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Thread: Help with making a bull dozer blade...

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    If you can set up some sort of brake press style thing then you can try bending it a bit, move it a bit, bend some more etc. until you reach the desired curve.

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    other way to do it with thicker panels would be to cut a number of pieces and weld them up in a curve

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    Behemoths scoop is (I think) 6mm Titanium Grade 6. It took a 100 Tonne hydraulic press being run at 300 tonne just to bend it into shape! Your best bet is probably to do as Gary says and make it out of lots of bits to get your curve. Or, if your piece is thin enough, you can put it in a sheet metal roller.

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    if you get hold of an old gas bottle you could probably make 2-3 scoops out of it and i think there between 3-4mm thick so if you had the weight you could bolt 1 on top of the other to make it stronger (make sure the valve has been left open for ages or fill it with water first)

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    if its a featherweight you're building, keep an eye on the weight, a moderate size steel scoop 5mm thick will easily weigh around 5kg. That's more than a third of the overall weight gone into one component...you'd have to be careful with the rest of the build...

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    We know Breakerbox. His blade is 5mm G5 Titanium and was water jet cut the rolled in an industrial machine. If you are trying to copy that style then make a composite one or make a strong underlying structure with a replaceable front.

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