Well, I went to HF today, and got the combination bender on sale for $59,
down from $99. The scroller attachment was $29. The regular bender with
the pedestal was $159. So, for the extra $100, I will mount this bench
mount model it to a pipe sunk into concrete.

Bottom line, for $88, I am in business. Looking forward to setting it up
and playing with it. And, of course, selling the items.

Will tell over time how the quality and longevity is. I just want to bend
1/8" stock, maybe 3/16", so it should be adequate.


Steve

Are you getting the picket twister to go with it?


"Steve B" wrote in message
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Well, I went to HF today, and got the combination bender on sale for $59,
down from $99. The scroller attachment was $29. The regular bender with
the pedestal was $159. So, for the extra $100, I will mount this bench
mount model it to a pipe sunk into concrete.

Bottom line, for $88, I am in business. Looking forward to setting it up
and playing with it. And, of course, selling the items.

Will tell over time how the quality and longevity is. I just want to bend
1/8" stock, maybe 3/16", so it should be adequate.


Steve

"Jim Newell" wrote in message
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Are you getting the picket twister to go with it?

Didn't see that. Guess that just makes for another trip over there.

Steve

Saw from another post

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=36620

The reason I mention it, is because it may effect (if you plan to use the
picket twister) how you mount the bender you bought.


"Steve B" wrote in message
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"Jim Newell" wrote in message
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Are you getting the picket twister to go with it?

Didn't see that. Guess that just makes for another trip over there.

Steve

"Jim Newell" wrote in message
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Saw from another post

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=36620

The reason I mention it, is because it may effect (if you plan to use the
picket twister) how you mount the bender you bought.



Thanks. Just strolled out to the "Sanford Yard" as my wife calls it, to
look at how I am going to lay things out. The link does not provide a
picture, but I will google it up, or find it some way before I spend all
that time to dig out a mondo hole for the post on the bender. Your
suggestion is a very good one.

Steve

"Steve B" wrote in message
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"Jim Newell" wrote in message
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Saw from another post

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=36620

The reason I mention it, is because it may effect (if you plan to use the
picket twister) how you mount the bender you bought.



Thanks. Just strolled out to the "Sanford Yard" as my wife calls it, to
look at how I am going to lay things out. The link does not provide a
picture, but I will google it up, or find it some way before I spend all
that time to dig out a mondo hole for the post on the bender. Your
suggestion is a very good one.

Steve

If you go to that link and click on the download manual button it will show
ya all ya need to know. Might even end up welding a handle and bracket to a
couple of old 1/2" sockets and having it right out of the junk pile.

Glenn

Are you getting the picket twister to go with it?
Didn't see that. Guess that just makes for another trip over there.

Call first. I don't believe the stores stock the picket twister. In fact I
searched the www.harborfreightusa.com site which is the retail store site
and it doesn't even list the picket twister but does list the scroller.

Best Regards,
Keith Marshall


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

"Keith Marshall" wrote

Call first. I don't believe the stores stock the picket twister. In fact
I searched the www.harborfreightusa.com site which is the retail store
site and it doesn't even list the picket twister but does list the
scroller.

Best Regards,
Keith Marshall


Yeah. When I checked, it said information not available or item no longer
stocked. I'll see. I need to twist some square bar, and have an idea on
how to make a simple twister to do all I want to do.

Steve

Steve B wrote:

"Keith Marshall" wrote

Call first. I don't believe the stores stock the picket twister. In fact
I searched the www.harborfreightusa.com site which is the retail store
site and it doesn't even list the picket twister but does list the
scroller.

Best Regards,
Keith Marshall



Yeah. When I checked, it said information not available or item no longer
stocked. I'll see. I need to twist some square bar, and have an idea on
how to make a simple twister to do all I want to do.

Steve

Most blacksmiths just catch one end of the square bar in a vise and twist the
other end with an old school monkey wrench, sometimes with an extension handle
welded to the top so it becomes a two-handed wrench. That way you can control
the twisting, make it tight or slow. It's real easy if the metal is hot. - GWE

"Grant Erwin" wrote
Most blacksmiths just catch one end of the square bar in a vise and twist
the other end with an old school monkey wrench, sometimes with an
extension handle welded to the top so it becomes a two-handed wrench. That
way you can control the twisting, make it tight or slow. It's real easy if
the metal is hot. - GWE

Exactly my idea. Or cut eight short lengths of the square stock I want, and
stack them around a center piece that I want to twist, and weld them all
together, except for the center one. That would make a block with a hole
down the center.

There's lots of simple ways to do this.

I am also going to go and get a rem of plate about 3 foot square, and drill
and tap holes to put bolts I can do repetitive bends around, and various
stops and fences as I figure this out.

Again, this is small stuff, and it won't take much.

STeve

On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 09:18:20 -0800, "Steve B"
wrote:


"Grant Erwin" wrote
Most blacksmiths just catch one end of the square bar in a vise and twist
the other end with an old school monkey wrench, sometimes with an
extension handle welded to the top so it becomes a two-handed wrench. That
way you can control the twisting, make it tight or slow. It's real easy if
the metal is hot. - GWE

Exactly my idea. Or cut eight short lengths of the square stock I want, and
stack them around a center piece that I want to twist, and weld them all
together, except for the center one. That would make a block with a hole
down the center.

There's lots of simple ways to do this.

I am also going to go and get a rem of plate about 3 foot square, and drill
and tap holes to put bolts I can do repetitive bends around, and various
stops and fences as I figure this out.

Again, this is small stuff, and it won't take much.

STeve



My cousin had a job for building about 500 linear feet of railing that
used twisted bar for the vertical pieces. I think it was 3/4 or 1"
square stock.
He found an old gearbox tiller and mounted it to a table and ran it
with an electric motor. At the other end of this long steel table he
mounted a plate with a square hole.

He would turn on the electric motor and it would twist this steel
right up. He would then cut it up into the lengths he needed.

He demonstrated this to me and it was effortless he then reversed the
motor and it took the twists back out.

He did not heat the metal to do this either.

He bought premade baskets and other decorative pieced to go on them.

Made very nice railing.