Bending Wire - Grizzly 36" Slip Roll 22 Gauge G5770 Owner's Manual

6.
Continue to process the workpiece until the
cylinder is formed, as shown in figure 26.
—if the ends of the cylinder do not meet, lift
the rear roller equally at both ends, then
process the entire cylinder through the slip
roll again. repeat as necessary.
—if the ends of the cylinder overlap, remove
the cylinder as described in Removing
Workpiece on Page 20. then, either
attempt to increase the radius by manually
bending it, or scrap the workpiece. lower
the rear roller equally at both ends then
process a new workpiece through the slip
roll. repeat this step as necessary.
figure 26. Finishing the cylinder.
7.
remove the workpiece as described in
Removing Workpiece on Page 20.
g5770 36" slip roll 22 gauge

bending Wire

the Model g5770 slip roll can be used to shape
wires, rods, and small-diameter tubing. also, the
wire grooves can be used when rolling sheet
metal that has a wire bead at one end.
to use the wire grooves:
1. place your workpiece into the smallest pos-
sible groove on the wheel. the three sizes
are ⁄ ", ⁄ ", and ⁄
3 1 5
16 4 16
Example: suppose you want to bend a piece
of ⁄ " rod. though it would fit in any of the
1
8
three grooves, you would use the
since it is the smallest possible groove that
the rod will fit into.
⁄ "
3
16
⁄ "
1
4
figure 27. Wire grooves.
2.
process the material through the machine as
described in creating bends on Page 15.
—if you want to make a loop of wire, follow
the instructions in creating cylinders on
Page 17.
" (figure 27).
⁄ " groove
3
16
⁄ "
5
16
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