Shop Made Benders

Shop-Made Benders
Fancy curlicue made with the simplest of tools!
General Info
Make	You make it!
Model
Serial	Unknown
Specs	n/a
Manual
Asylum Info
Location	Metal Shop
Rubric	n/a
Training	Tool classes
Testing	Tool testing, or [[:Category:Metal Shop#Tool Testing Night|come to the shop on Tool Testing Night]]
Restrictions	green

For use with shop’s the Acorn Tables and Vises

Experiment with what’s available, and feel free to add to the collection.

Use for:

• Bending rod and flat bar, capacity dependent on the jig.

• Bend curves, angles, and freeform shapes.

Do Not Use for:

• Bending welded or excessively work hardened metals.

You can try, but it may not go well!

Hazard Analysis

• Metal can snap while bending, and flakes of rust, mill scale, or paint can become airborne. Eye protection required.

• Pinched fingers, skin.

• Cuts / Scrapes from sharp cut edges of the workpiece.

• Cuts / Scrapes / bruises if care is not taken to prevent metal stock from slipping during the bending process.

		Eye protection required!

Operation Notes

Shop-made bending tool collection

• The Metal Shop has a collection of shop-made jigs, many inspired by YouTube videos.

• In general, watch the jig. If you see that the jig is bending (as opposed to your material bending), you’ve exceeded the jig’s capacity.

• If your material is the same size or thicker than the material used to make the jig, you run the risk of bending the jig instead of your material.

Use of the vise to hold a bending tool

Videos

Multipurpose bending tool

The shop has a lighter duty version of this with a base that fits into the holes of the Acorn Tables.

• This Jig can also be placed in a vise. (See above)

• Free free to construct additional accessories for this jig.

How to curl a rod

On Leverage

RINGS!

Jigs from bolts and washers

Time to get creative and MAKE STUFF!!!