It should work fine on thin wall tube. Swag sells a full line of delrin dies for their tube roller. FWIW, my bender is the table top version with a 4"ish stand height. Much easier to stash away until I need it.do you think Delrin would work?
It should work fine on thin wall tube. Swag sells a full line of delrin dies for their tube roller. FWIW, my bender is the table top version with a 4"ish stand height. Much easier to stash away until I need it.do you think Delrin would work?
I can see how that would be handy, if I had a built in bench. My two "benches" are just carts as everything is set up as portable workstations. I'm thinking David's setup, bolt in as needed then stash will probably be the route I'll go.It should work fine on thin wall tube. Swag sells a full line of delrin dies for their tube roller. FWIW, my bender is the table top version with a 4"ish stand height. Much easier to stash away until I need it.
That is really cool, and I'm sure because you've used it, it makes sense(been there, did that) but I'm having a hard time groking what that does. Maybe some sequential pic's?I bent square tubing, so I have a square tubing die. I bought the one shown to use as a pattern for other sizes. Shop Outfitters also sold a "leverage multiplier" that worked along a 'tail' on the tool (the one you pictured doesn't have the 'tail'). If a picture is worth 1000 words, I'll save myself some typing... Here's the leverage multiplier, and a semi-closeup of the die.
Both of the dies I made were to copy bends for something we were duplicating, so I'm not up on minimum bend radius. I think our tightest bend was 2" clr on 3/4 x 0.065 steel tube. No pictures, I'm currently unemployed and my tools are in storage in Atlanta.I can see how that would be handy, if I had a built in bench. My two "benches" are just carts as everything is set up as portable workstations. I'm thinking David's setup, bolt in as needed then stash will probably be the route I'll go.
Do you have any pic's of your tubing dies? How do you gauge the min radius of what the tube can be bent?
Without a convenient tube to bend (and maybe even then) it'll be hard to grokk from pictures. Essentially the yellow handled part starts at the back (perhaps you can see the small notches. It trades range of motion for leverage. So a full-stroke on the 'arm' moves the bending part (up by the die) only about 60*, but with tremendous leverage. Then you advance the yellow handled doo-dad to the next notch and you can continue bending another 60*, and so forth. The next best thing to hydraulics for heavy bending.That is really cool, and I'm sure because you've used it, it makes sense(been there, did that) but I'm having a hard time groking what that does. Maybe some sequential pic's?
LOL, ain’t that the truth! I know the HF version is not a real Hosfeld. I’m trying to do something I don’t have the setup for. I think this would be a great base machine for what I want. And it’s not an arm and a leg but of course it doesn’t have exactly what I need to bend small tubing like 1/2” or 3/4” EMT. I found my EMT electrician bender I picked up a decade ago finally but it can’t do tight bends like this compact bender can. And as usual with all my HF stuff I’ll have to make the dies.I did have some projects in mind which seem to have escaped my mind.