Subject: Re: hinge eye bender

From: [email-masked] (George Dixon)
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 01:05:51 -0500

Streeter's book depicts two types of hinge eye tools.  The one shown in a
press, that rolls the eye as the stock os shoved down into the form works
too well to be believed.

Using a fly press and a copy of the tool, rolling hinge eyes from 14 guage
steel is sweet, great cabinet hinges. Upscale it and go hot and 3/16th
stock eyes are a breeze...

Worth the time to build the tool for sure.
G Dixon

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 23:17:03 -0400

In a message dated 96-08-27 18:37:05 EDT, you write:

> Has anyone fabricated a hinge eye bender as described in Donald Streeters' 
> Professional Smithing?
>  This looks like an ingenious little tool that could certainly save alot of

> my agonizing over getting the perfect 'eye'.
>  
>  I'm wondering how easy it is to fabricate and to what capacity they could 
> handle. 
>  
>  Thx,  Steve Howell
>  
Faced with an order for lots and lots of hinges,  I built a little device to
roll consistently uniform eye's  in my hinge blanks.  A few weeks later, I
saw Streeter's book, and was tickled to find out he'd stolen my idea   :-)

The roller I built is for some very small cabinet hinges (14 ga. sheet) and
suffers from being rather undersized, but it would scale up very easily.  I
also look forward to getting some sort of press so I can build a die to roll
the eyes;  this is the second device in Streeters book, and the one George
Dixon mentioned.  (George, did you build one of these? and if so, any advice,
pitfalls to avoid, etc.? thanks)

If you send me your snail mail address, I'd be happy to send you a sketch of
what I built, along with its shortcomings, so you can improve the design as
you see fit.

Lee Catlow

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From: "Dave Einhorn" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 11:26:23 EDT

If you could spare an copy, it would be much appreciated.

David Einhorn
208 Hobart Road
Hanover PA  17331-8105

Thank you.

> what I built, along with its shortcomings, so you can improve the design as

   Dave Einhorn                    
   [email-masked]

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From: "daryl (d.a.) bender" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 10:09:00 -0400 [/PRMD=BNR/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/C=CA/;bcars520.b.523:04.08.96.14.10.56]

I'm about to start this in 2 weeks too I hope its not too much to ask 
for a copy;

Daryl Bender
7 Jackson Ct
Kanata, Ont
Canada
K2K-1B6

BIG THANKs if you do!

Cheers
Daryl