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90 degree bender for 1/8" bar
Emfairmeadows -
Thursday, April 5, 2007 - 11:48pm
I've just spent the past 1/2 hour on the internet trying to figure out if there is a tool that will bend 1/8" stainless steel bar at a 90 degree angle. I know there are a lot of compact benders out there, but I don't know if the throat is tall enough to accommodate 8"L x 1-1/2" W x 1/8" bar. Does anyone on the list have a bender that can bend bar at a sharp 90 degree angle? I usually heat the stainless in my vise with my rosebud torch and hit it with a sledge hammer until it bends to a 90 degree angle. There has to be a quicker, better way. I will need to make 140+ of these for a fireplace installation. I'm trying to create an estimate for all of our installation labor and I'd like to cut down on my fabrication labor time. Help!  Bending
SteelyJan -
Friday, April 6, 2007 - 8:59pm
Em, » reply  Re:Bending
Emfairmeadows -
Friday, April 6, 2007 - 11:41pm
Dear Janet, Tool junkies of the world unite! Are you coming to the Shindig? We're a fun bunch of metal junkies. Just about every type imaginable. Elizabeth M. Meadows "When in doubt, use a sledgehammer. It helps!" » reply Bending bar
Emfairmeadows -
Friday, April 6, 2007 - 10:40pm
Thanks Rick, but I happily will be bending the clamps in half in the other direction. So 4" before and after the bend. Elizabeth M. Meadows "When in doubt, use a sledgehammer. It helps!" » reply  V fullers or press maybe?
visitor -
Friday, April 6, 2007 - 9:00pm
Would you be able to use a jig in a press, possibly even an arbor press to bang out the series? (or fullering under a power hammer) regards, ben » reply Bending Stainless
don johnson -
Friday, April 6, 2007 - 10:53pm
Bending 1/8 stainless is no big deal. Go to a sheet metal shop and have them shear and bend the parts you need out of a flat sheet. The shear can be set to bang out the 140 parts quickly and a power brake will give you good repeatable results. If you need holes, they can punch them too. The holes will be more round than drilling. Sometimes it does not pay to do it yourself, especially if you don't have the equipment already. Don » reply Re: V fullers or press maybe?
Emfairmeadows -
Saturday, April 7, 2007 - 12:15am
Dear Ben, Elizabeth M. Meadows "When in doubt, use a sledgehammer. It helps!" » reply Thanks to everyone!
Emfairmeadows -
Saturday, April 7, 2007 - 1:59am
These are some of the links to tools that will help me resolve my issue with stainless steel clamp making. Thanks to everyone on Artmetal.com and the artmetal list for helping me with your endless mountain of knowledge about metal tools and techniques. Press brake Arbor Press H-Frame Press Ironworker Compact Bender Clamp manufacturer Forge plans Concrete lag shield anchors When in doubt, sub it out! Elizabeth M. Meadows "When in doubt, use a sledgehammer. It helps!" » reply |
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Bending bar
If you are trying to bend 1/8 X 1-1/2 flat the long way, (along the 8" direction) you may be in for a bunch of failures. Instead you should contact a local sheet metal contractor and have him cut you some strips of sheet. The failure rate of bending flat bar the long way is quite high because of the grain produced by rolling it into a long bar in the first place. When you bend along the grain, it tends to split. If however you get sheet cut against the grain, it will bend very nicely. You probably knew this, but a word to the wise is not usually wasted.
Rick Crawford at Smoky Forge