I drilled the holes out with a drill press and harbor freight step bits.
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Gottrikes Homemade Bender
- Thread starter yostyexplorer94
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- yosty
- Joined
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- Joined
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- Messages
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- South Central PA
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- Joined
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- South Central PA
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- yosty
All the metal I had laying around otherwise I would have bought a bender instead of building one
I bought the plans in 2011 and just now decided I needed to build it.
My expenses
- Pro tools 1.75° 6 clr die - $363.36 shipped
- Hardened pins (x2) - 39.21 shipped
- Harbor freight 8 ton long ram - $73
How much savings vs. new?
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a similar vertical bender would have been around $900+shipping + $73 hf long ram.
a jd2 model 3 (horizontal bender) with similar die would have been $660 + shipping. It would be a manual operating unit until you get a swag kit $110 and $73 hf long ram. Also need a stand or post to mount it.
It gets pricey! If I would have had to buy all the steel for mine I probably would have bought a jd2 or protools bender instead of building.
a jd2 model 3 (horizontal bender) with similar die would have been $660 + shipping. It would be a manual operating unit until you get a swag kit $110 and $73 hf long ram. Also need a stand or post to mount it.
It gets pricey! If I would have had to buy all the steel for mine I probably would have bought a jd2 or protools bender instead of building.
- Joined
- September 6, 2006
- Messages
- 714
- Reaction score
- 164
- City, State
- South Central PA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1994 Explorer
- Callsign
- yosty
