[TheForge] Speaking of benders...

Fri Mar 15 11:08:00 2002

dave,

yes i am home. the new site for the "american bender" can be found at www.americanbender.getwebnet.com

i just got a mail from them and they said...
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>Good Morning Bob yes our web page is up www.americanbender.getwebnet.com Our
>e-mail is [email protected] Phone 1-507-689-0221 We just purchased another
>camera so we'll be putting new pics on the web page also will be putting our
>price list and catolog on a CD.
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this bender is basically a clone of another popular bender. parts and dies are interchangable. prices are lower than the other bender. 

bob s.
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>At 23:05 03/14/02 -0500, you wrote:
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>>I've been debating the past several months whether to buy one of the 
>>compact benders and a healthy selection of the dies for it, from shop 
>>outfitters (www.shopoutfitters.com).    One of the things I don't like 
>>about internet shopping is I can't hold the darned thing in my hand and 
>>work the thing.
>
>What we need here is for Bob Schade to chime in.
>
>American Bending in Minnesota used to make a clone of the Hossfeld benders, 
>and at a fraction of the price.  I understand that they do not make them 
>anymore and that the guys who did make them (first at Hossfeld, then at 
>American) are now making and selling the benders themselves.  Bob Schade is 
>making some of the parts for them, at least the ones that need forging.
>
>So, where the heck are you Schade?  Back from vacation yet?  What can you 
>tell us about that shop and the benders that they are making?  Do you know 
>the price that they are selling them for and what dies come with them?  Do 
>you have contact information for us?
>
>Inquiring minds want to know ....
>
>Dave Brown
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