I created one using scrap I bought where I buy my metal. They have round
"cutouts" from different thicknesses of plate. They have a small notch and
hole at one point arond the edge where the torch was started but otherwise
they're clean.

I picked up one that was 3/4" thick by maybe 8" diameter. I also found a
couple that were 1/4" thick with a diameter about 1.5 or 2" larger than the
3/4" piece. I sandwiched them together, drilled a 5/8" hole through the
middle and and a couple of holes to put bolts through to hold the whole
thing together and that's my die for 3/4" square tubing.

Works great on the HF hossfeld style bender. The only problem I've had is
that the bolts that hold the 3 plates together get in the way if I want to
go over 90 degrees but I could fix that by countersinking the holes in the
top plate, threading the ones in the bottom and cutting screws to the
correct length.

I also tried it for 1" with another center piece but the tubing I had was
very thinwall and it didn't work so well.

Best Regards,
Keith Marshall


"I'm not grown up enough to be so old!"


"Roy" wrote in message
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Just what does the profile look like for dies used to bend square
tube? I would like to either adapt some home made dies to the HF pipe
bender or the hosefield (sp) type of bender that HF sells if its
possible. I know I had a set of dies one time for bending up square
tube but darned if I can find them now or remember what they looked
like.

I have bend some pretty decent radius in square tube with a set of
home made dies made out of a pieceof steel pipe and the homebrew press
brake, but I prefer to have a more smooth radius on the tube. Would
like to go 180 if possible, and the tube size / gage would be 1/, 3/4
and 1" in no more than 14 ga more than likely mostly 16 ga.

Regards

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