Difference between revisions of "Hand Bender"

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Di-Acro Hand Bender

A hand bender is a machine used to bend wire, solid stock, and tubing. The bender comes with multiple dyes for different types of bends.

The current Ace of the Hand Bender is Needed (Makerhub@georgefox.edu).

*Currently the bender stand is not bolted to the floor, so you can really only bend light materials like 1/8" thick aluminum. If you want to bend thicker material, you will need help from someone to hold the table. In the future we will be bolting the bender to a sturdier spot.

3 commandments

Stuff about the 3 commandments.

Documentation

Resources

Training

Look at "Art of Bending" document to find out how to set up the equipment. Then Watch the "Simple Bend" video to see how the equipment functions.

Procedure

1) Cut a piece of .5"x.125" aluminum to a length of 6".

2) Set the bender to make a 90^o bend at 0.5" from the end of material;proceed to bend.

3) Make another 90^o bend at 1.5" from previous bend. Make bend in the same direction.

4) Set the bender to make a circular bend, of any size, 1.5" from previous bend. Bend in opposite direction as last bend.

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 ==Procedure==
 ) Cut a piece of .5"x.125" aluminum to a length of 6".
 ) Set the bender to make a 90<sup>o</sup> bend at 0.5" from the end of material;proceed to bend.
 ) Make another 90<sup>o</sup> bend at 1.5" from previous bend. Make bend in the same direction.
-) Set the bender to make a circular bend, of any size, 1.5" from  previous bend. Bend in opposite direction as last bend.
+) Set the bender to make a circular bend, of any size, 1.5" from  previous bend. Bend in opposite direction as last bend.