Million Dollar Skunksworks Kirkham

[David Kirkham]

A little more lining up of the part to make sure everything is perfect.

[David Kirkham]

Here you can see we had to do a little modification to the lower clamp. It ran into the machine so we had to mill it off at a 45 degree angle...you can't foresee everything. In this view you can see the lower clamp die and the upper roller dies. That is why this machine is called a "stacker."

[David Kirkham]

Incidentally, the upper rollers are made from a bug hunk of 4340 that we had laying around here. We used to make our hubs from that stuff, but 4340 is very susceptible to stress corrosion cracking and so we ditched it. Glad we found a use for it. I guess we have the strongest roller dies on the planet (most expensive ones too)

[David Kirkham]

Here is the first test bend. We are all quite happy with the results! That is a very tight bend.

[David Kirkham]

Here you can see we got the roll bender going as well. It is a happy day in the Kirkham Motorsports Skunkworks

[David Kirkham]

Here is a close up of the bend.

[David Kirkham]

Let's see if this works

[David Kirkham]

Holy smokes Batman! It worked!

Now, how do I get a still picture to show on the start up screen in YouTube????

HELP!

David