Anyone seen a homemade bender like this?

[willy3486]

I saw a homemade bender a while back. I think it was on youtube but I can't find it now. What it was is someone took a bar then drilled a couple of holes in it and welded a couple of nuts where the holes were. Then they took some bearings and slid them over a bolt and then bolted the two bolts to the bar. There was enough room between the two bearings that a piece of metal would slide through the space. The way you would bend it you would slide it back and forth and press up, After a few passes the metal was bent about 1 inch and to a 90 degree angle.

I was thinking about making one as I need to bend a long piece of metal but my bender is not wide enough. Does this sound familiar and does anyone have a link to one being made?

 

[deranged]

Small rod bender

This is a design I saw on OxTools YouTube channel. it is for bending small diameter rods up to 3/8” dia. There are several sizes of pivots to give different bend radius. All of the material was from the scrap pile except for the pivot bushing and 3/8” dowel pins. I used my mill and lathe for...

www.garagejournal.com

Something like this?

 

[willy3486]

I searched again and found this one on homemade tools website. It has a video below on youtube. The one I saw didn't have the small handle but a long bar. The fellow would run it and press the bar up and he was able to bend a 90 degree bend with a lip about a inch. I have some steel from a factory that made steel doors. The steel is thinker than roofing tin,but no much. I want to bend two sides that are 8 foot long but by bender is only about 4 feet. Here is the video. I might can make it similar to this.

flange bender

 

[Old Man Roger]

Found this in the suggestions from the video you posted, looks more like what you described. If the link doesn’t work, do a google search of “awesome sheet metal forming tools”

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiF1MuJ96z2AhVIRDABHeWXCUA4ChC3AnoECAMQAg&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXJcaHB5Xc5c&usg=AOvVaw1NH8cDIhEPnlCp1VESitf8

 

[willy3486]

Found this in the suggestions from the video you posted, looks more like what you described. If the link doesn’t work, do a google search of “awesome sheet metal forming tools”

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiF1MuJ96z2AhVIRDABHeWXCUA4ChC3AnoECAMQAg&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXJcaHB5Xc5c&usg=AOvVaw1NH8cDIhEPnlCp1VESitf8

Thanks! I think that may be the one I saw. It looks likes the one I saw and I can make one like this.

 

[Jim greengo]

Those videos are all over face book.

 

[Jim greengo]

Or you could just buy or make a sheetmetal folder.
Bend it part way,then slide it down further on the piece if needed.

 

[Copymutt]

Made this one yesterday. Prior I would just beat the steel, aluminum over dimensional lumber employing c clamps to keep things aligned. Been doing that for decades.
This design is good for 5” sheet, strap and corner notched angle iron up to 1 3/4 wide and 3/16 thick.
Zero cost. Had the 1/4 angle, hinges, jack handle just laying around. Bends up to 90*.
Mounts in my heavy vice.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Neither of those would work on a curved edge.