[TheForge] Di-Acro Bender cheap on Ebay

Mon Apr 26 17:19:00 2004

Sorry, here is the link.  di-acro is  not in the description( they call 
it a piece of a pipe bender), but you can see the name and model number 
in a photo.  It is up to $92 now so not as cheap.  It is the 1A model..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3811063735&category=25280&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1

Charles

Ries Niemi wrote:

>
> tried your number and it came up empty.
> And a search for "diacro" or "di-acro" comes up with no benders- 
> unless  you are talking about one of their benchtop finger brakes, or 
> their nifty little hand operated press brake.
>
> Diacro is still in business, although they do not make every model 
> they used to.
> They do, however, still make the hand benders, models 1 thru 4. New, 
> they run from around $800  up to over $2000. However, new, they come 
> with basic tooling, an instruction manual, and they are not bent, 
> tweaked, or broken. If you have a production application, take a look 
> at www.diacro.com.
> 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. And for some reason diacro tools always command 
> ridiculous prices used- often, on ebay, more than new. Now all diacro 
> tools, particularly the small sheet metal tools, are very high 
> quality, and lots of people, used to cheap chinese imports, rightly 
> think they are jewels.
>
> 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.
>
> 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, they work better on hot stuff, as 
> there is room for hot scale to drop down, and they arent so massive 
> that they suck the heat right out of a piece. Plus, you can make a lot 
> of tooling yourself for one with just a stick welder and a saw.
>
> ries
>
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