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[[Harry Heil]] submitted the following, November 2021: | [[Harry Heil]] submitted the following, November 2021: | ||
: Here is a [[Rail bender|bender]] I made with a cheap vice from <i>Harbor Freight</i>. Just turned some wheels from aluminum | : Here is a [[Rail bender|bender]] I made with a cheap vice from <i>Harbor Freight</i>. Just turned some wheels from aluminum round, mount on holes in vice jaws. | ||
[[File:HarryHeil track bender 20211108.JPG|thumb|center|Rail bender constructed by Harry Heil]] | [[File:HarryHeil track bender 20211108.JPG|thumb|center|Rail bender constructed by Harry Heil]] | ||
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* "Rail Bender Part 1", Bob Hoskins, Drawings, <i>Live Steam</i>, March/April 1999 | * "Rail Bender Part 1", Bob Hoskins, Drawings, <i>Live Steam</i>, March/April 1999 | ||
* "Rail Bender Part 2", Bob Hoskins, Drawings, <i>Live Steam</i>, May/June 1999 | * "Rail Bender Part 2", Bob Hoskins, Drawings, <i>Live Steam</i>, May/June 1999 | ||
* [https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?t=113310 "Rail Bender", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | |||
Latest revision as of 09:26, 9 March 2024
Construction
Harry Heil submitted the following, November 2021:
- Here is a bender I made with a cheap vice from Harbor Freight. Just turned some wheels from aluminum round, mount on holes in vice jaws.
External Links
- Accu-Tie Rail Bender
- "Beginner's Column: Simple Rail Bender", F.A. McLean, Live Steam, February 1983
- "Larger Gauges: More on Cagney Resurrections", Nick Wantiez, Hydraulic rail bender description, Live Steam, September/October 1997
- "Rail Bender Part 1", Bob Hoskins, Drawings, Live Steam, March/April 1999
- "Rail Bender Part 2", Bob Hoskins, Drawings, Live Steam, May/June 1999
- "Rail Bender", Chaski.org