Your videos are very helpful, thanks for taking the time to make them!
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No, I got lucky. I bent the metal first, then created a design and the bend radii just happened to match. Youāre question is a great topic for another 25T exploration of knowledge.
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Youāre welcome!
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I can move it for you. Letās try this. Let me know if that doesnāt work for you. Ethanās projects was started with the removed posts.
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At this point with Craigās videos, we should move his posts to a 25T tutorial thread.
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good idea, Iām up for that.
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I moved the videos to a new thread: āInstruction and Demonstration videos of Titan 25ā. It has not shown up yet on the forum but the videos are now gone on this thread.
Feel free to change the title.
Edit: I hope that is what you wanted. It seems to lose the continuity in this thread. Hopefully people will catch on. I was surprised that it does not leave a breadcrumb. Maybe I should have moved them one at a time.
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If you are looking into minimum flange length and bend radius for our dies to help you design parts(measured from the centerline of the bend), this chart here should help.
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I totally agree with too much button pushing. I wonder if it wasnāt designed with safety as a priority over usability since they are selling to a bunch of goobers on the internet. I mean, Iām no goober, I make things for a living, BUT I have no idea what Iām doing on the Titan. Haha. I use it and like it and look forward to LS progress as they iron out the kinks. Iām a fan.
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I have some more comments about the operation, will make a video soon.
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Why is your Min. Flange Length so long ?
That is just the part geometry for those dies. Shorter flanges will not be able to reach and get supported on both sides of the die opening.
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My first bend with an honest to goodness paying customer project. It came out perfect with a perfect fit. It is the Aluminum Tread plate in case you werenāt sure.
The dimension of the box is 30 X 26 inches. I oversized in Fusion 360 so there would be an 1/8" inch over. Slides on like it was made for it. I used the back guage but I have never got it to home. I just set it manually and perform the bend. It worked great. Now I just have to get Sam to tell me the secret to getting the homing of the back gauge to work and I will have a great machine.
One call to Sam and he stated the motor wires are reversedā¦ Imagine thatā¦ 
Thought I would upload the drawing it may be sideways. We will seeā¦
Flat Pattern Drawing Lid.pdf (36.8 KB)
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We got the fix - it was just mixed up motor wires!
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I want to make a comment here with regard to Tread/Diamond Plate metal. The thickness I was bending is classified as .125. HOWEVER, the true thickness .125 PLUS the thickness of the āBumpsā on the plate. Therefore, when the punch came down to āClampā the material, it encountered more ātonnageā than it expected causing an āover tonnageā error. I would have to clear the error to move on, which included re-homing the machine. Basically starting over. The true thickness as measured by calipers was: .1675" The fix for me was keep upping the thickness till the machine stopped throwing the error. That thickness was about .155.
The issue is the machine now āthinksā metal I am bending is .155 thickness, which changes the tonnage qualifier and presumably the amount of punch to die engagement to achieve the required bend angle.
I have discussed this with Sam and suggested another metal choice to include a Tread Plate choice with a qualifier/field for the additional thickness in various metal types. I use diamond plate steel from time to time as well. It was very frustrating to get through rehoming of the machine over and over until I finally got the work around figured. Sam said that would be a programing āenhancement,ā which would take a little time.
So far I love the machine. I was able to use my own elbow grease to finish assembly, which taught me a lot about the machine. That saved me some cash and and gave me a further education. It is true that there are some early bugs, but overall if you are willing to work through these issues I think folks will be happy. BTW I cut the above sheet metal on my Langmuir Crossfire XR, which has the bugs pretty well worked outā¦
Regards, Danl
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