Metal parts bender, set up and use. Clarke CCB1B, Harbor Freight, Sealey, others 

I sure wish you would make some more videos on this. You taught me more in a few minutes than hours in the manuals.

Thanks for posting. This is the only time I've ever seen that sharp bend attachment explained so I could understand it.

This is one of the best explanation videos I've ever seen. Thank you and well done.

Fantastic Tutorial!!! Especially liked the alternate camera angles.

Just started using a "Klutch #49681' bender which is an exact match. This video cleared up all confusion! As another person said this is one of the best explanation videos I've ever seen. Thank you.

Finally finding a good video not in Russian explaining the subtlety of that machine. Easy to understand even for a French like me. Thx a lot. waiting for the next one ;)

Thank you for producing an intelligent explanation of how to use these benders!

What a spectacular tutorial video. Thanks for taking the time and giving multiple angles to see the work and uses. This has been a huge help to me

Thank you for taking the time to film, narrate, produce and share this wonderful tutorial on the usage and applications of this tool.

Excellent video. I've just got my bender out of the box, and the manual has left me (polite mode on) scratching my head. Have now easily bend my first piece of steel. Great product.

The absolute best explanation of the flat bend attachment I have found.

I just Purchaced a blender, your video will help a lot . I’ll be watching it many times as I learn something new each time I view the video. Thanks for the help

Like everybody else in the comments - I thank you for undoubtedly THE most clear and concise instructional video pertaining to these benders. Thank you thank you thank you!

This oldmanwith takes the time to not only explain the proper tooling component set ups, he shows the machine being set up then operated from both the overhead view as well as from the left hand side. Cheers!

I like the way you show procedures from more than one angle, set up the parts on top of the bender for clarity, had a camera set up to give a view from above, and used both hands on the bender instead of holding the camera with one hand and trying to set up with the other. Good video!

Love the video. I have had a metal bender in storage for like ten years but just took it out and bolted it to the floor. Your video has really helped me out since i had no idea how to use it

Thanks a lot! Clear explanation and better than regular manuals

Thanks, that's the best bender demonstration with explanation I've seen yet on YT.

That was excellent, thank you for taking the time to make this video. It helped me a lot.

Best description and instruction I have seen for this tool, Thanks

Wish I would have had your video guide when I got my bender. Your clear instructions and great videography would have come in very handy at the time. Looking forward to that follow up video about how to make precise, repeatable bends.

Excellent easy to understand demonstration. Thank you

One of the best descriptions I've seen

Without doubt the best tutorial on you tube.

had one of these in my workshop ( use it for general free form bending} for years never until now realised what the square block and what I use as the stopper :) the spacer are actually meant for ...thanks for posting

Thank you for the effort you've put and for a very good explanation! 🤝👍

Excellent video! Thanks, very well laid out and explained.

Best explanation of this bender I have seen! ATB, Cliff

Great video. I'm glad to see that someone else has such a "efficiently" sized shop (i.e., SMALL)!

I'm subscribing because this tutorial was done extremely well. Very informative. The different angles are what everyone should do. You set a standard that should be followed. Thanks mate.

Thanks for the demo, it is the best that I have seen.

Fantastic explanation you are a natural communicator

This is the best video about this machine i ever seen, and i've seen a lot.! Thank you!

Was für eine geniale Einführung in die Anwendung.

My reason for coming across this video is for $10.00 I bought a bender like this one, but on a tall base at the scrape yard without the small pieces. I will be using my bender much like you do but with my own modified small parts. Like hardened steel bolts for the pins. Not sure yet about the rest. Keep the videos coming. Thank you.

You taught me how to use my bender. Thank you.

Great job on the video. Very helpful and informative.

Great video. Executed perfectly. I have ave learnt so much from this. Many thanks

Great video, you helped me set my bender up.Thank You!

Brilliant! I bought one in Australia and the manual was worse than useless. Great explanation!

Really nice job on explaining! Cheers from the USA!

Great Video, very good explanations and video for fine details. Very helpful!!!! Thank you

Great video waiting for the next one

Hands down the very best how to use video on this bender! Thank you so very much. Did you ever get round to making the measuring tips video for this? If not, please consider doing it, I would dearly love to see it!

Thank you. Well done! Very informative.

Nice one thanks for that 👍 I watched this while scoffing me Chinese and it saved even looking in the book

Great the best demonstration of this tool thanks I now know what’s going on 👍👨🏻‍🏭

Excellent demo. I just bought one from the Canadian version of Harbor freight. No instructions included. Thanks.

Thanks for this video. Really helpful!!

i just ordered one of these from Machine mart yesterday, main reason was for the formers for using on a pin system hot forming metal, tool itself looks pretty handy cold.

So good, thanks dude.

very well made (and necessary) explaination. I've saved it for reference, as I'm not likely to be bending that often. I have a project in habdnd involving garden furniture made of heavu 14mm steel rod. I want to be able to leave it outside all winter without losing it to rust. .

Well done sir!

brilliant explanation 👌

What a well thought out Professional Video! Great Job; I learned a lot Thank you!👍😉🇨🇦

Thank you sir. Very helpful!

I've just bought the Vevor, blue version of this Clarke Bender !!!! It looks like a fantastic Machine !!! It's difficult bending metal in a Vice using Panel beater dies to hammer the metal into shape !!!!

I picked one up from harbour freight yesterday if you think your manual is useless wait until you see the one from harbour freight I'll start practicing with mine over this week end thanks for the heads up on how it works

Thanks a lot for this great video. 👍🏻

Muchas gracias por la excelente explicación, realmente hay muy pocos videos en los que se explica bien el uso de esta dobladora, en este video se puede obtener información muy valiosa sobre el uso de la herramienta. Saludos desde Paraguay

20+ years ago I bought a compact bender, pedestal ring roller and planetary ring roller from Shop Outfitters in the states. It was all made in the USA, not cheap, but all of it was, and is still, top quality stuff! A handful of years later, the Chinese copied every one of these three products, albeit with much less precision, and now Harbor Freight, Northern Tool, Grizzly etc. all sell clones of S. O.’s compact bender, but much cheaper. The SO benders came with a great instruction BOOK (not pamphlet) that had very detailed instructions including how to bend letters A-Z complete with dimensions! Some of those companies actually even pirated SO’s pages showing those letter patterns, but almost universally left out how to use things like the right angle attachment, the proper orientation of the stop block (it can suddenly break loose and spin violently when under pressure if oriented incorrectly!) etc.. SO also offered a set of scroll bending tools for the compact bender that included scale plastic drawing templates that exactly matched the scrolls produced by the bender! You could sit down and draw out your project to scale and know exactly how long to cut each blank, and what length to bend them to! It infuriated me to see SO get duped so bad, because they made a quality product and made them in the states! HF even copied the scroll bender for a bit, but evidently SO got that stopped. Your video is the first thing I’ve seen that can compare with the original owners manual, and you’ve done a great service to the thousands of people who have bought the knockoffs, but have nothing to refer to! Thanks for making it! Oh, and by the way, SO stopped making the compact bender years ago and moved on to bigger, more costly bending equipment!

Great video😎

Great instructional video. Is this bender suitable for bending rolled bar, say 4mm, to form intricate shapes to produce latches for cages?

This is a great video! If all teachers taught like this, there would be no excuses for not knowing how to do things. The one suggestion I have is, instead of the side viewing (which I like) of the back of your hand, please place the camara on the opposite side so we all can see the pieces that are being moved while being described. Thank you for making real life, clearly usable, and thorough information. I can see a career in making videos showing how to set up and the potential uses of tools. And I think you have displayed the nearly perfect (camara angle?) informative audio video. If you don't make a tool set up and usage video series of home shop tools, please encourage others to do so in the style you have presented. By the way, I fix things for a living. Can't wait to see more.

Good Video Paul.

Great video. I’ve been thinking of buying one of these, your demo tells me all I need to know, you communicate very well - from an old man in Ireland with too many tools already 😂

thank you for going through this because mine came with absolutely no instructions

Great tutorial, thanks NZ🇳🇿

Thank you!!!

You saved me only looking how it get put together. Looking at the assembly plan included with the bender, I got thrown off - if you actually know how it should work. It’s actually the opposite way yours is put together. I did go nuts yesterday and was like - wait. Wasn’t there a video about it. 😅 The plan is worthless. - Now I watched it twice to figure out how to use it. I’m in Panama and will build a house. I will need some rebar squares for foundation and pole work. 1 square 4x4 cost here $9.50 each. If I make 10 I got already the money back for the machine. And I am sure I need around 100 plus pieces. Thanks for the good information!

Hey thanks for making this video I've been a welder/fabricator for many years. I actually used to have a set of benders that were all specific to certain bends so each was its own tool. So when I bought this thing different version of this but same basic tool I was sitting there confused and thought to myself why the hell can I not figure this thing out and it's very frustrating thank God for RU-vid because these instructions are absolutely worthless...😂

Great video. Any chance you know dimensions of the square block with offset hole ? The sharp bending die ( triangle) would be a little more difficult. Do you only use the one end ? Would be way easier to make. Both pieces missing.

Great video mate been looking for this type of tool for a while and your in-depth explanation has swayed me into buying THIS particular one. However do you know if it will bend a mild steel flat bar with dimension of 8mm thick 50mm width? thanks

I'm trying to make consistent 40" diameter rings to make firewood holders. I'm using round half inch re-bar..10 ft lengths. Whats the machine I need?

Hello. I have been looking for a bender that will handle rebar for sculptures and such. Would the rougher surface of rebar be a problem for a bender like this?

Found your video informative. Having recently purchased one of these benders, I had hoped that I would be able to bend, shape round bar into rings of varying sizes such as 200mm diameter but finding it very difficult. Have you any idea how to do this? I was trying to make a hanging basket today but had to resort to the old school method of forming around wooden template which kind of negates the folder which I thought would be helpful.

Good video

Can you use that type of bender for round pipe and tubing

I would like to see a demonstration of using the metal bender for rebar. 90 degrees of #3,4,5 rebar thickness. Also a demonstration of using it for rebar stirrups, is to tie together rebar columns. This metal bender seems easier to use than using a rebar bender probably more accurate. Would that be true? Thank you for your instruction I appreciate it.

nice vid thanks for the info, will this bend 1/2 solid copper rod into a 6o degree bend

I think the manufacturers should sack the manual writers and ask you to do them along with video tutorials, well done!

Ditto previous comments, excellent explanation, The 3 views helped a lot, Question regarding right-angle bends of flat stock: how thick mild-steel stock can be bent? Another youtube video says 1/8" maximum thickness, do you agree? If so, does >1/8" start bending pins, or ovalizing holes, or maybe just requires too much torque on the handle? Or maybe tears the mild steel stock?

Did you try to bend any pipes or square tubes with it? I need to fabricate some legs but I'm not sure this bender will handle it

Superb but scary old man.........I bought one of these but yet to use

will it bend pipe 12mm and wall thickness 1.5 without kinking it

Does this work for square tubing?

Will it bend 3/8 and 1/4 inch solid steel rod?

SUPER

How much right

Supposing I wanted to make a 48-in circle

What is the cost for this machine?

Quality ..

I liked the video a lot. I picked up some great information to use on my bender. However, I did find the angle changes a little disorienting and tiresome.

This is a pretty solid little workbench. While once you figure out how it comes together, it is physically Easy to assemble ru-vid.comUgkxyFZUPFEey-PuqsPMxqaykBhgA1LWxFHh by yourself. But the diagrams explaining the steps are really pretty bad. I could not get the handle pins in all the way despite multiple attempts, so I just used a screw I had on hand for the 2nd handle. I could not get the first pin in further or pull it back out. You are supposed to hammer it in, but I had no leverage and the handle is plastic and I did not want to risk breaking it. I will get a lot of use out of the bench because of the convenient size and height. It does fold up nicely for storage. They even explain how to fold it so you don't get pinched...that is important!

Bought Sealey one some time ago as Frost sells same machine for twice the price lol. Manual is absolute garbage, takes a while to figure out small things, looking at the original Hossbender videos here help too. Cheers

Precice.

Great demo. Whats the difference between this and the popular universal angle bending (UB 100)?