like this.

Find a machinery dealer near you and go take a look. When you buy the machine they will set you up with someone who can handle all the tooling you will need. Most of the time the dies are not a stock item on the shelf.

 

[equippaint]

CNC?
We used to order precut blanks for 12x18s, but found 080 prepainted white and started cutting them a sheet at a time. Are you trying to round 4x8's or something?

No, we usually shear a 4x10 down to individual signs with the print on it. Then round and punch them individually but were limited to 063 because of the corners.

 

[petepaz]

our corner rounder and our hole punch machines are all manual. foot operated/kick press style