Homemade Metal Bender.MOV

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I wanted to make a metal bender to allow for smooth, long arcs in metal up to 2" square light wall tubing. I pieced this one together using a 20 ton hydraulic jack (yes, the jack is overkill). The video only shows a few runs through the bender. I have yet to experiment with how much tension I can put on the steel for each pass. The bend comes out great, the steel stretches and compresses very nicely leaving a very clean bend.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• metal bender
• homemade
• fabricate
• bend

[PlebScrubber]

its no good having all this cool equipment if your just going to make things that you can buy from a supplier

build a gun or something restricted

[iMetBox]

OHH! Sunemall can help it.

[struchol]

Good job

[dazza1600]

Thanks mate,  you just made me heaps of money

[03protegeES]

@TRASUPO So make your work piece 2 feet longer than your finished length..

[landlockedviking]

that looked like a princess auto jack! I'm headed there right now!

[TRASUPO]

It's vantastic but it can't bend the last 12''.

[StevesProjects]

Nice little projecct. Seems to work well. Have you made a complete circle with it yet?

[TVDUDE33]

id get tired of turning that thing

[sofa1389]

it is important to have an idea and everything is close at hand, this video just to show us, every cast for the author