Handy Metal Bender

[Bert]

thanks for the link!!!!!!!!!!!

[Portable Welder]

Harbor freight makes a bender that can do most of what yours does, they sell for about $ 100.00 and you may save yourself from making some dies.

The little bender that I have is a gem for the price, I use it all the time.

[MTBob]

I looked at the HF bender, you're right it is similar... cause I stole the general design from them. But hey considering the time it took me to make this thing my equivalent rate is somewhere around 13 cents/hour. As it turned out by the time I realized this project was taking way too much time, it was too late to turn back. I guess I'm kinda bullheaded, if I can, I'd rather make a tool than buy one.
While my design copies many of the HF / Hossfeld bender designs, I think the one difference is the above the arm saddles and tooling that I've built - mostly for smaller thinner stuff. If I bend heavy material, I need to bend between the arms.

[WyoRoy]

MTBob,
What I appreciate most about your design is that you've mated designs from both the Hossfeld and the Diacro benders into one unit.