[TheForge] hossfeld benders

[Dave Brown]

Dan,

How much of the arc do you bend at one time when making a basic shepherd's 
hook?

Dave Brown

At 16:13 12/17/01, you wrote:
>Hey Bob,
>          I got a #2 Hossfeld a few years back for $100 (from a junk yard 
> in the twin cities called Ambles...a gold mine).  I've spent about $800 
> on fittings and I use it all the time.  It's great for consistant 
> repeated bends.  I can also bend 1/2 inch stock for a shepard's hook 
> plant holder cold, evenly, and in under a minute.  It makes a lot of 
> projects commercially viable that wouldn't be if I had to heat and bend them.
>
>Gonna buy one?
>
>Dan