http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=31980

Just picked one up on an impulse buy :D

Whose got one and is it useful. Looked handy for making brakets, pins, ect..

Got any tips on the use of it.

Andy

i have one and it is great. the instructions are actually pretty good as well.

i made tube dies for mine to bend 5/8" and i think 3/4" od tube...actually i didn't make them. i loaned the bender to a friend with a machine shop and he needed to bend tube so he made the dies. it works great!

i also bought one for a friend to use to make exhaust hanger brackets and he loved it as well. it takes a little while to get used to, but works fine.

for a stop, i clamp a piece of flat stock to the "degree wheel" with a small Kant-Twist clamp. this helps to make repeat bends.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=449094

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=449094

I should have known you'd have one :flipoff2:

I have a Howron Brute Bender and can't wait to get it mounted so I can use it.

I have one and a Hossfeld bender but the HF bender is a great and useful tool for some smaller jobs. not a mistake my thinking Ed

I've got one. Handy little buggers for brackets just like you mentioned. Used it last night to make some light brackets for the buggy. The instructions for using the straight edge die suck. There are better instructions for that on the interwebs here (http://www.weldingweb.com/showthread.php?t=1735).



have fun with it, they are a good value.

I've got one. Handy little buggers for brackets just like you mentioned. Used it last night to make some light brackets for the buggy. The instructions for using the straight edge die suck. There are better instructions for that on the interwebs here (http://www.weldingweb.com/showthread.php?t=1735).



have fun with it, they are a good value.


I had a heck of a time figuring out the intructions and then I tried to label the parts to get them back mainly for rt. angle bending then finaly took a picture of the set up and put it in the ammo box next to the bender with the paper work.. Next thing I needed was extra pins that I made from old shocks that had the large diameter shafts matching the hole size use them for my home made 12 ton press. I save all the old shocks for the shafts, seem hardened and strong and usuall chromed.

They work fine when they're new. Even with the limited amountof use mine has seen, it has worn much quicker than I expected. If I had to do it over again, I'd pony up for a Hossfeld.

Next thing I needed was extra pins that I made from old shocks that had the large diameter shafts matching the hole size use them for my home made 12 ton press. I save all the old shocks for the shafts, seem hardened and strong and usuall chromed.

I bought tractor hitch pins at Tractor Supply for my bender. Cost a coupla bucks , are hardened and have an assortment of sizes, shapes and handles.

If I ever get a base built, hopefully, the different sized/shapes pins will come in handy.

Now to mount it to the floor.

The only anchors I can get in town are these like this:
http://www.concretefasteners.com/anchors-fasteners/machine-screw/index.aspx

Are they good enough? I wan the threads in the hole instead of a stud sticking up to trip on when it is not there.

I could probably swing by TSC tonight or maybe Home Depot over the weekend since I will be near a bigger town.

Andy