New Bender! And Other Musings (UB-100)

Finally replacing the old junky import bender with a NEW junky import bender!

For the searches: I'm not really sure if this is a UB-100 or UB-100A but I'm going to say both out loud.

[jaredkennedy]

A bender is one of those tools that you never think you need that much, but once you have one, it becomes the most handy cord hanger in the shop. I did recently spend about $200 on materials and 8+ hours of my life building a bender to avoid paying $350 for a new one, but the two bends I used it for were totally worth it.

[snork_games]

The auto-focus on the broken lens glass was the absolute cherry on top of a great video

[BruceBoschek]

Dear Mr. Tony, Sir! I am normally not wont to comment on videos from worldwide celebrities with more than a million viewers, however, you have played such an important role in my recent post-surgery recovery that I have no choice but to express my heartfelt gratitude. Six weeks ago I had a titanium knee installed into my left leg (I had to have it done locally after Stefan refused to do it, and Adam didn't even respond!) and the only way I survived six weeks in a rehab clinic was to watch all of the videos you have published in the last 9 years. I am 80 years old and a retired research scientist, secretly disappointed that I did not become a machinist/tool maker, and your videos helped heal me, both physically and psychologically.

One slightly sad side effect was the fact that the nurse who regularly came into my room to bring me pills and good news stopped speaking with me when, for the fifteenth time she saw me sitting mesmerized in front of my laptop watching a pair of hands waving about. It was a small price to pay. Please accept my gratitude for your endless efforts to entertain and educate and for allowing me to join you in your garage. Greetings to you and your son from central Germany.

[aimDiego]

Tony: "I don't know if this is adjustable"
Schaublin: "Eveything is adjustable"

[NicoSmets]

"The primal urge to fix often overpowers my financial prowess." - This Old Tony 2022
I know the feeling.

[Lunch_box]

When the world is ending, this is what we all needed, thank God he's still got his hands

[colinfurze]

haha there must be something in the air, i knocked my camera done the tunnel hole, cam survived but lense did an expensive few seconds

[DaimyoD]

A tip: if you put a UV filter on your lens, it can be sacrificed for the accumulation of angle grinder dust in place of your lens. $15 instead of $500.

[floorpizza]

Hey Tony, one thing about your videos that I've *always* appreciated... your attention to volume equalization/normalization (not sure which is the correct term here). It's super annoying to constantly have to fiddle with the volume while watching a YouTube video because parts of it wake up the neighborhood while other parts are too quiet even at max volume. Your videos are always volume-constant from start to finish... no fiddling required.

Regardless of what method you're using, you're doing it right, and it's much appreciated by your viewers.

[MayaPosch]

Rule of thumb with tripods is that if it didn't cost at least 10% of what the equipment it's holding up cost, you're doing it wrong. Can only drop that $4000 camera once on the concrete shop floor :)

[DevilDogth]

That bolt at 16:37 made me laugh out loud. Nice to know it doesn't just happen to me everytime!

[GilgaFrank]

The only man on the internet who can get a twenty minute comedy set out of bending metal

[marsgizmo]

new camera looks great! 😎
The Pasta bending machine looks promising 👀

[floorpizza]

TOT's still out there, bendin' the rules.

So glad you're back with us, Tony... you were really missed.

[whitehoose]

Benchtop bender has a certain ring to it!!! Oooh the after delivery cleanup, I just can't help myself deburring metal and plastic castings, especially handles when you get that sharp lip that irritates, the hanging thread even The chinesium PCBs with slightly ragged edges that cut like razor blades - just a couple of scrapes with a file .... Swapping the steel screws for stainless, a drop of grease and refixing the rubber grip to stop the edge curling. All part of the pleasure of getting new stuff.

When I got married my wife caught me using the un-glazed ring you get on the bottom of cups to gently smooth the corner of my ring that was digging in (also good for final polishing the edge of a sharp knife!).

[ArmchairDeity]

YAY OLD TONY!!! You’ve been missed my friend!!

Always a better day when ToT puts a video out!

[HansFormerlyTraffer]

I watched 23 minutes only to find out it won't put 90° bends in wood. You got me again Tony.

[DavidGuyton]

NEW BENDER??? If John DiMaggio isn't voicing it I'M NOT WATCHING!

[chaddarr]

Only a true craftsman worries about audio sync, matching the voice to the waving hands. Love your videos Tony!

[internetbodhi]

Ending reminds me of my escapades with the shop class bender.

I learned about work hardening of aluminum, shear strength, and gravity all in one convenient package

9.8m/s feels a lot faster when it takes you by surprise. Shop floors with odd blocks lying around also make cheap chiropractors.