Edge Bender
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Edge Bender
Curious if anyone has any simple plans for an edge bender?
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Yes please look around the forum. Everybody and their brother has built their own edge bender around here, with an entire spectrum of complexity. You can try to design/build something clever - or you can buy some $15 tile nippers at harbor freight and grind the end down and use that. (this is the preferred method of many of us on here)
Here... I'm feeling generous.
Don't ask why I'm not flaming you and just say thanks.
http://bit.ly/1Ge0Z7j
sam
Don't ask why I'm not flaming you and just say thanks.
http://bit.ly/1Ge0Z7j
sam
You don't even have a legit signature, nothing to reveal who you are and what you do...
Best of luck to you. (uneva)
Best of luck to you. (uneva)
Thank you.....
Sorry for any inconvenience, certainly not trying to waste anybodies valuable time. I should have included a little more context in my post but was just trying to keep it short and a sweet.
I did a search and found the devices/tools on older posts prior to reaching out. I am interested in any newer designs that may have popped out over the last year. All I could find from the search was circa 2011 or earlier.
Have fun out there!
Cheers.
Sorry for any inconvenience, certainly not trying to waste anybodies valuable time. I should have included a little more context in my post but was just trying to keep it short and a sweet.
I did a search and found the devices/tools on older posts prior to reaching out. I am interested in any newer designs that may have popped out over the last year. All I could find from the search was circa 2011 or earlier.
Have fun out there!
Cheers.
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Cause those old designs (the various takes on the three roller designs, and the modified tile nippers) work great. Why re-invent the wheel?
$6.99
http://www.harborfreight.com/10-inch-he ... 38496.html
$6.99
http://www.harborfreight.com/10-inch-he ... 38496.html
also built a "real" edge bender and also some modified nipple pliers. Only using the pliers (or nippers or however they are called)... Its simple because its fast: Bend a bit, check, bend again, check, bend again...
With the nippers the time in between bending and checking is much shorter as it is with a "real" bender.
With the nippers the time in between bending and checking is much shorter as it is with a "real" bender.
I'm a big fan of "images" first. I think the first three lines of images has every edge bender ever made. (except the cnc edge bender, because that thing is just bad ass and you have to use other search key words for it, such as: "super badass edge bender that uses a computer to bend your edges so you can focus on other things like searching ski building sites")sammer wrote:Here... I'm feeling generous.
Don't ask why I'm not flaming you and just say thanks.
http://bit.ly/1Ge0Z7j
sam
or this one: viewtopic.php?t=4511&start=15&sid=e2533 ... 3c79bbbb35
but in all seriousness I bet i find 80% of my answers with "images"
Twizz: if it aint broke don't fix it. ;-)
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I was never able to keep the edge flat when I bent by hand. The tile nippers take care of that for me. I spent over $100 building my three-roller edge bender years ago, and thought it was the best thing since sliced bread, but it still took me ~15-30 minutes per edge to get it perfect. With my nippers, I can do it in about 5 minutes, and it's a much better job.
Twizz are you bending cold or annealing?
Fighting gravity on a daily basis
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think you could post a pic of your nipper jaws?
Do you full edge wrap or 3/4?
Do you full edge wrap or 3/4?
Fighting gravity on a daily basis
www.Whiteroomcustomskis.com
www.Whiteroomcustomskis.com
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