[TheForge] HF & SO benders - revisited

[Dann]

Dave,

I will see what I can do about bring a bunch of hog rings / 
ringer.  Shouldn't be a problem. I may have plenty in my shop, else  local 
hardware store will have them.

I see from the  ABANA web site that Kirsten Skiles has resigned from the 
ABANA board.

Sandy and I are reserved a space in a campground about 3 miles south of La 
Crosse that Mary Fredell recommended.  Last weekend  Skip and I just did 
the Saturday Session at UMBA/ Haverhill.


Dann

P.S.

I took  my harber freight bender out of the box the other day, but didn't 
get it set up yet.   Demo at Haverhill  Saturday session included  a 
demonstration in making jigs for complicated multiple production 
bends.   Skip ordered the tape from Roger Degner.  I bought the vidio  tape 
of the UMBA meeting / demonstration that you Attended in  Feb, but haven't 
watched it yet.

At 11:06 AM 3/19/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>I just received an answer from Shop Outfitters regarding their die 
>dimensions and type of steel.  While the didn't specify the exact grade of 
>steel, they did say that they were hardened steel.  The pins and the 
>mounting holes in the dies are 5/8" and the dies are 2" tall.
>
>These dimensions match those of the HF Compact bender.  So for those of 
>you who might be looking for tubing dies, replacement dies and/or pins for 
>your HF benders, the SO dies should fit. However, SO says you should let 
>them know which bender that you have and they can tell for sure if their 
>dies and pins will fit.
>
>
>Dave Brown
>Heritage Smithing
>Green Bay, WI
>ABANA, UMBA, GoM, MODA, ARG
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