Graham Gott
Aluminum
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2010
- Location
- Iron Station, NC
Thanks to member Ries for the wealth of information he's shared over the years regarding Hossfeld benders. His input helped greatly to influence my decision to purchase one a couple weeks ago. I immediately put it to use on a project for a client and it's quickly becoming one of my favorite pieces of equipment. It makes doing a bunch of brackets and parts that I typically do for this client much faster and easier.
Right now I have it clamped down to my welding table...
So far, I've used a square tube die set:
This is 3/4" x 0.065" square on a 2" inside radius, tighter than I can get tooling for my JD Squared bender.
Here's the bending yoke:
And a part that came from it. Making a clevis this deep is not trivial on my other equipment. The legs are 1-5/16" apart and about 3" deep.
I've also used the 26B sharp square bending block for some wider pieces:
The versatility of these things open up a bunch of capabilities I didn't have before...
Right now I have it clamped down to my welding table...
So far, I've used a square tube die set:
This is 3/4" x 0.065" square on a 2" inside radius, tighter than I can get tooling for my JD Squared bender.
Here's the bending yoke:
And a part that came from it. Making a clevis this deep is not trivial on my other equipment. The legs are 1-5/16" apart and about 3" deep.
I've also used the 26B sharp square bending block for some wider pieces:
The versatility of these things open up a bunch of capabilities I didn't have before...