Thread: Local Bending Iron Source?

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Hi Sebastiaan,
I know of another forum member that is looking for a bending iron.
Single Dad very little money now is there a way of building a cheap bending iron that works well, or is it not worth the trouble.?
Cheers, Bob

Originally Posted by woodturner777

Hi Sebastiaan,
I know of another forum member that is looking for a bending iron.
Single Dad very little money now is there a way of building a cheap bending iron that works well, or is it not worth the trouble.?
Cheers, Bob

This is what I use and it has worked well for 18 years. The pipe is thick walled Gal mal.

Jim

I might try that. Cheap and cheerful. I was thinking about a 100W incandescent globe in an aluminium tube but since the phasing out of incandescents the gas torch looks promising.

Cheers,
Peter.

Originally Posted by Swarfmaker1

I might try that. Cheap and cheerful. I was thinking about a 100W incandescent globe in an aluminium tube but since the phasing out of incandescents the gas torch looks promising.

Cheers,
Peter.

You wont get enough heat from a 100w globe for bending wood. Heat source needs to be LPG torch or an electric element.

I think home building an electric iron was covered in a previous thread. Do a search and you should find something. Try this thread for start:

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f98/building-iron-123754/

after going through asll the stuff about diy bending irons i bought the ibex ex stewmac
at the end of the day i didnt feel like fiddling around with propane torches and pipes etc

it was expensive but works well and i am happy