[Firewood Bandit]

Well I picked up this gem for $60. A cheap HF metal bender loosely copied from a Hosfeld (which is a whole bunch better) and it had 3 additional dies the guy fabbed up as he had a welding shop. I had to make a small part out of a 5/8ths bolt as it was missing the piece that holds up the stop block.

I don't have the floor space to spare so I am making a mount that will fit into all 3 tractor receiver hitches and the truck too for that matter. It will be then portable and the vehicles are pretty sturdy and won't give. Made this out of some scrap I got for next to nothing.

What you are seeing is the support going into the receiver and the plate that will go on it. Will most likely tack weld the bolts too so the bender can just be sat on it and hit with the impact wrench:

I know nothing about the world of bending but do a ton of work with rebar projects, let's hear about bending:

 

[Wvdeere]

Watching!! I’m interested in one of those for rebar etc. also

 

[Technova]

If you ever have a reason to poor a shop floor or want to core drill a hole, these work great
to stick rectangular tubing in for benders, bar shears, vises etc

Hidden Floor Anchor Automotive Concealed B525 - Buske LLC

www.buskellc.com

 

[Firewood Bandit]

Watching!! I’m interested in one of those for rebar etc. also

I make a ton of stuff out of rebar. I have a source and get it for next to nothing. Latest is snowflakes:

 

[stevenk]

Well I picked up this gem for $60. A cheap HF metal bender loosely copied from a Hosfeld (which is a whole bunch better) and it had 3 additional dies the guy fabbed up as he had a welding shop. I had to make a small part out of a 5/8ths bolt as it was missing the piece that holds up View attachment 814462

I have one of those, it works good for bending band iron and round stock. If you like working with rebar you have to go on youtube and search Gavin Clark. He's a hobby fabricator from Australia I think and makes ALL kinds of cool things with rebar.

 

[Firewood Bandit]

I made a bracket and hooks for the welder the other day. Getting the hang of it:

Also bent the legs for the yard art too:

 

[Wvdeere]

I make a ton of stuff out of rebar. I have a source and get it for next to nothing. Latest is snowflakes:

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Loved the snowflake idea!

 

[Firewood Bandit]

Loved the snowflake idea!

Snow flakes that size eat up a LOT of material.

One tip is to make angles easier, get a big nut for the center like this:

 

[Wvdeere]

Snow flakes that size eat up a LOT of material.

One tip is to make angles easier, get a big nut for the center like this:

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Good idea. These 4 took 90ft of rebar. Tall ones are 3ft and others are 2 ft. I cut off a 1inch piece of 4x4 1/8 square tubing and drilled 8 holes for my center/template to use. The nut would have been easier.

 

[stevenk]

HF sells a scroll work attachmentfor that bender that works good also. You can make that fancy S shape piece for a shelf bracket if you know what I mean.

 

[Firewood Bandit]

HF sells a scroll work attachmentfor that bender that works good also. You can make that fancy S shape piece for a shelf bracket if you know what I mean.

Just looked at HF web site and couldn't find it. The instructions I got with the bender, (very old) had scroll work in it but no info.

 

[stevenk]

Just looked at HF web site and couldn't find it. The instructions I got with the bender, (very old) had scroll work in it but no info.

Sure enough, it is no longer there! Here is a link for one

Spare parts for UBM-30,upper bending parts, Scroll Bending attachment - - Amazon.com

Spare parts for UBM-30,upper bending parts, Scroll Bending attachment - - Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

Is this not the same one?

44 in. Telescoping Handle Compact Bender

Amazing deals on this Compact Bender at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

 

[stevenk]

Is this not the same one?

44 in. Telescoping Handle Compact Bender

Amazing deals on this Compact Bender at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

That is the bender. We were talking about the scroll work attachment.

 

[Firewood Bandit]

Sure enough, it is no longer there! Here is a link for one

Spare parts for UBM-30,upper bending parts, Scroll Bending attachment - - Amazon.com

Spare parts for UBM-30,upper bending parts, Scroll Bending attachment - - Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

That doesn't seem like a lot for over eighty bucks. That small handle and comments says it won't ben round stock either.

FWIW, I have the KAKA table top bandsaw and it works great. I am making some firewood racks for a customer and cut 46 cuts yesterday in 5/8ths rebar and flat stock that is 2 3/16ths x 1/8".
Time to cut the bar stock is 10 seconds. The material stop is a HUGE time saver and helps make all the pieces exactly the same length.

https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-M...4?keywords=kaka+bandsaw&qid=1638968766&sr=8-4