Shop Made Benders
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| Shop-Made Benders | |
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| 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.
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Eye protection required! |
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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.
