The UF-25H Universal Fabricator will make up to 180 degree bends in up to 1-1/4” schedule 40 pipe, up to 1-5/8” (outside diameter) 10 gauge round tubing, and up to 1-1/2” 10 gauge square tubing. It will also form a wide variety of sizes of flats, solid squares and rounds for all your metalworking projects.
There are lots of good reasons to own a UF-25H Universal Fabricator. Some of those reasons are the capability you will have to build a wide range of products that you otherwise might not be able to do. The Fabricator is essential for making any project that requires the forming of square and round tubing, pipe, flats, and solid bars. The number of types of projects that can be made with this machine is virtually unlimited. A few such examples would be things like ladder racks, headache racks, brush guards, dune buggys, go carts, trailer hitches, ornamental railings, gates, fences, and a whole lot of other items too numerous to mention.
If you happen to own a plasma cutting machine and need to add another dimension to your work then this Fabricator is for you. This is especially true if you own a PlasmaCam cutting machine. That’s because Shop Outfitters is continually working on new project books that combine PlasmaCam’s artwork with the Universal Fabricator’s capability to form all sorts of useful products for the general public. The amount of time and work that is involved in designing these project books with their step-by-step instructions is astronomical. By making use of some of these projects you can help your business to become both more productive and profitable.
Industrial arts teachers have informed us that their students have made benches from our bench project book as class projects. They have then been able to turn around and sell them to the public to bring in money for their individual schools. This also makes it possible for the school to afford better equipment in these times of tight budgets.
Our new Metalworking Projects and Plans Book (Volume 2 – Coffee Tables and End Tables) will be out shortly. It has many classy looking tables in it involving PlasmaCam’s art package entitled “Exquisite Tables”. The section in this new book showing full page color photographs can be used as a good sales tool to show to your new potential customers.
While it’s true that some other bender manufacturers have gauges on their machines, they can be next to useless when their numbers are not tied directly to specific projects. All of the bends needed for projects in our books use specific numbers on the Lock-N-Stop Gauge. These numbers correlate with the instructions for making the bends needed to make any of these projects. The practical importance of this cannot be overstated. Even if you want to design your own projects, these books can serve as a great source from which to get ideas.
Every UF-25H comes standard with the Lock-N-Stop Gauge. Once you use this gauge, you will soon realize what an important roll it plays in your ability to make precise repeatable bends.
The Lock-N-Stop Gauge, with its engraved numbering system, not only gives you a way to make precise bends of a particular angle (one that may be called for in one of our project books) but also gives you an accurate way to repeat any angles you determine are necessary for the projects you design.
Shown above is a photo of the Lock-N-Stop Gauge set on 18&3/4. This is the correct number setting for forming the 1-1/4” round tubing to 90 degrees, as shown being bent above. The 130 page instruction manual for the # UB-5, UB-5H, and UF-25H list all the Lock-N-Stop Gauge settings for power bending 45, 90, and 180 degree bends on all pipe dies, round tubing dies and square tubing dies that are available for these machines. The Lock-N-Stop Gauges on the UB-5, UB-5H, and UF-25 are identical on all three fabricating machines.
A heat treated Right Angle Bend Attachment comes standard on all three machines and is used for bending flat stock where a minimum radius is needed. Hydraulics are not used when using this attachment. However the Lock-N-Stop Gauge can be used where multiple parts of the same angle are needed.
Having the 25 ton hydraulic press that’s part of the UF-25H can be real useful. On occasion I’ve made special die sets for forming or punching special small parts in this press that I needed for one of my own projects. Shown below is more information on the use of the handy bend that comes standard with this machine. As can be seen by the specifications shown below the Handy Bend can do some serious forming of heavy material. It can also be purchased separately to fit in your own hydraulic press as long as you don’t exceed the 25 ton limit.
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UB-5H Bender
The UB-5H Universal Bender will make up to 180 degree bends in up to 1-1/4” schedule 40 pipe, up to 1-5/8” (outside diameter) 10 gauge round tubing, and up to 1-1/2” 10 gauge square tubing. It also will form a wide variety of sizes of flats, solid squares and solid rounds for all your metalworking projects.
If you’re looking to construct ornamental iron, the #SA Scroll Attachment, #PTA Picket Twister, and #BA Basket Attachment are all designed to work on the UB-5H Universal Bender. The #PTA Picket Twister or #BA Basket Attachment is not designed for the UF-25H Universal Fabricator. All the bends in our project book on benches can be made on the UB-5H. However, you will need the #SA Scroll Attachment and the #PTA Picket Twister for some of the bench designs.
Every UB-5H comes standard with the Lock-N-Stop Gauge. Once you use this gauge, you will soon realize what an important role it plays in your ability to make precise repeatable bends.
The Lock-N-Stop Gauge, with its engraved numbering system, not only gives you a way to make precise bends of a particular angle (one that may be called for in one of our project books) but also gives you an accurate way to repeat any of your own angles you determine are necessary for one of your projects.
Shown above is a photo of the Lock-N-Stop Gauge set on 18&3/4. This is the correct number setting for forming the 1-1/4” round tubing to 90 degrees, as shown being bent above. The 130 page instruction manual for the # UB-5, UB-5H, and UF-25H list all the Lock-N-Stop Gauge settings for power bending 45, 90, and 180 degree bends on all pipe, round and square tubing dies that are available for these machines. The Lock-N-Stop Gauges on the UB-5, UB-5H, and UF-25H are identical on all three machines. Keep in mind, the UB-5H is simply a UB-5 with the hydraulics added to it. The hydraulics are necessary when forming square tubing, round tubing, and pipe on any of the forming dies one inch and above.
A heat treated Right Angle Bend Attachment comes standard on all three machines and is used for bending flat stock where a minimum radius is needed. Hydraulics are not used when using this attachment. However, the Lock-N-Stop can be used.
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The #SA Scroll Attachment fits the UB-5, UB-5H, UF-25H, and the OIWS. If your main interest is decorative ironwork you may want to acquire an OIWS Ornamental Ironwork Station. All three ornamental attachments come with it. For more information click the OIWS button in the right column.
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338 Pedestal Ring Roller
The #338 Wide Track Pedestal Arch and Ring Roller is one of the handiest tools you can have in your shop. It’s hard to beat this handy pedestal roller for rolling and forming arches and rings out of solid square and flat within the capacities that are specified above. Optional Auxiliary Dies are also available for rolling 1” square tubing and up to 5/8” round into circles or arches. Examples of items that can be rolled can be seen by clicking on the Fabricated Projects button in the right column.
The large drive hand wheel is made out of a durable aluminum alloy. It has hand grips on the inside of the wheel that makes using it as the driver for driving the material through the forming rollers real handy. If you have an old man-killer hand crank rollers (manufacturer not known) that’s still out there in a few shops you will appreciate using the #338 with its handy drive wheel shown above as part of the machine.
The #338 Pedestal Arch and Ring Roller is an improved version of the one that was used on the television show called Orange County Choppers. It ran on the Discovery Channel for several seasons. The guys on that show were very creative at figuring out things they could form in our roller that even surprised us. Customers are always telling us things they have formed in the #338 with special dies they’ve made for some other application outside of its original intended use.
If your looking for a smaller roller for rolling small rings out up to 3/16”x 1-1/2” flat, 1/4”x1/4” flat, 3/8” square, and 5/16” round, check out our #1415 Bench Mount Planetary Ring Roller.
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1415 Planetary Ring Roller
The #1415 Planetary Ring Roller is real handy for making all kinds of different sizes of rings within its given capacities.
Years ago back in my old shop I tried to form rings around anything handy, near the size I needed, that might be laying around. That included steel barrels, steel buckets, scrap pipe and just about anything round that could take the pressure.
Nothing was ever the right size. It was more than a nuisance to try and make accurate rings that way. For those involved in making ornamental ironwork, the #1415 Planetary Ring Roller works well for adding extra curves to scrolls in order to create a little different look. Examples of this, as well as projects that were made using rolled rings can be seen by clicking on the Fabricated Projects button over in the right column. An ideal setup in a fabrication shop is to have both the #1415 Planetary Ring roller for doing the smaller rings and the #338 Pedestal Arch and ring roller for doing the larger sizes and capacities.
