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Baileigh Industrial is proud to introduce our new TN-400 abrasive tube and pipe notcher. This notching machine is perfect for coping the ends of ¾” OD to 2” OD tubing or pipe at almost any imaginable angle from 0 to 60 Degrees. It uses a powerful 3 hp motor that requires 220V single phase to turn the 79″ x 4″ belt at speeds of 5420′ per minute. The TN-400 can notch through tube or pipe in seconds giving you the perfect fit every time. This tubing notcher has a quick release taper lock mechanism for loosening the vise for making angle or position adjustments in seconds with no tools.

The vise carriage rides on a smooth Thompson shaft assembly for precision and ease of movement during the notching cycle. The notching lever is pivoted to make notching effortless for the operator. The vise is self centering for perfect belt positioning every time. The jaws on the vise are of a V-block design to keep the part on center with the notching spindle, to hold the part more securely. The TN-400 pipe notcher has a carriage stop for repeatable notches every time.

Baileigh Industrials abrasive tube notchers require different size mandrels for each different OD intended to notch. Mandrel changing is made easy on the TN-400. All that is required is loosening the belt tension hand wheel the operator then can change out the mandrel with a new size in seconds. The TN-400 abrasive pipe and tube notcher, like all of Baileigh Industrial’s fabrication equipment, is built to the highest standards using only industrial grade materials. Please call Baileigh Industrial at 920-684-4990 for more information.

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Baileigh Industrial is proud to introduce their new TN-300 tube and pipe notcher. The TN-300 tubing notcher is great for anyone looking to notch from ¾ inch to 3 inch outside diameter tube or pipe. This notcher is an industrial grade hole saw type tube and pipe notcher that will allow for precise notches between 0 and 60 degrees, including offset notches. The rugged notching vise uses a V-Jaw design that allows the part to stay on center with the cutter, as well as providing a better hold for round profiles. The TN-300 tube notcher’s vise has a quick release taper lock system that allows it to be adjusted to a new angle in seconds.

The bench mounted TN-300 tube notcher has a 1/2 HP 110V motor attached to an industrial grade oil filled gearbox, which will make quick work of any notch. The TN-300 pipe notcher will accept any standard hole saw, which will allow you to save money by sourcing locally. The heavy duty cutting head is fed into the material with a large feed wheel. What makes this notching machine unique is that the head of the machine moves on a track of precision V-Bearings, which combined with the large hand wheel makes notching any material a breeze.

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Baileigh Industrial is proud to introduce our latest rotary draw bender, the model RDB-125. This tubing bender has the ability to bend up to 2.5” .120 wall DOM tube, 2” schedule 40 pipe, 2” .120 wall Chromolly, and 2” .120 wall square; all with a maximum center line radius of 7 inches. The model RDB-125 is a world class bender for cost conscience shops who are looking to do a lot of quality production.

The model 125 rotary draw bender will produce the same quality of bends as our larger rotary draw machines, due to the use of the same world class tooling. The difference between this pipe bender and our other tubing benders (ex: RDB-175, RDB-250, RDB-350) lies with how the machine operates. This machine is driven via a single hydraulic cylinder on a ratcheting wheel that is similar in concept to our RDB-100 manual tubing bender, though that’s where the similarities end.

The RDB-125 pipe bender will bend all the way to a maximum of 195 degrees to account for material spring back. This machine is controlled via convenient foot pedal control, and is built from industrial grade hydraulic and electronic components.

The RDB-125, like most of our rotary draw tubing benders comes standard with our quick release counter die system. This will allow you to un-load and re-load the machine quickly. You also have the ability to advance a bend, because of the unique ratchet wheel; you can hold your bend every 8 degrees. This allows you to save on material costs. This pipe bender is ideal for anyone bending hand rail, marine products, racing chassis, roll cages, fences, gates, furniture frames, stainless plumbing and whatever your imagination lets you. For more information contact us at 920-684-4990.

AP- WHITTIER, Calif.—Car-building legend Boyd Coddington, whose testosterone-injected cable TV reality show “American Hot Rod” introduced the nation to the West Coast hot rod guru, has died. He was 63.

Coddington died at Whittier’s Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital at 6:20 a.m. Wednesday. Coddington’s La Habra office spokeswoman Amanda Curry wouldn’t disclose the cause of death.

Coddington, who started building cars when he was 13, set a standard for his workmanship and creativity, with his popular “Cadzilla” creation considered a design masterpiece. The customized car based on a 1950s Cadillac was built for rocker Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.

Baileigh’s roll bending machines consist of two and three roll driven pyramid models as well as three roll driven double pinch machines. The R-M55 roll bender is the perfect bending machine for the small fabricator or weld shop. A 220 volt single phase pyramid style machine comes standard with a very heavy solid steel plate frame reducing the likely hood of roll flex. The electrical requirement of this machine allows for use in almost any welding or fabrication shop as well as at any remote job site location. The compact size allows for great portability and storage allowing utilization of valuable real estate of the small shop.

The mechanics of the R-M55 is superior to most others on the market in this category. Each hardened roll shaft turns in an industrial bearing (instead of a bushing) that reduces wear on the machine and load to the motor and gearbox. This ring roll has two driven bottom rollers and a top idle roller that has a manual adjustment to control the roll diameter. The top roll adjustment uses a fine thread that is calibrated by a scale. The fine thread allows for less physical effort under pressure when tightening the roll diameter during bending. The drive rollers are driven by a variable speed motor to a direct drive gearbox for a positive transfer of power to the bending dies. The drive train, bearings, and shaft are protected by the inverter drive that will electronically overload and kick out the machine before any potential damage may occur. The variable speed is a must when bending multiple materials, sizes and shapes.

This ring roll bending machine is perfect to bend angle iron, round and square tubing, pipe, flat bar, solid round bar and much more. Applications that are served well on the R-M55 are stair railing, straps, hay hoops, chassis, cap rails, ornamental, fencing, gates, furniture, art work, and much more offering limitless uses.

I got a call about an hour ago from a “Rick” at “Keyword-Billboards”. He was selling an interesting advertisement opportunity. The pitch was as follows:

Rick was selling top ad space at Google, Yahoo, MSN, Craigslist and more, via a banner ad. Check out the site to see how it “works”.

I told Rick right away that Google, MSN, Yahoo, etc. do not sell top banner ad space for searches, and most of all, a private company would have no control over that. Au contraire, Rick said - people who have the eBay toolbar, Skype toolbar, Craigslist toolbar (not an official toolbar), or Alexa toolbar would see these ads. Interesting, I thought. They’ve put together a sponsor program among all of these groups, and this small company controls it? Rick guaranteed I would see over 3000 hits a month from this advertisement, and I could track it through his site.

Rick finished his pitch after a few minutes (Only $1995 a year, exclusive keyword control, and bulk discounts!) and I told him I would call him back. Booting out of Ubuntu and into Vista, I decided to start up Internet Explorer and give it a shot. I installed the eBay and Skype toolbars off their respective sites, one at a time, trying keywords Rick said had recently been bought. No ads showed. I then tried the toolbars linked directly off of Keyword-Billboards’ site - toolbars that were stored locally (fishy!) - and appeared to have been tampered with. For whatever tampering had been done, it was no good - even those would not show anything in IE. I finally installed the straight up “Upgrade Toolbar” which does nothing more than show their ads (what person would install this?). Even that did not work. Obviously, something was wrong. I called up Rick and explained the situation.

Rick decided to install the Skype toolbar directly off his site to mimic what I did. I started downloading the toolbar again, and so did he. He started after me, however, and some 15 seconds before mine finished, his did. He clicked and 5 seconds later said - “It works”.

“What?”, I said. “You installed the toolbar that quickly AND opened Internet Explorer AND searched “bmw” to check for an ad?”

“Yeah,” he said. “I’m on a T1 line.”

“Yeah, so am I,” I retorted. “And you clicked through the dialog boxes for the toolbar installations that fast?”

He tried explaining something away about how he already had the software installed and that his system was very fast. I didn’t believe a second of it. Already very suspicious, I explain to him how incredibly odd it is that I can find very little on Google about his site (for such a prime marketing opportunity!) and that all of his toolbar links are pointing to toolbars stored locally and possibly tampered with. It’s worth noting also that the only article I could find about the site was an obvious plant.

Rick told me that he would talk to his IT people, and I have yet to hear from him.

So what of this Keyword-Billboards? I looked up a few keywords he told me had been recently bought. I was able to get the ads to work using the Firefox plugin, but only using the one directly on his site. On top of that, any link clicked within an ad on the top of a search result would open the ad in the iframe! So happy browsing in a 250px high window.

So, I tried doing this from a co-worker’s computer that does not have Vista, just XP. I found that every installer on Rick’s site inserts a “Secure Service Pack StreamParser Class” into IE. Just those installers though - they are signed “Secure Service Pack” and have a different icon than any official installers from Alexa or eBay. Not only that, but uninstalling the toolbars will NOT remove the httpobject.dll that the Secure Service Pack installer places into /windows/system32 - only manual deletion or disabling in IE’s menus will remove it.

So what do we have? An advertisement service that only works for people who bought the ads. Noone else.

I am emailing a few of Rick’s customers to let them know they’ve been had.

Edit: The links to the eBay toolbar, Skype toolbar, Myspace toolbar, “craigslist toolbar”, and the Alexa toolbar have all been removed from the site. Results! Now the only thing to be aware of is how little the “Vista toolbar” and “Gadgets toolbar” are used.

 Edit 2: We’re now at the top of google (both this, and the digg article) for “Keyword-billboards”!

Will It Bend? That… is a question. We took the Blendtec Total Blender and put it to the test.

We would have liked to have bent the remains, but there was really nothing left to work with.

When faced with the issue of data security and adequate data disposal, there are many concerns. Data recovery techniques have become so advanced that nearly anything can be recovered from a hard drive with the correct motivation. So how does one make sure that their business’ vital data is not compromised when a hard drive is replaced?

This is how:

Edit: Several users have pointed out that this would not completely destroy a drive: data can still be recovered from the pieces. This is true. In the theoretical case that someone were to try to destroy data in this way, I could recommend burning the remains or scattering them in as many places as possible as to limit the chances of retrieving useful information.

You say “pipe and tube are the same”…

You say “the thinner the wall, the easier it is to bend”…

You say “mandrel bending is rotary bending”…

You say “center line radius… you mean diameter?”… LOL… Yes you do!!!! And you know it…!

There is a theme of common questions throughout my day and these are just a few our sales staff encounters.

All the questions that come my way are great topics for conversation. While not only educating my customer’s I am a pupil too!

I get a kick out of some the questions asked and wonder how someone in fabricating wouldn’t be up to speed but on the flip side, coming from the medical field a few years back, I am sure my coworkers got a kick out of some of the questions I had. Trust me my questions are way to embarrassing to even mention.

I am sure my ignorance generated a few giggles by fellow co-workers anyway!

I wanted to cover a few of these questions in the hopes promotes new questions for discussion.

“pipe and tube are the same”…

For the most part this is not true… There is always an exception to all rules but here are the basics for figuring it out. Take your calipers and actually measure the Outside Diameter (OD) of your material… If it measures something odd then chances are it is pipe. If you measure the OD of the material and the size is “normal” chances are its tube. This is why when measuring you need to be dead on with your calculations. To go even further measure your exact wall thickness. Take a gander at the pipe chart below… If your measurements do not match the chart exactly then you probably have tube. Note the operative word here… probably.

Click Here to View our Pipe Chart

Example:

OD=1.315”

WT=.065”

ID=1”

In this case you have 1” schedule 5 pipe…

Example:

OD=1”

WT=.065”

In this case you have 1” tubing…

Example: (This one is tricky!)

OD=1.9”

WT=.065

In this case do not round up any numbers… Double check your measurements including ID because this is 1 ½” schedule 5 pipe.

The point is this… Have your calipers handy along with a pipe chart that includes all schedules. A tape measure does not count people! Tooling, no matter what machine you are looking at, is going to be based around YOUR material and guesstimates will only stop production because of tooling ordered incorrectly.

In doubt call the company you are planning to purchase and make sure you are providing all the necessary information for them to quote a proper machine and tooling.

“thinner the wall, the easier it is to bend”…

If you think about it… Take a crazy straw and a regular straight straw and try wrapping it around your finger… The crazy straw has “more” material to take it around the “bend”… The straight straw just folds over.

The more material you have to turn around that bend radius the less likely it will ripple, collapse or flatten. You can also make tighter bends without deformation.

The larger the OD material you have the harder it is also to make these bends… so what might work on a 1” OD will not necessarily work on a 2” OD.

There are many factors to consider when thinking of the quality of bend and that is this:

Outside Diameter

Type of material

Center Line Radius

Wall Thickness

These are basic pieces of information however very important when it comes to tooling any kind of bender. If you decide on purchasing a bender and you are not being asked for this information I would question the purchase.

“mandrel bending is rotary bending”…

Most of the time it is plain everyday verbiage that is the deterrent. The simple truth is that Rotary Draw Bender’s have two pieces to the die set and typically a Mandrel Bender has 5 pieces.

The Rotary Draw Bender contains a counter and former die. You are forming your material from the outside. If you are working with a fair amount of wall thickness chances are you will not need a mandrel die. Wall thickness is key here.

The Mandrel Bender contains a Bend Die, Clamp Die, Mandrel Die, Pressure Die and Wiper Die. You are forming your material from the outside and the inside with massive strength needed from the machine itself. If you are working with thin material on larger OD’s then you will need the support of the mandrel insert die. This is critical.

Diagram of Mandrel Tooling (PDF)

When I hear .065” or 1/16” this is a red flag as well as the words, custom exhaust and headers. This wall thickness gets a bit thin for rotary raw bender applications on larger OD’s. Generally it will fall into a mandrel bender.

“Center Line Radius… You mean diameter?”… LOL… Yes you do!!!!

Not a problem… familiarize yourself with our Center Line Radius diagram. It’s eezy-peezy. I think the most common question my way is, “How do I figure out Center Line Radius on my piece?”

It is something everyone should know how to do if you own any kind of bender. What I usually do is trace the bend out on a large piece of paper and put an X on each side of the piece where the bend meets the length of straight. This is the trickiest part however the most important because from those two points is where your CLR derives.

Once you establish this then draw a 90 degree angle from those two points towards the center of your bend. You can measure the distance from that point to the inside of the bend radius and add ½ the OD of your material. This will give you CLR.

So, all in all, whether you are talking about a tomato or a tomatoe we want to make sure we are all “chompin” on the same “bit”. And if you don’t understand keep asking!

Sincerely,

Keri Tlachac

Sales Executive

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Through my own experiences from day to day living to working with people who have lost faith in good old fashion morals and values there is something to be said… No matter what the situation, territory and nationality… Folks are looking for a purpose in life.

I have been with Baileigh Industrial a few years and beyond major growth spurts we’ve adopted some wonderful people. No matter what our customers goals, whether it is entering a new small business venture to large company projects throughout the world, we all stem from the simplicity and basics of human nature. A simple seed is planted and finding a purpose to our life begins.

If we can step beyond the box and norm and try to rethink our own ideals and what life chould look like we will open up new doors to new ideas.

I remember talking with a guy who hadn’t had a clue what and where he needed to start with getting his small farm town fabrication shop up and running. Although it is my job to sell machines my purpose has always gone much further than that. Helping others to reach a goal, feel secure about a purchase or simply give personal advice is what I do. Your happiness is my reward.

To give ideas to those who look at others successes and encourage them that with a little creative thinking and a few “outside the box” ideas that they too can live their dream no matter what form. My customer’s dream did not earn him the cover of the Fabricator or some fancy article in a business magazine however he earned a place of trust and respect within his community.

Too many times we are so caught up with the notion we cannot do something we forget the reason’s why we can and most important what we want to get out of it on a personal level.

Motivation, encouragement, continued learning, supportive environments and good people are what makes business and good relationships a win-win situation. Dodging the inevitable and trying to take short cuts is the quick fix. Pretending we are bigger than we are and the ole cliché of “keeping up with the Jones” is a thing of the past.

The support you encounter through family, coworkers and day-to-day services should make you feel like you want to go back. Period.

Good folks are the success of business, a great life journey and contentment. They plant the simple seeds for future generations. The feeling you achieve once you get “there” weighs much on the personal side of our purpose than the people who have the power to grade us.

Good Folks… Great Outcomes… Continued Growth…

Thanks much,

Keri

Sales Executive

Engineering Solutions for you!

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