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Metal bender/scroll attatchment
I need a GOOD bender/scroll maker. I used to have a Hossfeld scroll bender.
I paid $185, and now the same item is $550. Oh, well, gas used to be $.31 a gallon too, and that don't mean anything today. I keep seeing benders like the one listed below. I bought one of THESE for $149 from BreakDown Industries in 1984. Now the same thing is $589 from Shop Outfitters. Anyone have one of these? I am going to bend mostly 1/8" thick flat bar at any time. At tops, 1/4". I do need a good scroll machine that will make from 2 1/2" to the large 8 or 9" 1 1/2 turn scrolls. I would also like it if it would take small square rod, say 3/16" to make some square bar spirals. I need the spiral maker to be good steel so that it doesn't deteriorate with use and get sloppy. Looks like that will be another $150, making it a grand total of about $750. This is an investment that will earn the cost back in a short time, so a $750 outlay is not the problem. I just want to know if people have these ......... if they like them .......... if they have a brand name preference ................. where they got the best price .......... any caveats. TIA. Steve http://www.shopoutfitters.com/2020CompactBender.html |
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