Ray Quick started to tinker with designing and building the Baileigh Industrial gravity racer in 2006. He started racing in some small local races in Colorado. In 2006 he placed 3rd in the Cripple Creek race by crossing the finish line backwards. In 2007 and 2008 he fine-tuned the steering […]
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Ray Quick - Baileigh Industrial Gravity Racer
October 14th, 2009 · No Comments
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R-M55 Ring and Angle Roll Bender
February 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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 […]
Tags: Tube and Pipe Benders · Articles
Fabricating Misconceptions in Bending- You say “tomatoe”, I say “tomato”
July 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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 […]
Tags: Rotary Draw Bending · Mandrel Bending · Compression Bending · Press Bending · Tube and Pipe Benders · Articles
Basic Tube and Pipe Bending Concepts Commonly Discussed
July 20th, 2007 · 3 Comments
This topic is going to involve some basic bending concepts that we at Baileigh Industrial discuss with our customers and prospective customers on a daily basis. I have collected my information from a variety of resources. The primary one is the day-to-day dealing with customers and their applications and attempting their applications on our machines […]
Tags: Rotary Draw Bending · Mandrel Bending · Compression Bending · Press Bending · Tube and Pipe Benders · Articles
What do YOU know about chips and shavings? Well let me tell ya!!!…
July 20th, 2007 · 5 Comments
If you are getting tightly curled, warm to the touch, shavings that are brown to black in color you are using too much down pressure or force on the bow of the saw. The color is the red flag here. If you visualize taking a torch to any piece of material and noticing the color […]
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Supermileage
July 19th, 2007 · No Comments
We ran this story a few weeks ago, but now that the blog is up, I believe it bears repeating:
Brillion High School contacted us a while ago for a Model 100 bender. We sent them one at a reduced price and they used it to create the frame for this competition. After we got the […]
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