Bead Roller Stretching Dies

Use your Bead Roller like an English Wheel!

Quickly and easily pre-stretch panels before bead rolling to eliminate oil canning and warping that commonly happens when adding beads to a panel. With a bead roller and these high quality dies, it’s actually easier and more precise than an english wheel and allows a panel to be stretched only where it’s needed.

• 22mm Inside Diameter
• Fits all Eastwood Manual Bead Rollers (22mm shaft size)
• Fits most brands with standard 22mm shaft
• High Quality CR12 Steel with a hardness of 35 HRC

A bead roller is commonly used to make floor pans, but when the strenghtening beads are added the panels often warp because of the metal being stretched to form the beads. Pre-stretching the sheet metal with an english wheel prior to rolling beads has long been a practice of experienced fabricators who wanted panels to fit properly without oil canning. Now you can do the same high quality work without an english wheel by using these dies with your bead roller.

“These stretching dies kept my metal in perfect shape after bead rolling” – bhoodfab on Instagram