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  1. Thread: H&F Bar Benders

    by RPG
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    I have had mine for about 10 years now, used...

    I have had mine for about 10 years now, used within its limits it is fine. Like most things Chinese it needed a bit of tuning up but that is what backyard engineering is all about. I don’t use mine...
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    Great idea Steve, This is how forums should work,...

    Great idea Steve, This is how forums should work, collective ideas for continual improvement. I’ve just retired and my last role had me managing a workshop with 38 tradies, I always promoted the...
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    AL 320 tail stock movement

    I have had my AL320 for about 10 years and have managed to do some quite precise and close tolerance work on it. I am happy with the machine although I think making it with a double v bed would take...
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    Pipe bender and 6 inch vice now mounted up, very...

    Pipe bender and 6 inch vice now mounted up, very happy with finished product. Each tool can be set up to allow long stock to go out through rear garage door or mounted in any of three other positions...
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    I stumbled across the idea on a YouTube video...

    I stumbled across the idea on a YouTube video when chasing something else. The one on the video was quite agricultural, and that is being polite, I would say hand cut with the oxy and finished with...
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    Only issues I have had in the past 10 years was a...

    Only issues I have had in the past 10 years was a cooked start capacitor on the drive motor, pretty cheap and easy fix, and I have found when drilling larger holes go up in small increments as the...
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    I have the same lathe and early on had this...

    I have the same lathe and early on had this problem a couple of times. Had it for 10 years now and must have just got used it as I can’t remember the last time it happened. I am going to replace the...
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    Can’t take credit for the concept but the design...

    Can’t take credit for the concept but the design is mine, roughed it out on the CNC plasma and finished it on the mill, just need a rainy day to finish off the bases for the pipe bender and the vice.
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    Multi purpose tool mounting system

    We have just moved into our new house and I want to able to bolt three tools to the floor. A 6 in offset vice, A bar bender and a pipe bender. I have a 300mm 1/2 in plate bolted to the floor and a...
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    Lubricants for AL 320 G

    Hi all,
    Hope everyone had a great Christmas. I recently got my self an AL 320 G lathe from Hare and Forbes and the instruction manual gives a new meaning to the word "translation". As far as...
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