William Wixon wrote:
"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
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The HF bender that lies down flat is a very usable machine. Here you can
see some pictures of us making a very simple pipe handrail from 1-1/4":
http://www.tinyisland.com/images/Ent...ing/Index.html

I used the machine stock-standard except I took the die and very carefully
measured it and painted a thin white line on it to indicate the centerline
of the bend. I can now lay out a bend centerline on the pipe and line it
up by eye easily within 1/16", probably much closer.

BTW I paid $20 for my bender used. Lots of these show up used cheap
on craigslist.

Grant Erwin




pretty nice work grant. i got a jb2 bender and found it's a bitch to keep
the bends in the same plane. looks like you did pretty good w/ that
(especially with such a long run!)


Thanks, Bill. I was able to keep the bends reasonably planar by shimming up
the pipe so it was everywhere parallel to the floor. As I bent the pipe Karen
would scoot over the shims. On other railing jobs when I've done two bends
they didn't come out planar and so I had to cut the pipe in the middle
and rotate one end and weld it back up. Even that isn't too hard. - GWE

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