Frame
  Fabrication -

• Needed Shop Tools
• Cutting
• Bending
• Welding
• Finishing

GatorStitch^™ 18-gauge steel tubing can be bent successfully to a radius as small as 10". A successful bend is one that maintains the stapling channel opening between the allowable tolerances of .300 and .260 inches. At this time, GatorStitch^™ bend tests have involved bending GatorStitch^™ using the Steel Stitch PRB-3000 roller bender.

Bend testing GatorStitch^™ with the PRB-3000 has shown that a combination of technique and modification to the standard bender wheels allows GatorStitch^™ to be bent to a radius as small as 10" while maintaining the allowable stapling channel dimensions.

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