dave7840
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- Location
- South gloucestershire
our old teagle rd10 needs some new slats. It would be nice to change them all because it has done a lot of work, but we don't do as much as we use to, about 15 days a year. The cost to change them all is about £2500 and teagle don't offer any bulk discount, the price is the same for one as it is for all 28. So I'm thinking of making them. They are made of 80x40x5mm box. Now I have the tools to cut and drill, but ends of the box are pressed flat. The thing I want to know is how much force is it going to take flatten it. I know its a bit of a how long is this bit of string question, but would a 30 ton press do it. Because I would buy a press to do it and it would be useful to have about, but to step up the a 50 ton is a lot more money and i don't think i would ever need that much force again. Thanks for any advice.