Make your own hairpin legs. Music: "Danger Storm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons...
Hey JevWorks, enjoyed the video. When you're measuring the leg before you put it in the bender, how are you measuring to get the perfect length every time? Meaning, if you have a 30" piece of steel, what length are you measuring from the block in your bender to get the length correct? Thanks in advance!
+Dallas Followill Hello Dallas. Thanks for watching! When I first started making these legs I calculated the theoretical length using a K-Factor formula. It's a formula for sheet metal bending using press brakes. It was a good place to start. The steel will stretch when bent so you'd have to take into account the dies on the bender and their radii, the diameter of the bar stock, and the opening between the square block (where you see me measure from on the bender) and the bend die. Nothing was perfect to start, the lengths or bends were never consistent. I found that the issue was with the bender, thanks harbor freight. The bender has its own issues. A few of them being that the dies aren't hardened so they will wear over time slightly changing the their diameter. There is a lot of slop for the pins and the swing arm. I'm sorry that I can't just give the cut length or the bend length without an explanation, cause it just won't work. But I am currently working on a video and will have a spread sheet noting the formulas and tables for cut lengths and bend lengths. However, my cut length for a 30" is 60.875" and the bend length, my measurement from the square block is 27.6875". The difference between each leg is +/- 0.125" every time. It's not much help now, but when I get the other video done it will make sense.
Thank you for taking the time to reply with an explanation. Look forward to the upcoming videos. I've watched this particular video several times and it's really helped me get started with everything. Much appreciated!
+Dan Doty Thanks for watching! The bender is from Harbor Freight here is the link. tinyurl.com/jq4gx99 they also have a floor mount model. It's a decent unit for the price.
+madsonse Thanks. Typical table height is 28" to 31" (depending on your chairs and preference). The widest opening is 4" between the bars and 1.75" at the bottom.
Way too much time and effort there to make money. These should take much less time and effort. Not to mention they would be a pain in the ass to package for shipping.
Thanks for watching and thanks for the input! I singled out the set of four for the video, but if done correctly, the margin on hairpin legs is quite good. Buy your material in bulk, cut, bend and weld in bulk, build a fixture.
I see that you comment that a lot in similar videos. Why don't you record yourself doing some hairpin legs with your process? I would love to see that.
+michael white, Wow, put up or shut up, I've seen all the other comments you leave on other vids too. Either watch quietly or mind your business. Besides, it's just a hairpin leg, there's nothing proprietary about it... you just jelly!
Well done. Best jig I've seen for aligning the legs/brackets!
+Tyler Newberry Thanks for the kind words, I hope it helps someone out there! Thank you for watching.
such a great video man. I would love to be able to make that jig for the legs. do you have plans for them?
Thank you. I have the same bending jig and this was on my to do list......now I'm ready.....cheers!
+Greg Kieser awesome! Thanks for watching!
Hey JevWorks, enjoyed the video. When you're measuring the leg before you put it in the bender, how are you measuring to get the perfect length every time? Meaning, if you have a 30" piece of steel, what length are you measuring from the block in your bender to get the length correct? Thanks in advance!
+Dallas Followill
Hello Dallas. Thanks for watching! When I first started making these legs I calculated the theoretical length using a K-Factor formula. It's a formula for sheet metal bending using press brakes. It was a good place to start. The steel will stretch when bent so you'd have to take into account the dies on the bender and their radii, the diameter of the bar stock, and the opening between the square block (where you see me measure from on the bender) and the bend die.
Nothing was perfect to start, the lengths or bends were never consistent. I found that the issue was with the bender, thanks harbor freight. The bender has its own issues. A few of them being that the dies aren't hardened so they will wear over time slightly changing the their diameter. There is a lot of slop for the pins and the swing arm.
I'm sorry that I can't just give the cut length or the bend length without an explanation, cause it just won't work. But I am currently working on a video and will have a spread sheet noting the formulas and tables for cut lengths and bend lengths.
However, my cut length for a 30" is 60.875" and the bend length, my measurement from the square block is 27.6875". The difference between each leg is +/- 0.125" every time.
It's not much help now, but when I get the other video done it will make sense.
Thank you for taking the time to reply with an explanation. Look forward to the upcoming videos. I've watched this particular video several times and it's really helped me get started with everything. Much appreciated!
+Dallas F I'm not the expert, but I'm sure glad it helped!
Looking great man!
JevWorks, what model bender is that? I have been looking for a similar setup to bend 1/2" rod and I think this is perfect. Awesome video!
+Dan Doty Thanks for watching! The bender is from Harbor Freight here is the link. tinyurl.com/jq4gx99 they also have a floor mount model. It's a decent unit for the price.
+JevWorks is that 1/2" rod?
+JevWorks is that 1/2" rod?
+Dan Doty It is 1/2 bar.
Man congratulations,
You could say the height and width measurements for a dining table?
+madsonse Thanks. Typical table height is 28" to 31" (depending on your chairs and preference). The widest opening is 4" between the bars and 1.75" at the bottom.
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Way too much time and effort there to make money. These should take much less time and effort. Not to mention they would be a pain in the ass to package for shipping.
Thanks for watching and thanks for the input! I singled out the set of four for the video, but if done correctly, the margin on hairpin legs is quite good. Buy your material in bulk, cut, bend and weld in bulk, build a fixture.
I see that you comment that a lot in similar videos. Why don't you record yourself doing some hairpin legs with your process? I would love to see that.
Congrats on your etsy, you have good taste.
+ivovicentim That is proprietary information. I just wondered how others might be doing it. Evidently the hard way.
+michael white, Wow, put up or shut up, I've seen all the other comments you leave on other vids too. Either watch quietly or mind your business. Besides, it's just a hairpin leg, there's nothing proprietary about it... you just jelly!