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I decided I need (well want anyway) a tube bender. Something better
than my Harbor Fright Pipe Kinker. In 20ish (maybe more) years of
ownership the Harbor Fright Pipe Kinker has worked for two jobs, and it
still slightly kinked one of them.

I had to make a slight offset in some conduit for a fiberoptic line at a school. I didn't have a conduit bender that size, so I tried the pipe
kinker. There is a very slight kink, but it is a very slight bend. Its
still in service. I took it with me to Mexico when I was working on the
video system at El Toro Promotora Agricola, but as rare as it happens
I'd think I'd remember if it was useful for anything there. More
recently I used it with a chain for straightening a trailer frame and
setting the toe on a trailer axle. It actually worked great for that.

Anyway, I thought it might be fun to make my own tube bender. I looked
at a lot of different designs, and I like the look of one of the plans
sets from Got Trikes. Says plans sent within 24hrs. Nope.

AI search says it looks like they are no longer in business since their website hasn't been updated since 2015, but a static site to sell a hand
full of products with PayPal links doesn't need to be updated. Before
doing anything else I decided to search some builder and fabricator
forums. Seems like being slow to send the plans is normal with postings
about it going back to 2016 and some threads having posts as recent as
2024. Of course there were those who said, "WELL! I GOT MINE RIGHT
AWAY!" There were also those that reported from days to weeks delay and
a few threads started by those who had already waited days to weeks. I
also noticed atleast a handful of responses that said "I got nothing
until I filed a dispute with PayPal and then they sent my plans right
away." I filed a dispute with PayPal, and before I had rated PayPal on
how they handled the dispute they had already put the money back in my account.

I'm not saying they are not legit. I am not saying they are out of
business. I am saying that it seems odd PayPal didn't even give them a
chance to respond. If you know the owner, and they are not out of
business you might suggest they spend some time setting up auto delivery
for their digital product. I really liked the design. That's why I
bought the plans. I am sure some people would still buy them if they
knew they would get them. I could probably reverse engineer it from
their two videos on YouTube, but plans would have been easier and
faster, and the price was more than fair.

Yes, I know I can buy a knockoff of other designs on Amazon that uses available premium manufacturer's dies. I actually liked the look of the
Got Trikes design better, and I was getting a little excited about
building it myself. Oh, well. If you think of buying their plans I
suggest you contact them first to see if they respond.
--
Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff


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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message news:10d8hal$2vi8$1@dont-email.me...

I decided I need (well want anyway) a tube bender. ...

Yes, I know I can buy a knockoff of other designs on Amazon that uses
available premium manufacturer's dies. I actually liked the look of the
Got Trikes design better, and I was getting a little excited about
building it myself. Oh, well. If you think of buying their plans I
suggest you contact them first to see if they respond.
Bob La Londe

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https://www.machineseeker.com/Pipe-bending-machines/ci-1049?

The blue "Unbekannt" (unknown) machine there looks simple to copy and collapsible to store or carry. The cylinder attachment is at the
unpressurized spring-return end and might be channel iron bored to fit under the screw-in end fitting. A half-round die groove of custom size can be
milled with the blank on a rotary fixture with its axis horizontal and the endmill (roughing) or boring head (finishing) tangential to the die circumference.

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