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Michael Smith

Post subject: Ibex Bending Iron Wattage

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:05 am

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Can someone please tell me how many watts are the ibex bending irons or those like them. I got a chunk of aluminum and am making my own and want a little more pop. Mine won't have any wood and will have a timer built in.

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Alexandru Marian

Post subject: Re: Ibex Bending Iron Wattage

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:16 am

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There was a recent thread about this started by Howard Klepper.

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John A

Post subject: Re: Ibex Bending Iron Wattage

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:58 pm

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200 w

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Howard Klepper

Post subject: Re: Ibex Bending Iron Wattage

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:58 pm

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200W is standard. I bumped mine up to 400W with a new heat cartridge. Gets a lot hotter and does that faster.

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Dave Fifield

Post subject: Re: Ibex Bending Iron Wattage

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:59 am

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I followed Howard's advice and changed out the heater (and switch unit) in my bending iron to the 400W part he recommended. It now works very well indeed: before, at 200W, it took 20 minutes or more to heat up to a usable temperature, and never seemed to be quite hot enough.

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SteveSmith

Post subject: Re: Ibex Bending Iron Wattage

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:29 am

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Howard Klepper wrote:

200W is standard. I bumped mine up to 400W with a new heat cartridge. Gets a lot hotter and does that faster.

hmmm - I like that idea!

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