I think you wore all the good out of those urethane wheels on your cart......I once mounted my #2 Hossfeld to my Bridgeport milling machine to do some quick bends, well, that 2,200 lb Bridgeport moved around my shop really good...... we recently bought a used Hossfeld with hydraulics, for some things, being able to keep pressure on the part while making an adjustment is very helpful,,,,,,for smaller parts, 3/4" tubing ect. I prefer the manual version.....we were doing some 1" x 240" and that was some long parts......and like you said, it is art and science.......especially when the part may have 6 or 7 bends....best wishes, Paul
Good observation re: the wheels! We don't have the hydraulics set up on this bender, but that would be helpful in some circumstances. Thanks for your feedback and for watching!
Excellent video on one of my favorite, simple, machines! The Hossfeld is a very adaptable machine that’s limited only by the users imagination! One thing I noticed, and this isn’t a criticism at all, was that when you were bending the centered eye, the pin that the dog slot rides on had the flat centered. I’ve always used the pin with the off center flat because it enables me to minimize the “flat” on the end of the eye because it puts the point of the dog closer to the centerline of the bend. Do you prefer the centered flat pin, or was that just the way you put it together for the demo? A couple years ago I built a scaled down version of the eye bender for my mini Hossfeld style bender from Shop Outfitters that I purchased about 25 years ago, and it sees a lot of use also! Either way, thanks for a great video! I always enjoy your posts!
Bending the centered eye in this video was done for demonstration purposes, we would take more time during setup when doing precision work. Like yours, our bender sees a lot of use. Thanks for watching!
Nice video. I'll watch for your other ones.
outstanding Sir, love my Hossfeld...Paul in Orlando
I think you wore all the good out of those urethane wheels on your cart......I once mounted my #2 Hossfeld to my Bridgeport milling machine to do some quick bends, well, that 2,200 lb Bridgeport moved around my shop really good......
we recently bought a used Hossfeld with hydraulics, for some things, being able to keep pressure on the part while making an adjustment is very helpful,,,,,,for smaller parts, 3/4" tubing ect. I prefer the manual version.....we were doing some 1" x 240" and that was some long parts......and like you said, it is art and science.......especially when the part may have 6 or 7 bends....best wishes, Paul
Good observation re: the wheels! We don't have the hydraulics set up on this bender, but that would be helpful in some circumstances. Thanks for your feedback and for watching!
cool stuff
How much did it cost?
Excellent video on one of my favorite, simple, machines! The Hossfeld is a very adaptable machine that’s limited only by the users imagination! One thing I noticed, and this isn’t a criticism at all, was that when you were bending the centered eye, the pin that the dog slot rides on had the flat centered. I’ve always used the pin with the off center flat because it enables me to minimize the “flat” on the end of the eye because it puts the point of the dog closer to the centerline of the bend. Do you prefer the centered flat pin, or was that just the way you put it together for the demo? A couple years ago I built a scaled down version of the eye bender for my mini Hossfeld style bender from Shop Outfitters that I purchased about 25 years ago, and it sees a lot of use also! Either way, thanks for a great video! I always enjoy your posts!
Bending the centered eye in this video was done for demonstration purposes, we would take more time during setup when doing precision work. Like yours, our bender sees a lot of use. Thanks for watching!
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