This is a different view of the bender. The rollers at the top (the machine is not entirely set up at this point so it is hard to see) are 3 rolls. One of them is movable (on the bending arm) and so it will move at a certain angle and the tube is then pushed against that angle to make a large radius bend in a tube. It is really quite cool to watch it in action. I will post more pics and maybe even a video when it is all together so you can see how it all works.
The bronze color shaft with a groove in it is actually the axle the bending dies sit on. Well, we needed a smaller radius than the machine could handle, so we just made a new axle with a groove in it. The hood, trunk, and doors, have a very tight radius in them that require the special tool we made.
