Baileigh BR-18E-24 Power Bead Roller








Key features
- •Bead roller machine with adjustable depth stop
- •24-inches throat depth
- •Variable speed
- •16 gauge mild steel capacity
- •Constructed of a heavy steel framework that is fully welded for further rigidity to ensure perfect metal forming every time
BrandBaileigh
CategoryPower Tools
Baileigh BR-18E-24 Power Bead Roller
List Price: $2791.81$2512.63DEALYou Save: $279.18 (10%)
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Customer Reviews
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Arrived badly damaged and no response after pictures sent.
Al•March 30, 2015
Works OK after repairing. Arrived with many bent parts, scratches, dents and gears out of alignment from shaft impacts and a broken foot pedal to boot. Called Baileigh and explained all the damage. They asked for pictures which I sent. I never heard back from them. I also requested a source for additional profile rollers which was never answered. Frustrated I spent nearly two full days tuning and straightening all the damaged parts. Then left an irritated and honest review which was rejected. The product works OK for an entry level item. But beware of the complete lack of customer service regarding a problem the customer did not cause. Currently looking for a slip roll and box and pan brake. But this last experience makes me hesitant to even look at Baileigh as a possible solution for me. I believe it is important to pass along this information. I'm not mad anymore, just really disappointed. The only product flaw is a very large amount of backlash in the upper shaft adjustment wheel. Several turns to establish contact and move the shaft either direction. The shaft puck in the slot could have been machined way tighter.
Good machine for the money - interchanges with most major dies.
Blackwater Fabrication•March 14, 2015
This machine is very useful for a garage level or step up from garage level fabricator. It has helped me out in fabricating repair panels, floor panels, and even built a custom drill bit box for my Mag-drill bits. I had issues with the delivery due to packaging however. The machine was loose in the wooden crate and therefore a wire bulkhead connector was broken, the depth adjustment threaded rod was bent severely and the plastic hand-wheel was cracked. Additionally the machine showed up late because it was falling apart inside the box (at fault of packaging, not UPS, not Amazon). Amazon worked with me to adjust the final sale price but luckily I own other equipment that allowed me to repair the machine and get it working after it delivered.
Good:
Interchanges Dies with (most) Mittler Brothers so I have started picking up their fancy dies for trick work.
Affordable unit for its capacity.
Will bead roll 16 gauge mild steel, which is impressive.
Comes with stand-off guide bracket.
Infinite variable foot switch really gives a good slow speed control for intricate tight turns in pattern work.
It does have quite a bit of power. The motor has not been the limiting factor but rather the hand wheel for amount of pressure in the roller. I have been using it mostly on 18 Ga and the machine has not even blinked at it in regards to strength.
Baileigh Tools has a pretty good support team so if you need anything or have questions their social media marketing guy is pretty easy to track down on most fab forums.
Not so Good:
The machine is made overseas, and that makes me sad, but I simply could not afford the MB version of this machine for the lesser frequency of use. If you will use it every day in production, get the MB, for moderate use or side / hobby / restoration / weekend warrior use, this one will survive for sure, but just not last as long.
Packaging was obviously sub-par for the weight of the parts inside.
The machine required setup and alignment before I could use it "“ make sure you have SAE and Metric Hex keys to set this thing up as it has a mix of hardware.
Not ALL of the MB dies will work on this machine without making a 0.75" ID spacer or two. I have the tube flaring die and needed to make a spacer die to offset the tool correctly as the roller shanks are SAE 0.75" but the drive shafts themselves are not.
Good:
Interchanges Dies with (most) Mittler Brothers so I have started picking up their fancy dies for trick work.
Affordable unit for its capacity.
Will bead roll 16 gauge mild steel, which is impressive.
Comes with stand-off guide bracket.
Infinite variable foot switch really gives a good slow speed control for intricate tight turns in pattern work.
It does have quite a bit of power. The motor has not been the limiting factor but rather the hand wheel for amount of pressure in the roller. I have been using it mostly on 18 Ga and the machine has not even blinked at it in regards to strength.
Baileigh Tools has a pretty good support team so if you need anything or have questions their social media marketing guy is pretty easy to track down on most fab forums.
Not so Good:
The machine is made overseas, and that makes me sad, but I simply could not afford the MB version of this machine for the lesser frequency of use. If you will use it every day in production, get the MB, for moderate use or side / hobby / restoration / weekend warrior use, this one will survive for sure, but just not last as long.
Packaging was obviously sub-par for the weight of the parts inside.
The machine required setup and alignment before I could use it "“ make sure you have SAE and Metric Hex keys to set this thing up as it has a mix of hardware.
Not ALL of the MB dies will work on this machine without making a 0.75" ID spacer or two. I have the tube flaring die and needed to make a spacer die to offset the tool correctly as the roller shanks are SAE 0.75" but the drive shafts themselves are not.







