Hand Bender

[russell]

OK!!!OK!!! I`ll get busy and think up a new lie!!!

Come on up Mow, I`ll swap you some biscuits, grits and red eye gravy to you for some of that cajun cooking!




glad you`re back

russell

[Mowjunk]

Well, Arbo, it's doing good. I did a bunch of stick welding with it last weekend and I have a good bit scheduled for this weekend. It's been a while since I did any tig with it. A little hand surgery set me back for a while.

It's good to be back, but I have a lot of posts to read. Plenty projects to choose from!

See you later!

[Arbo]

Mowjunk!

Good to see ya. I thought you were mad at us or something. How is the new SD180 working out for you? I still haven't taken the plunge.

[Mowjunk]

Originally posted by russell
Someday Rocky I will, right now though Miller is STILL counting the money I have spent on welding and cutting equipment in the last 2 yrs! That camera is next on my wish list.

Hey Rocky, I think that's the same excuse he used last time. I think I'll take a ride up there and take a picture of him myself and post it here.

How ya'll been?

[russell]

Someday Rocky I will, right now though Miller is STILL counting the money I have spent on welding and cutting equipment in the last 2 yrs! That camera is next on my wish list.



russell

>>of course though if I put my picture on here ,ya`ll might start hollerin` bring the pig back!!! <<

C'mon, Russell put yer mug up here, and let us decide who's better lookin' Ya can't be any uglier 'n me any how!

[russell]

Hey Dave, shoot yeah I`m a Gold Member!!! I was on here one night and that movie was on and I though I have been wanting to put something on here beside junior member so I stole that right off the tv!

On that avatar, I kept gettin` the feeling that people was`nt taking me serious with that grinnin` pig lookin` at them.And momma said it hit a little too close to home!

Glad you`re getting some use and fun out of it. Gonna have to get a digital camera,of course though if I put my picture on here ,ya`ll might start hollerin` bring the pig back!!!



Have a good`un,
russell

[Dave Haak]

Hey russell!!

Say......what! You're now a GOLD MEMBER ..........the pig has run away........and this is your first post??? What.....you get so far and they reset your counter? .......or is this not the russell just NW of Charlotte?

Boy I'm glad you and mowjunk helped me get a high resolution image of the pig before he left. I've been having a lot of fun with it!

Have a good day.

Dave

[ChadRat]

Great looking bender. I will definitely have to build one myself. How good is it for bending rebar? If ya spaced the pins differently will you get different sizes of bends?

[Old Man Stick]

Originally posted by russell
OMS just saw your avatar,real nice! But just what is he shoveling?

Hes filling in Dead groundhog holes!

OMS

[russell]

OMS just saw your avatar,real nice! But just what is he shoveling?

[Old Man Stick]

Thats a prety good bender! I just think I will have to make one of those. Great project with a lot of use. Thanks for shareing that one with all of us here.

OMS

[Royal Fe]

The tubing is 3/4", don't know thickness of the material but it felt light compared to rebar!. Pins are 1/2" round stock and don't know the angle of the bend for the handles. Steve told me he thought it was 45 deg but confessed to "what ever the saw was set". He told me that he was using a "bending fork" and having trouble keeping the work straigtht and thought about the pivot point with two handles, genious! and "out of necessity" The trouble is that the whole thing was trial and error. Good idea that I guess must be experimented with to make yours work.

The material being bent in the example is 1/4" thick and I think 1" wide no heat. Wasn't paying attention because I was focused on the trebel cleff. but I was using 3/8" round bar and was easily manipulating this material.

More dimensions on the way as soon as I get my hands on it again, but till then, Trial and error! Good luck worked for me.

[GWOL]

I want one too!

Any specs on the design would be great, perfect idea for a project to build more projects! Keep up the great work.

That's cool, Duke...I wanna build one...give me some more dimensions.