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ROG62 » 14 Mar 2024, 4:17 pm » wrote: ↑

14 Mar 2024, 4:17 pm

Hey, do you have a link for the top bender? Started looking and am interested... I ran across this one, albeit a bit simpler...

https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-press ... hment.html

I've been looking at them on Ebay and Aliexpress.  So far, I have identified 3 different benders that I'm interested in - the UBA-100 (or 100A), the Mini-Universal Bender, and the SBG-40.

This is the VEVOR UBA-100



There are different manufactures of each of these machines.

The SBG-40 range in price from about $160 - $330.  I really like the looks of the one made by KAKA - seems to be more precise than the generic ones.

The following is the Mini-Universal Bender, 6th generation all stainless - on Aliepress for about $285



The Mini Universal Bender is a tricky.  I consider the above stainless one the "best of class" so far.  It's called a "6th generation" made out of all stainless steel. 
Supposedly what's better about it is mainly the precision of the machine and machining of the "block" (thing with the round stock going through it) as one solid piece.  The blued steel version of this which is identical is about $80 less.  Then, you jump down to to older versions which have a plate screwed onto the block - just not as precise looking as this one.  But, who really knows until you get it!!!

Here's a cheap version of the above which you can get for about $45




I'm still thinking this through.  I'm leaning toward the stainless steel mini-bender.  But, I just watched a video on the UBA-100, and it really works quite well, especially for thicker gauge metal.  Mostly what I'd be using this for is precision bending, so I want the one that can make the tightest bends on small-sized flat stock.Also the Mini Bender takes up the smallest footprint on your bench.