PREMIUM DUAL RAIL CODE 332 and CODE 250 TRACK BENDER
INCLUDES OAK HANDLE, READY TO USE OUT OF THE BOX
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ANOTHER SUPERIOR QUALITY PRECISION TRACK PRODUCT
DESIGNED AND PRODUCED BY NORMS MODEL SUPPLY
SUPER ACCURATE AND EASY TO USE DUAL TRACK BENDING FIXTURE
LAYOUT AND FORM CUSTOM CURVES OR 'S' TURNS EFFORTLESSLY
AND REPEAT EXACT CURVE EASILY
SIMPLY DIAL IN YOUR RANDOM DESIRED RADIUS AS MUCH AS YOU WANT DOWN TO A 2 FOOT DIAMETER CIRCLE
OR USE THE SUPER ACCURATE BUILT IN DIAL INDICATOR USING THE DESIRED RADIUS CHART WE SUPPLY AS A START POINT OR AS AN EXISTING TRACK RADIUS MEASURING TOOL.
SIMPLY SLIDE ALONG YOUR DESIRED TRACK ROUTE USING BUILT-IN 2 AXIS PRECISION BUBBLE LEVEL VIALS
TO MAINTAIN DESIRED TRACK ATTITUDE LEVELS
USE ON CODE 332 OR CODE 250 BRASS OR STAINLESS STEEL TRACK
EASY CALIBRATION SETUP:
*PLACE THE DUAL RAIL TRACK BENDING FIXTURE ON YOUR TRACK USING VIEWPORTS.
*TURN ADJUSTMENT KNOB TO ALLOW BALL BEARINGS TO JUST MAKE CONTACT WITH TRACK RAIL EDGES
*‘ZERO’ INDICATOR DIAL, TURN DIAL INDICATOR TO '0' NOTE POSITION OF SMALL DIAL, IT TURNS 0.100 PER REVOLUTION. CHOOSE ONE OF TWO METHODS TO ACHIEVE RANDOM OR DESIRED TRACK RADIUS
1 RANDOM TRACK RADIUS
*TURN BLACK KNOB CLOCKWISE 1/2 TURN AND START SLIDING FIXTURE ALONG TRACK DESIRED DIRECTION.
2 DESIRED TRACK RADIUS
*TURN BLACK KNOB CLOCKWISE 1/2 TURN AT A TIME AND SLIDE FIXTURE ALONG FULL LENGTH OF DESIRED RADIUS AREA
*CONSULT THE SUPPLIED DESIRED TRACK RADIUS CHART AND CONTINUE DIALING BLACK KNOB 1/2 TURN AT A TIME AND SLIDING FIXTURE UNTIL INDICATOR READING MATCHES CHART DESIRED RADIUS THIS IS YOUR THEORETICAL DESIRED RADIUS
NOTE:
DIFFERENT BRANDS OF TRACK MATERIAL BEND AT DIFFERENT RATES DUE TO THE MATERIAL AND HARDNESS, SO YOU WILL HAVE TO 'TWEEK' THE DIAL READING A LITTLE MORE TO ACHIEVE YOUR DESIRED RADIUS.
WHEN YOU CREATE YOUR CORRECT OR DESIRED RADIUS, TAKE NOTE ON THE DIAL INDICATOR OF SMALL AND LARGE HANDS SO YOU CAN REPEAT THIS RADIUS IF YOU NEED TO.
YOU MAY ALSO 'READ' THE RADIUS OF EXISTING TRACK BY SETTING A 'ZERO' WHILE ON KNOWN STRAIGHT TRACK SECTION AND THEN PUT RAIL BENDER ON RADIUS TRACK AND TURN KNOW IN UNTIL THE BEARINGS JUST TOUCH THE TRACK RAIL HEADS AND READ RADIUS ON CHART.
FEATURES:
* BLACK ANODIZED 6061-T6 AIRCRAFT GRADE PRECISION MACHINED ALUMINUM PARTS
* 4 BEARING TO TRACK RAILHEAD VIEWPORTS
* 6 SEALED BALL BEARINGS
* UHMW TOUGH AND HARD PLASTIC INSULATED SLIDERS THAT RESTS ON TOP OF RAILS.
* 2 BUILT-IN HIGH ACCURACY VIAL LEVELS FOR 2 AXIS TRACK LEVEL REFERENCE ON TOP FOR EASY VISIBILITY
* PRECISION DIAL INDICATOR WITH 0.001 DIAL MOVEMENT INCREMENTS, CHOICE OF WHITE OR BLACK DIAL FACE.
* OAK HANDLE WITH NEW SWEPT BACK BRACKETS TO VIEW DIAL INDICATOR BETTER.
* ALL BOLTS AND SCREWS ARE STAINLESS STEEL
* DESIRED RADIUS/DIAMETER CHART FOR SETTING DIAL INDICATOR TO DESIRED TRACK RADIUS, CAN BE USED TO VERIFY YOUR EXISTING RADIUS TRACK AS WELL
BIG TIME SAVER FOR YOUR CUSTOM CURVES TRACK LAYING
WORKS WITH CODE 332 AND CODE 250 RAILS.
* EASILY LAY TRACK CORRECTLY THE FIRST TIME EVERY TIME.
* PRECISELY ROLL BEND AND CREATE ANY SIZE RADIUS OR DIAMETER ON DUAL BRASS OR SST TRACK
* SPEND AN AFTERNOON INSTEAD OF WEEKS OR MONTHS LAYING LEVEL AND RADIUS TRACK AT SAME TIME.
* NO GOING BACK AND RECHECKING GAGE WIDTH WHEN USING THIS DUAL TRACK BENDER
* INNER AND OUTER TRACK WILL ALWAYS REMAIN PARALLEL WITH THIS ESSENTIAL PRECISE DUAL RAIL TRACK BENDING TOOL.
MANY, MANY HOURS OF RESEARCH, ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT WENT INTO MAKING THIS PRECISION TOOL
THE FINEST DUAL RAIL TRACK BENDER TOOL ANYWHERE AT A FRACTION OF THE COST OF OTHER EXPENSIVE MODELS.
MANY SOLD WORLDWIDE WITH GREATEST FEEDBACK RATINGS, NEVER HAD A NEGATIVE FEEDBACK COMMENT IN 4 YEARS SINCE IT WAS INTRODUCED.
THIS DUAL RAIL TRACK BENDER WAS DESIGNED ON A COMPUTER AUTOCAD 2D PROGRAM THAT AVOIDS UNFORESEEN DESIGN MISTAKES AND LETS US PRODUCE AN ITEM THAT IS PERFECT IN LOOKS, FORM AND FUNCTION THE VERY FIRST TIME.
THERE ARE OTHER LESS FEATURED DUAL RAIL TRACK BENDERS SELLING FOR $399.00 TO $699.00
THAT WILL ALSO WORK IF YOU WANT TO SPEND THAT MUCH FOR A DUAL RAIL TRACK BENDER THAT CANNOT DO ANYTHING THIS TRACK BENDER CAN'T DO
THE DIAL INDICATOR IS PROVIDED AS A REFERENCE TO WHERE YOU ARE IN THE BENDING PROCESS
IT IS EASIER AND QUICKER TO USE THAN A NUMBERED SCALE
A SCALE OR AN INDICATOR BOTH ARE ONLY USED AS A REFERENCE POINT.
THE ACTUAL RAIL MATERIALS OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURES ALWAYS VARY IN HARDNESS AND FLEXABILITY FOR ALUMINUM, BRASS OR STAINLESS STEEL AND EVEN FROM RUN TO RUN AT THE MANUFACTURER LEVEL.
OUR CHART IS A REFERENCE STARTING POINT GUIDE ONLY.
***THE CHART IS ACCURATE***
IF YOU CAN FREELY SLIDE THE RAIL BENDER AT THE CHART READING, YOU WILL HAVE ACHEIVED THE DESIRED RADIUS, SO SETTING THE DIAL AT 'ZERO' ON KNOWN STRAIGHT TRACK AND GOING BACK TO TRACK SECTION YOU BENT AND DIALING TO CHART NUMBER WILL ASSURE YOU HAVE ACHEIVED DESIRED CHART RADIUS IF THE RAIL BENDER SLIDES EASILY WITHOUT PRESSURE ON BEARINGS AGAINST THE RAILS.
YOU COULD CHECK THE ACTUAL RADIUS OF TRACK IN THIS MANNER AS WELL
OF COURSE RAIL BENDERS DO NOT NEED A PRECISION DIAL INDICATOR
BUT
ARE A DESIRED CHOICE BY THOSE WANTING TO ENJOY ACCURACY
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Our newest model is now shipping and features 4 viewports for viewing bearing to track rail contacts as well as new shape handle brackets allowing better indicator visibility
BLACK FACE INDICATOR
ALREADY HAVE OUR TRACK BENDER WITHOUT A HANDLE?
Prior to June 2010 rail benders
THIS IS THE HANDLE UPDATE KIT ONLY
WITH EASY INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
INCLUDES ALL HARDWARE AND INSTRUCTIONS
ALL NOW FEATURE
OAK HANDLE, FASTENED TO TOUGH BLACK ABS PLASTIC HANDLE
SUPPORTS WITH STAINLESS STEEL SCREWS
HANDLE IS FOR EASY CARRYING, PUSHING, PULLING AND PLACEMENT ON TRACKS
ONLY $28.00
HAS 4 VIEWPORTS
TO SEE BEARING TO RAIL ALIGNMENT
INCLUDES OAK HANDLE, BRACKETS, STAINLESS STEEL SCREWS.
A VERY EASY ADD-ON
NEWEST BRACKETS SHOWN
GIVES BETTER INDICATOR VISIBILITY
ONLY $26.95
NEW REPLACEMENT
BLACK DIAL INDICATOR
SAME AS COMES WITH RAIL BENDER
NEW REPLACEMENT BEARINGS
SAME AS COMES WITH RAIL BENDER
ONLY $29.95
FULL SET OF 6 NEW
SEALED BEARINGS
PHOTO SHOWS 10 BEARINGS
LISTING IS FOR 6 BEARINGS
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Latest Testimonial
Hi Norm,
Before expanding my railroad an additional 480 feet I considered purchasing this track bender, then I talked myself out of it as money was tight for my hobby. Well, I got my track in, a big expense for sure compared to 10 years ago. My layout involves many curves and a couple of S curves. I hand bent all my brass Aristo and LGB track as best as I could do and then leveled and ballasted the track in place, it looked pretty good. I has spent over 40 hours doing this too!
I was getting anxious to run trains on the new track now, so I first ran my small 0-4-0 Aristo engine and it followed track well, so I put my U25 on with a 5 car consist and ran it.. About 12 feet in at first curve it derailed the engine, I put it back on and there were 3 other places where it derailed again and at slow speed.. I thought it may be the U25, so I put my SD45 on track and had same results, what the heck was happening I kept asking myself, laying down at track level and travelling slow I noted an inner curve rail was kinked and wheel would slip down and jump back up when it passed over this area, I tried several times to correct this and 2 other places where I had problems to no success.. I just had to walk away disappointed and just stewed on it for a few days.
I have so much time and expense in this and am feeling so bad that I am having trouble with new track it was devastating. So my wife asked what can be done, I said I should have bought a precision track bender to keep rails at proper parallel spacing and she said “why did you not buy one”? That was music to my ears when she said that.
Well, I ordered your bender, received it in a couple days and I pulled all my track loose from ballasting, used your bender and could actually feel the loose and tight areas as I was rebending all my track in place and in just a few hours time..
I then reballasted my track and ran the SD45 first this time.. I ran slow on first run, no problems, ran faster and faster to much faster than I would ever run the train and still no problems.. Wow, what a sigh of relief I had, this bender does what it is supposed to do..
I was having financial nightmares in knowing I had first ruined all my new track. Hindsight is 20/20 they say and this is absolutely true for me now.. I would not even consider bending track without this fantastic tool.. much thanks again.. sincerely, Victor H
