[TheForge] Di-Acro Bender cheap on Ebay

[Andy Vida]

Ries Niemi wrote:
> 
> tried your number and it came up empty.

	Same here.

> Used, almost every one I have ever seen has no tooling, and for some
> reason they have almost all had paint slopped all over the nice
> machined surfaces.

	Often true.  It is amazing what people will do to tools. :(

	I had a beautiful #0 bender.  I think I sold it to Jim Binnion,
	much to my regret :(  It was perfect, though had no tooling
	as you pointed out.

> And for some reason diacro tools always command
> ridiculous prices used- often, on ebay, more than new.

	probably because 99% of the people have no idea what they are
	bidding on.

	Anyone see that rather nice 375# Hay Budden that went for a hair
	over $1800?  That's a little over $4.80/#.  Sheesh.  Nice anvil,
	though.

> Now all diacro
> tools, particularly the small sheet metal tools, are very high quality,

	Their small finger brakes and expecially their shears are
	as fine as they come.  I passed up a 12" shear in mint
	condition several years back... something like $200.  I try
	not to think about it too often. :)

> These are very nice precision benders, capable of bending all kinds of
> stuff, from 1/4" to 1" round, small pipes and tubes, flat bar, etc.
> They have quite an array of tooling, and can make very exact repeated
> bends.
> 
> The littlest ones, the No. 1's are pretty small- more like jewelry
> size. A 3 or a 4 would be good in a blacksmith shop.
> But tooling is expensive, hard to find, and tricky to make yourself
> without a machine shop.

	The #0 is even smaller, and very rare.  The arm rotates on
	a roller bearing of perhaps 4" diameter.
> 
> I would recommend a hossfeld bender as a better bender for a
> blacksmith- they have a much bigger capacity- up to 4", the way they
> are designed they are more flexible,

	Absolutely agree.  The Diacros are for precision well beyond
	99.99% of anything a blacksmith would ever have a need, or a
	desire for.