[TheForge] Speaking of benders...

Fri Mar 15 23:07:00 2002

Dave take Roger and his camera along <G>
Mike Graf

Ralph Sproul wrote:
> 
>        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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