Bob Engelhardt wrote:
Winston wrote:
Or you could find a way to use a couple Imperial 600-F:
http://stridetool.com/tools/hose_tub...enders_08.html
...

Yeah, and on sale here for only $1700:
http://www.csnstores.com/Imperial-St...F-OHP1131.html

At 4K pieces per month, that $1700 is chump change.

Automated properly, one could bang out those handles
quickly and with excellent quality using minimum -
wage help.

Drop in one end against the first stop, push buttons
and the workpiece gets the 75 degree bend. The stop
and bender reset and the workpiece falls into a bin.
Twist a knob and cycle the bin full of parts against
the second stop. The 30 degree bend is made and the
workpiece is retrieved out the top of the alignment
fences. Worker loads the next workpiece and bangs
the buttons to complete the bin of parts, etc etc.


--Winston