Shop Built Horizontal Ram Bender

[@ypaulbrown]

fantastic Doug.......really enjoyed this, Paul in Orlando

[@MidwestCoupe]

Just found your channel!!! WOW Keep them coming

[@funone8716]

Super nice press. You should sell plans for it!

[@dumpsterdave3710]

The hand rest for the valve is genius. The measurement gauge is a great idea. Incredible that it didn't sound like the motor labored at ALL when bending that 1x2 the hard way. Very cool! Thank you so much for sharing it! Very clear that you've got some keen metalworking insight so I look forward to your future videos. Also I really love the look of your shop! Mine is similar: partially fabrication/welding but mainly CNC machine tools (two VMCs and a CNC lathe).

[@dougthompsonmetalcraft]

Thank you for your comments, we plan to keep making videos! Have fun in your shop.

[@homemadetools]

Very well thought out bender. We shared this video on our homemade tool forum last week 😎

[@dougthompsonmetalcraft]

Thanks for your kind words. We very much appreciate the links to our videos through your homemade tools forum - thank you. More to come!

[@TalRohan]

ingenius machine and use, your start stop handle is a great design, coupled with the measurement system you have is sopt on, proven by the bending of 3 pieces.. A2x2 solid bar bend sounds amazing and should you ever need to do somehting like that please commit it to video, I would love to see just how much your machine can do. Well designed and built. Thanks for sharing

[@dougthompsonmetalcraft]

Thank you for watching.

[@bobmartin6055]

So cool!

[@ypaulbrown]

hey Doug, I once made a bending die for a 44 ton Dvorak iron worker, it was for bending 1.5" hot rolled round bar 1018...... the bar had threads machined on already, due to the difficulty of putting threads on a curved part.....the part was a steering link for a street cleaner, any way......after 2 bends, I noticed indentations in the die, so it had to be sent out to heat treatment..... well, after heat treating , the welds ended up cracking......wondering if I should have used 4140 or something similar for the dies..... did you have to heat treat your pins ???? and what material did you use.....thanks so much, Paul

[@dougthompsonmetalcraft]

Thanks for all of your feedback! We are working on a video that will provide more info on the pins.

[@dougthompsonmetalcraft]

Check out this video for more detail on the pins: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKvGaWqDr96Hd5Y

[@smedjalobacken]

Nice😊

[@cholulahotsauce6166]

Hey Uncle Doug; I bet you'd like 'The Perfectionists' by Simon Winchester.

[@dougthompsonmetalcraft]

Thanks for the recommendation

[@cholulahotsauce6166]

@@dougthompsonmetalcraft np, hope you enjoy it if you check it out. The audiobook version is also really good.

[@horacerumpole6912]

What did it cost to build?

[@dougthompsonmetalcraft]

Roughly $5,000 about 3-4 years ago.

[@williamherring5441]

Nice machine. Vertical machines save space but don’t allow the cool features yours does.