Multi die bending jig 

That's a great idea! I just need to get myself a four jaw chuck!!

@@garyhuston you can turn eccentric in a 3 jaw with shims in 1 or 2 of the jaws.

I’m sorry but I don’t have any horses.

@@garyhuston Oh! Oops!

Glad you enjoyed it

making the pattern isn't the problem, transferring it to a CAD program is!

@@garyhuston I know this is a pretty old video, but if you photograph the paper transfer from the above-mentioned technique, along with an item of known size, you can scale the photo precisely, then use it as a template for CAD.

someone already does on your side of the pond, but they are imperial which is why I made a metric one!

Ukon Rauta Ironworks sure could! If there weren’t already 163 other companies already mass producing and selling the heck out of them!😂 Really though this is a great video, inspirational and well executed. I think that really was the point...that and the whole metric thing.😉

Ian Lowe never seen one, I’ll take a look

@@garyhuston www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-ccb1b-compact-bench-mounted-parts-bende/ I've had the floor mounted version for years, but sadly don't have a lathe to make more dies for it. Still a handy bit of kit though. Comes with round dies in 25, 32, 38, 44, 51, 64, and 76 mm plus the right angle die. They say it'll bend flat bar cold from 8 x 32mm to 7 x 51mm and round or square bar up to 16mm. Does a lot thicker if it's hot, you just have to watch getting the hardened pins too hot.

As you say, the principle is exactly the same for imperial. Go for it!

I did try to draw it out in CAD, not to get the holes cut but to make a paper pattern I could just transfer to the plate but it was just too time consuming, it turned out quicker with the punch tool I made. The reason I didn’t get them cut is that they are not accurate enough and the process hardens the edge so trying to file them out if they are a little off is almost impossible. I had the center holes cut and ruined a carbide burr trying to open them up just a fraction. I think I know what you mean , have one hole 60mm from the edge of each die then have a series of sleeves getting fatter to reduce the gap back down fro 16mm to 3mm. I think that would work but it wouldn't give you the possibility to do multiple bends at once. you could only do the one. I like your idea but I think this way is much more versatile.

@@garyhuston I think I can tell you what Nathan means. Instead of potentially drilling up to 7 holes per die (for the 7 different stock thicknesses you intent to use) simply drill one hole per die marked from the 16mm piece of stock. You then make up difference by mounting another die/sleeve on the locking pin/hardened steel dowel. So for working with 2mm stock in this arrangement you would use your current die for the bend radius and then another die/sleeve on the other dowel with a radius of 19mm (14mm between the pin and the edge of the die plus 6mm for the dowel minus 1mm of 'wiggle room'). This would require a set of /dies/sleeves for each size of stock you intend to use of increasing size for decreasing stock size but would have saved you a bit of drilling. Hopes this has cleared things up and not made it worse.

Just over half the price of buying and shipping from the US

No sorry, I just made the one.

@@garyhuston Ahhh no worries!

That’s easy, but not with this tool.

Take a look in my amazon store.

We do, Mechanical ones made by Markal called Silver Streak. Menards sells the wooden silver marking pencils

Will do thanks you all!

several types of welder pencils on amazon

Stick the round soapstone in a pencil sharpener! Been doing it for 42 years! VERY accurate!