[TheForge] Di-Acro Bender cheap on Ebay

Tue Apr 27 22:37:11 2004

This just sold for $272 or so.
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Di-Acro Bender cheap on Ebay


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