Green Newbie Question: Harbor Freight Bender

"Colonel Andy" wrote: Can larger diameter bends be made with the Benchtop Bender? (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yes, but you will have to eyeball the shape. Make one leg that looks good to you, and then keep checking the shape of the others by placing them on top of the first.

So I think you mean..."Bend a little, move a little, bend a little, move a little, etc.?

Thanks for the help

Eric

I made my own dies from AL cut offs I picked up at the local metal supplier. I found a 4", 4 1/2" and a 5", all of which work fine for me on that same HF bender...

I have dies as large as 9" diam. If the materia your not bending or foming is not al that heavy, mount the entire die setup on top of the bender instead of inbetween the fork ever. Al you need is onger bots or pins

REMEMBER: "This is worth repeating for benefit of al newbies! Jo Ann asked Dr. Sooooooooooooooooolow to remind people that while she has retired from selling GF (and sold the business to Ken Fischer