row cover hoop bender; gardening guidebook

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Model #MH-6 Row Cover HoopBender

Manufactured by Lost Creek Greenhouse Systems

www.lostcreek.net [email protected] 903-569-8541

Copyrighted 2010, LCGS, Reproduction except for personal use not allowed.

Our MH Series Quick Hoop Row Cover Benders carries on our tradition of effective, low cost bending tools

through pure simplicity. Famous Gardening writer Eliot Coleman in his own words,

Loy , The t oo l a r r i v ed yest e r da y and i t i s beau t i f u l . A F r ench ph i l o s ophe r once comm en t ed , You know w hen

you v e ach i e ved per f ec t i o n i n desi g n , no t w hen you have no t h i n g mo r e t o add , bu t w hen you have no t h i n g

m o re t o t a k e awa y The best i d ea l s and t h e bes t desi g n s a r e t he s imp l e s t you r e you r bender m eet s t ha t

st a n d a r d i n e v er y w a y .

These instructions outline using our #MH-6 Row Cover Bender for producing 6 ft wide hoops from 1/2 and

EMT ( e l ec t r i c a l m e t a l t u b i n g ) tubing available at all hardware stores. A lever bar is included to assist in bending

the last foot or so of the tubing. We have removed all special parts from these benders, by using tubing only in

its entire construction and achieving yet another impossible goal (IT WORKS EVEN BETTER THAN BEFORE).

Our regular single holding strap has been replaced by simple short sections of tubing welded at each end of the

bender, one is larger than the other. The result is lower production cost which we pass on directly to you. One is

for bending emt tubing and the other larger one is for bending emt tubing. To change between bending

1/2 and simply remove bender and flip it over and re bolt it to your work table.

Aswithallourquickhoopbendingtools,theMH6

rowcoverhoopbendercanbeboltedsolidtoany

stableworksurface,usingtheboltsorlagscrews

suppliedwithyourbender.Simplyusethedesired

boltstoattachthebenderthroughthetwoholes

predrilledinthebender.

Regularmounting,

bolted

solid

to

any

work

surface,usetwobolts.

boltor

lagscrew


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Smallerstrap

For

bending

emt

tubing

LargerStrap

for

bending

emt

tubing

Output

end

of

bender

Direction

of

bending

Flipbenderendforend for

bendingemttubing

Operatorsendofbender

Cross

tube

brace

Newweldedholdingstraps

madeofregulartubing.

Largetubeholdingstrapis

forbendingemttubing.

Thesmallerweldedholding

straplocatedontheother

endisforbendingemt

tubing.Setupatrightis

readytobend1/2'tubing


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Beginbendingthe6fthoop

byinserting

the

emt

tubing

about2throughtheholding

strap/tube,thenpull/bend

thetubingaroundthebender

towardsoperators endof

thebender,stoppingthe

bendingstrokebeforethe

tubingtouchestheholding

strap/tubeattheotherendof

bender(operatorsend)

Beginwith

2thru

holding

strap/tube

Operators

endof

bender

Cross

tube


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Alwaysendeachbending

stroke(pull)before

reachingtheholding

strap/tubeat

the

oppositeend(operators

end)ofthebender

Aftereachbendingstroke

Onlypushabout8to10

inchesthroughstrap.Always

leavingseveralinchesof

benttubingonthe

operatorssideoftheholding

strap/tube.This

may

seem

likeasmallamount,butthe

bendingprocessisquitefast

afteryoudoafew.

Continuebendingand

thenpushinganother 8

to10inchesthroughthe

strapeachtime.Asyou

nearthe otherendofthe

tubing.Placetheend(end

withtechscrews)ofthe

leverbarovertheendof

theun benttubingand

positionthejunctionof

theleverbar/tubingsoit

willcontactthebenderas

showninphotoatleft.

Pull/bendtubingaround

bendertowardsoperators

endofbender.STOP

bendingstroke/motion

beforereaching

the

holding

strap/tubeonthis

operatorsendofthe

bender.

Iveplaceda2x6boardhere,tohelpme

keepthebentportionofthetubinglevel

withthebenderasIpushitthruthestrap

andbendmore.Ifasecondpersonis

availabletohelpholditlevel,thatwill

workalso.

Thetwoholding

strap/tubes.

Smallonefor

bending,

largeonefor

Thetwo

holding

strap/tubes

Positionthe

lever

bar

on

theendoftubing,pull

tubingaroundbender

untilleverbartouchesthe

benderhere,butbefore

theleverbartouchesthe

rearholdingstrap/tube


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Yourefinished

Removehoopandbendanother

Note;

Sometubingmaybemadefromhardermetalalloyandthereforeitmayspringback

moreafterbending.Usuallythereisonlyasmalldifferencebetweendifferent

manufactures.Hoopsthatarealittletoowideoralittletoonarrowcanbecompressed

inwardofpulledoutwardtogetyourdesiredwidth.

Ifatanytimeyouneedassistancepleasecontactmeat9035698541oremailat

[email protected]

ThankYou,LoyRobinson

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