Is anyone using one of these benders?

[tigit]

Its a hughes engineering bender, got it on craigslist for a pretty good price, but Ive never used one of them. Im used to old jd2 model 3 style bender. So anyone using this bender? Hows it working out? (btw the second pic isnt mine, just found it online)

[brucer]

havent heard of one of those before..
i have a pro-tools 105, looks similar yet different


i know why i havent heard of it...dug around on the net, that is a first generation jd squared model.... evidently jd squared was hughes engineering first..


JD Squared, Inc. was originally founded under the name Hughes Performance Engineering in 1982. In 1983 they designed and released the Model 1 tube bender. The Model 1 Bender became popular because it was one of the few affordable manual tube benders on the fabricating market. However, the Model 1 Bender could only bend 90 degrees. In 1988 JD Squared released the Model 2 Tube bender with 180 degree bend capability. In 1992 the company changed its name to JD Squared, Inc. and released the Model 3 Tube Bender.

[SULLY]

i just purchased a bender just like yours, same brand,hughes engineering. i am missing a piece, the piece with all the teeth ? . do u know where i could find one of them? any info would be greatly appreciated, thank u sully.

[WyoRoy]

Originally Posted by SULLY

i just purchased a bender just like yours, same brand,hughes engineering. i am missing a piece, the piece with all the teeth ? . do u know where i could find one of them? any info would be greatly appreciated, thank u sully.

Easy enough to fabricate. I made one when I was converting my Hossfeld over to hydraulic. Just get a couple of peices of 1/2" bar stock of the right dimension and weld on the teeth.

[ed mac]

i have 20/20 and wish i went with a hossfeld

[WyoRoy]

Originally Posted by ed mac

i have 20/20 and wish i went with a hossfeld

Too late...

[SULLY]

Originally Posted by WyoRoy

Easy enough to fabricate. I made one when I was converting my Hossfeld over to hydraulic. Just get a couple of peices of 1/2" bar stock of the right dimension and weld on the teeth.

ok, thats easy enough. ithink im missing one more piece, i"ve got 2 sets of dies, inch and a half, and inch and aquarter. the inch and half has 3 pieces,not sure of the names of all of these parts yet so bare with me.theres a little square block that has 1 1/2 marked on it,this is the third piece im talkin bout. i think im goin to get somebody that has used one of these things and get me started with it. tomorrow i will put some pics on. thank you for replying so soon. Sully