here are a few improvements I have made to my bender to make it a bit more user freindly. I made an adapter out of 2 in solid round steel then slotted it the thickness and width of the ratchet finger. I drilled and taped holes on top and on bottom to mount the handle tube to it. I then used a large piece of DOM 3/8 wall tube that sliped over the adapter and has through holes top and bottom so SS button heads bolts screw into the adapter. to hold it onto the finger there are two SS set screws that tighten against the side of the finger.
I then I made a knob to hold the aluminum drive handle in place. for small tube I will just use the main handle but for 2 in dom or hrew I made an aditional extension handle thats slips into the main handle. I also mounted the bender to a home made heave duty stand that I made to pivot or index incase I run into something while bending. I can pull the pin and index the bender around to a different point and finish the bend.
I had my bender powder coated the same orange when I had my parts washer coated. I still need to paint up the stand after I drill one more indexing hole at 90 deg from the first hole.
I then I made a knob to hold the aluminum drive handle in place. for small tube I will just use the main handle but for 2 in dom or hrew I made an aditional extension handle thats slips into the main handle. I also mounted the bender to a home made heave duty stand that I made to pivot or index incase I run into something while bending. I can pull the pin and index the bender around to a different point and finish the bend.
I had my bender powder coated the same orange when I had my parts washer coated. I still need to paint up the stand after I drill one more indexing hole at 90 deg from the first hole.
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