[SML] Hossfeld bender in LA area?

[Mt. Angel Performing Arts Center]

If you don't need the hydraulic assist or a 'real' Hossfield the Harbor 
Freight cheapie may be perfectly adequate for less than $100.

<https://www.harborfreight.com/compact-bender-38470.html>

We have an American-made manual bender (now discontinued) from 
ShopOutfitters.com that was fine for our needs until we found a DiAcro #2.

The only down side to the HF unit (besides shipping dollars to China) is 
that it's challenging to do exact repeats of bends.

BUT, if you really want to make flat rings, not tall ones, then maybe 
even a Hossfield hydraulic won't do it. Major distortion and not enough 
'oomph'. If what you're making is essentially BIG flat washers then 
plasma or water jet cutting out of sheet stock may be a better / cheaper 
option.

Just my $.02

Carla

Even in his last years, Granddad had a mind like a steel trap, only one 
that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut. - from a 2009 High 
School essay


On 1/11/2019 12:22 PM, Steven Hood via Stagecraft wrote:
> Anyone in or around Los Angeles have a Hossfeld bender I could do some 
> bending on? The material I'm planning to use is 1/4" strap, bending to 
> make flat rings, not tall ones...
> I don't have the extra budget for the $3,000 school kit at the moment.
> Thanks,
> Steven R Hood
> 
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