Last week we drove up to Dade City to look at a tool for sale on Craigslist. It was a Large Radius three Roller pipe bender and it is now ours. It came with three metal rollers - two of which can be seen on the right. Aluminum needs a gentler roller so John called Alro Plastics and ordered a Delrin cylinder and quickly made two more sets of rollers. The two white rollers to the right are for 2" square tubing. The rollers on the machine have a groove to bend 90 degree angle aluminum. The vertical part sits in the groove on the roller. Life is good if you own your own lathe.
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| New tool - side view |
Did I mention that this is a manual bender? John's arms were a little tired by the end of the day.
Finished product with just the right curve for the roof of the boat
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