[TheForge] Speaking of benders...

Fri Mar 15 20:07:05 2002

        Bob, Dave, and all,    The second picture on the images page shows
the working outside the bender like I refered to in my last post(on that
website listed).  Sure looks like a Hossfeld clone.
        The HF benders don't come with all those stop guages and accessories
do they?  The tensioning shoe on the top is a nice gadgit for bending on top
of the frame.  Fast, and you don't have to take the bender apart to get the
piece out at times.

Ralph


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Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Speaking of benders...


> 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...
> _____
> >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.
> ______
>
> this bender is basically a clone of another popular bender. parts and dies
are interchangable. prices are lower than the other bender.
>
> bob s.
> _____________________
>
> >At 23:05 03/14/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >>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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