Poor mans Bender table, Cheap way to bend plate aluminum |
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Poor mans Bender table, Cheap way to bend plate aluminum |
 Aug 4 2015, 05:38 PM
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Shovel Buster!  Group: Members Posts: 171 Joined: 19-October 14 From: Denver Member No.: 118,315  |
*5 Door hinges (you can see in the pics what happened to the hinges when I only used 2)
*some sturdy wood boards *some screws (2 and 3 inch) *2 C-clamps (5 inch gap or more)
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Aug 5 2015, 10:50 AM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,206 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
That looks like it works good Dave!
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Aug 5 2015, 03:51 PM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 171 Joined: 19-October 14 From: Denver Member No.: 118,315 |
Thanks Mrs.CP. After using 5 hinges, it worked great to finish the piece in the photo. But then I got to the 2 foot long sections of the sluice. The wood handle snapped. I gotta unscrew some boards, and put 2 boards at once for the handle, then secure it again.
 (won't have the sluice finished by the weekend.)Oh well. -------------------- Thankful member of COLORADO PROSPECTOR CLUB
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Aug 5 2015, 08:41 PM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 2,430 Joined: 6-June 13 From: Falcon, CO Member No.: 82,915 |
Very bendy!!
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Sep 2 2015, 09:51 AM
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 Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 875 Joined: 25-July 14 From: Westminster, CO Member No.: 117,949 |
I thought about building one of these when I was making a clean up sluice a couple years ago. Another option, and the one I used, was to nicely ask a roofing company to make some bends for me. 10 minutes later, my sheet metal was bent to my specs.
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