Shop Made Benders

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Shop-Made Benders
Fancy curlicue made with the simplest of tools!
General Info
Make	Yes, please!
Model
Serial	Unknown
Specs	n/a
Manual
Asylum Info
Location	Metal Shop
Rubric	n/a
Training	Tool classes
Testing	Tool testing, or 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!

Shop-made bending tool collection

Operation Notes

• 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 multipurpose bending tool (video link below.)

Videos

Video: Multipurpose bending tool

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

• This Jig can also be placed in a vise.

• Free free to construct additional accessories for this jig.

Video: How to curl a rod

Video: On Leverage

Video: RINGS!!!

Time to get creative and MAKE STUFF!!!