Making a Compact radial bender

[Janderso]

Loads of fun and lots of chips. I just finished the base, now on to the rest of the components.
I got the idea from something I found on the web from, Home Metal Shop Club, Newsletter.
It should be a handy addition to the shop.

 

[ConValSam]

Nice work. I look forward to seeing your first bend projects once it's operational!

 

[Badabinski]

grumble grumble great, another stinking bender that I need to build grumble grumble

This thing looks awesome! Definitely looking forward to seeing how it performs. I have have a pretty small shop but I want to build out some more bending capacity. This looks like it's pretty stout and should be capable of more than the little vise-mount bender I built a while ago.

 

[talvare]

Looks like kind of a mini version of my DiAcro bender. A friend gave it to me a few years ago. It was froze up and looked pretty sad, but a couple of days work and it's in nice condition now. It didn't have any of the "dies" with it so I just make them as I need them. It's a pretty handy tool when you need it. I think you'll like yours when you're done.

Ted

 

[Janderso]

Made some progress. I find that if you don’t have to go to work there seems to be more time in the day .
This is the piece that rubs against the work. I will silver solder a piece of a broken tap = high speed steel.

 

[JACK-TR6]

Made some progress. I find that if you don’t have to go to work there seems to be more time in the day .
This is the piece that rubs against the work. I will silver solder a piece of a broken tap = high speed steel.

Im working on this same project and used a broken 1/4" carbide end mill shank.

 

[JACK-TR6]

Loads of fun and lots of chips. I just finished the base, now on to the rest of the components.
I got the idea from something I found on the web from, Home Metal Shop Club, Newsletter.
It should be a handy addition to the shop.

I started 5 sets of these 10 years ago. I still have to finish the rollers. I made the mistake of trying to make the swing arm more sturdy by adding gussets under the handle but the extra welding warped the handle out of flat to the top surface.

 

[mattthemuppet2]

Made some progress. I find that if you don’t have to go to work there seems to be more time in the day .
This is the piece that rubs against the work. I will silver solder a piece of a broken tap = high speed steel.

Might be worth using jb weld, loctite or some kind of epoxy. I'm not sure on scale but it looks like it'll take a lot of heat to get that up to silver brazing temperature

 

[solo]

I have those same plans in my Popular Mechanics books.
It's on my to build list.

 

[Janderso]

Might be worth using jb weld, loctite or some kind of epoxy. I'm not sure on scale but it looks like it'll take a lot of heat to get that up to silver brazing temperature

It worked out ok. I can see the solder flowed well.
I’ve used this bender a few times in the last six months, it helps to put a few drops of oil where the surfaces meet.