Author Topic: WTB: Harry Higley 3/32" wire bender (Read 568 times)

Mike Alimov · « **on:** October 14, 2023, 07:09:32 AM »

Looks like a large hex nut with two stubby posts sticking out. Let me know if you have one you can part with.

944_Jim · « **Reply #1 on:** October 14, 2023, 02:48:16 PM »

On eBay right now:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/312760179648

Dan McEntee · « **Reply #2 on:** October 14, 2023, 02:53:05 PM »

Quote from: 944_Jim on October 14, 2023, 02:48:16 PM

On eBay right now:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/312760179648

Hi Jim!

That's a tubing bender. It is also a very useful tool. Is Higley stuff no longer available? I haven't tried to purchase anything out of their line lately. They maybe went direct like a lot of other manufacturers after Tower Hobbies bankruptcy.
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee

944_Jim · « **Reply #3 on:** October 14, 2023, 05:30:19 PM »

Hi Mr. Dan, you are correct. Mea culpa.
Doh!

Paul Wescott · « **Reply #4 on:** October 14, 2023, 07:22:49 PM »

What about this one for $10-$11? Steel and softer wire up to 1/8”…

https://www.grizzly.com/products/grizzly-wire-bending-jig/t10163

Dan McEntee · « **Reply #5 on:** October 14, 2023, 10:57:19 PM »

Quote from: Paul Wescott on October 14, 2023, 07:22:49 PM

What about this one for $10-$11? Steel and softer wire up to 1/8”…

https://www.grizzly.com/products/grizzly-wire-bending-jig

Paul, your link didn't work so I'll take a stab at it;

https://www.grizzly.com/products/grizzly-wire-bending-jig/t10163

I have a few on hand like this one. These have been around a long time in various forms. A home made bender like a Higley can be made from some motorcycle chain pins salvaged from some one shortening a 1/2" (428) chain. Just drive the pins all the way out, drill appropriate holes in a hunk of steel and insert pins. The Higley units are hard to beat, though, if a person isn't the type that likes to make things or does not have the tools. Jim Lee offers a nice one that is lever actuated that is pretty nice also.
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee

Paul Wescott · « **Reply #6 on:** October 15, 2023, 01:43:19 PM »

Quote from: Dan McEntee on October 14, 2023, 10:57:19 PM

Paul, your link didn't work so I'll take a stab at it;

https://www.grizzly.com/products/grizzly-wire-bending-jig/t10163

Jim Lee offers a nice one that is lever actuated that is pretty nice also.

Dan - Thank you for providing a working link. I usually wind up with a link that is several hundred characters, and when I try to trim off the excess: win some, lose some.

Jim Lee has so much good stuff. I don’t know why his catalog does not link to his photos. I will post a pic of his wire bender below, if I don’t goof it up.

bill bischoff · « **Reply #7 on:** October 15, 2023, 05:32:39 PM »

I think Sullivan Products currently owns/sells Higley stuff

Dan McEntee · « **Reply #8 on:** October 15, 2023, 07:34:30 PM »

Quote from: bill bischoff on October 15, 2023, 05:32:39 PM

I think Sullivan Products currently owns/sells Higley stuff

I did not know that Higley was taken over by Sullivan. I just checked the Sullivan web site and they show all the Higley tools, and it looks like they are out of stock on the 1/8" and 3/32 benders, and the 1/4-32 taps also.

Type at you later,
Dan McEntee

Author Topic: WTB: Harry Higley 3/32" wire bender (Read 568 times)

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