Product manual

INTRODUCTION
This booklet was designed to complement the assembly and operating instruction manuals
for Harbor Freight Tools’ Compact Benders (Models #31980, #38470 and #38471), the Scroll
Bending Attachment (Model #36621), and the Twisting Attachment (Model #36620). You should
become completely familiar with the assembly and operation manuals before moving into the
ornamental wrought iron design phase. Particular care should be given to the safety warnings
and cautions contained in those manuals.
GETTING STARTED
The first step in designing a work of ornamental wrought iron is to draw the framework in which
the ornamental designs will be fitted. You can add straight or twisted pickets to give more
stability to the piece you are creating. (Please refer to the Twisting Attachment Assembly and
Operations Manual #36620 to create twisted pickets). It is interesting to note that when twisting
pickets, the length of the original stock does not decrease even though it is being bent. Once
the framework has been laid out, you are ready to insert scrolls or other designs.
The tables on pages 5 and 6 are included to give you ideas and measurements for scrolls
that you might want to select to fit into your framework. Depending on the accuracy of your
measurements, the scrolls may not fit perfectly into your framework. You can use your hands
to expand or compact the scrolls. If major adjustments are needed, you may want to consider
recalculating the chalk mark settings contained within the sample tables.
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