[TheForge] Speaking of benders...

Fri Mar 15 23:02:00 2002

       Dave,   No book, you just go to an NEB meet and ask him
questions............he's the guy in the old greyhound bus!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Brown" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Speaking of benders...


> Well, I may have to look him up when I go home to RI this summer.  In the
> meantime, where's his book?  <grin>
>
> Dave
>
> At 19:31 03/15/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >         Dave,  New England has one of the masters of the Hossfeld, or
other
> >smaller benders.  This fellow comes up with some great ideas.  One of the
> >things he stresses most is working outside (or on top) of the frame for
> >hooks and quick bends.  He made some  extra long S7 pins and cut some on
the
> >lathe, and others made bushings for to use on different diameters of
bends.
> >The pins are then heated and air quenched to harden them - and they hold
up
> >quite well from what he said.   He just ordered extra stock when he was
> >making chisels in the size of the pins for the bender, and it's worked
out
> >well for him.
> >
> >Ralph
>
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