Sheet Metal Bead Roller

Creates channels, ridges, and flanges to stiffen and minimize vibration in sheet metal parts or even just to decorate them---think truck bed floors and auto body panels. Stiffening allows for thinner gauges to be used and cheaper lighter sheet metal parts to be made.

Minimum cost is $175 for handcranked Eastwood #32044 model, expandable with optional power unit (+$300, Eastwood #21111) and rolling die set (+$225, Eastwood #20267).

Handcranked bead roller:
https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-metal-bead-roller.html

Optional power unit:
https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-bead-roller-drive-system.html

Optional die set:
https://www.eastwood.com/bead-roller-forming-dies.html