Bending Strap to Angles Greater than 90°

[rgsparber]

The last time I visited Bill VanOrden’s (Beevo’s) shop I was shown a simple way to bend strap at angles greater than 90°. Beevo was gracious enough to let me write it up. This technique uses standard drills to set the depth of bend. I added the math.

If you are interested, please see

http://rick.sparber.org/BAG90.pdf

[rob streeper]

Great tip, I've been thinking about how to build a strap bender.

[kbalch]

Thanks Rick! I've added your Angle Bending Method to our Brakes and Presses category, as well as to your builder page: Rick Sparber's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Angle Bending Method by Rick Sparber

tags: angle, bending

[DIYer]

Great contribution as usual, Rick!

[rgsparber]

Thanks! I learn from the best :-)

[Paul Jones]

Rick,
Also, thank you for doing the math and statics for a better cause and effect explanation for what is happening to the strap.
Paul

[Theuns]

Thanks Rick, I second all the previous remarks

[Christophe Mineau]

Same for me, this simpler is the most clever !
Actually, drill bits can be used as gauges in lots of situations.

[rgsparber]

Yes, drills make wonderful gauges. I did buy a set of "spacers" which are also very useful. They are disks ground to an accuracy of +/- 0.0001" so can be trusted to the nearest thou. Well worth the money.

[Captainleeward]

Enjoyed L@@king at the article you did nice find Thanks.....:O)