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One of the projects I have built in the last month is a bender. This is similar in principle to a Hossfeld but with a somewhat different design. I have never even used a bender before but I see no reason to let that stop me. It has worked out rather well.
The main "chassis" is a 12" x 12" x 15 chunk of scrap H-beam that was laying about in a friend's junk pile for the last few decades. It took quite a while to clean up. Sched 40 legs make it into a stand with feet that can drop over rails to secure it or it may be bolted down to anchors.
Parts are hot rolled steel with the scale removed. Bender pins are 1040 steel heat treated and drawn to spring temper. The right angle bending die is mild steel case hardened. The smaller rolling dies are 1040, hardened. The square bending shoes are mild steel. The big round die is nylatron.
I still have a lot more dies to make and will whip them up as the need arises.
The table has a hole circle for bending stops every 15 degrees and is marked every 5 degrees. The BFH standing beside the bender is for bending thick work such as the sample on the table.
The reason for building this device is to do some decorative iron work. My first ever bending project and also first ever decorative iron work is this gate. It's a pet gate to keep the beardog in the mud room when she is wet and/or muddy. It replaces the junky plywood half door we have had for about 20 years.
The main "chassis" is a 12" x 12" x 15 chunk of scrap H-beam that was laying about in a friend's junk pile for the last few decades. It took quite a while to clean up. Sched 40 legs make it into a stand with feet that can drop over rails to secure it or it may be bolted down to anchors.
Parts are hot rolled steel with the scale removed. Bender pins are 1040 steel heat treated and drawn to spring temper. The right angle bending die is mild steel case hardened. The smaller rolling dies are 1040, hardened. The square bending shoes are mild steel. The big round die is nylatron.
I still have a lot more dies to make and will whip them up as the need arises.
The table has a hole circle for bending stops every 15 degrees and is marked every 5 degrees. The BFH standing beside the bender is for bending thick work such as the sample on the table.
The reason for building this device is to do some decorative iron work. My first ever bending project and also first ever decorative iron work is this gate. It's a pet gate to keep the beardog in the mud room when she is wet and/or muddy. It replaces the junky plywood half door we have had for about 20 years.
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