Subject: Re: hoop bending

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 10:59:52 -0500

I am looking for plans for making a hoop bender. I want to bend a
30 inch diameter hoop out of 3/16 x 1 1/2 steel.
         Any ideas ?                            Thanks Bob Schade

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 08:40:20 -0500 (EST)

>          Any ideas ?                            Thanks Bob Schade
Ed Grove has some nicely drawn technical drawings for a hoop bender.  The 
design is a scaled down version of the tire benders used in the days of 
wooden wheels.  There are 3 rollers, the bottom two have sprockets and are 
connected with bicycle chain the upper roller is adjustable. As you 
progressively crank down on the upper roller, the circle gets tighter and 
tighter.

I have the plans but have not built it yet (on my list of things to do) 
but I saw Ed demonstrate it at the BLACKSMITHS GUILD OF THE POTOMAC's 
Spring Fling in April 1994. It worked very nicely.

Ed is asking $5.00, procedes go to the New England Blacksmiths. Write Ed at:

	Ed Grove
	RR 1 Box 527
	Brownfield, ME  04010    (207) 935-2262

There is another type of "ring roller" shown on page 12 of Nov/Dec 1995 
newsletter of the California Blacksmith Association.  It seems to be of a 
somewhat simpler design, no chain or sprockets, the handle is attached to 
the top roller which again is adjustable. 

Good Luck.

Albin Drzewianowski
Editor, Blacksmith Guild of Central Maryland
Westminster, MD