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low'n slow

10-14-2008 10:43 PM

New Tool!!

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Bought a cheap Shrinker/Stretcher from Harbor Freight over the weekend. Thought I would try it out tonight.

It took me longer to bend the flange over a piece of angle iron than it did to make this bend. My Jimmy is really rusty and I need to make a patch panel for the front of the bedside right behind the doors.

What do you think? Not too bad for a first try.

BobbyK

10-14-2008 10:44 PM

Re: New Tool!!

No offense, but are they REALLY that easy to use?

Critter

10-14-2008 10:52 PM

Re: New Tool!!

Looks good! Can you post a model # of what you bought?

low'n slow

10-14-2008 10:54 PM

Re: New Tool!!

I am not an expert by any means, but this really was the result of less than 5 minutes of work. I tried it out on a strip of metal just to see which die did what. Bent the flange and started shrinking.

low'n slow

10-14-2008 10:55 PM

Re: New Tool!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Critter (Post 2930629)

Looks good! Can you post a model # of what you bought?

Central Machinery Model 96465. It was $100.

69-72

10-15-2008 07:04 PM

Re: New Tool!!

I bought the same thing from Eastwood to fix exactly the same area. That was 2 years ago I bought it, haven't used it yet, nice to see it works.

FRENCHBLUE72

10-21-2008 07:17 AM

Re: New Tool!!

Man i am gonna have to get one of those..

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