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Ries;13752 wrote:
Lyn, did you download the hossfeld manual and bending book?
You need to. It shows all the setups, where to put the pins, and so on.
free.
http://www.hossfeldbender.com/.....ochure.pdf
to edge bend, you not only need the angle iron flange out dies, but you ALSO need the edge bending dieset, which sits inside the angle iron die.
Then, you may need to make spacers for the size and shape of material you are bending- I have home mades spacers in 1/8", 3/16", 1/4" and 3/8", in a couple of different lengths- these hold the die the right distance open, so your flat bar will lock in place and bend properly. They are just little pieces of flat bar with a hole drilled in them and the corners knocked off one end, easy to make, and of course hossfeld would sell them to you. But they are easy to make, and also almost always not included when buying the famous "bucket 'o' dies" that everyone seems to find.

Thanks Ries. Dang, I didn't get the edge bending die set. I got the manual downloaded and I am finding the machine to be Very useful. I may take a good look at the pictures of the edge bending dies and see if I can weld some up. Gotta make a tool to make a tool to actually do some production.