KAKA INDUSTRIAL Mini Universal Bender MUB-1 | Hardened Steel Wire and Flat Metal Bender | 5/16 inch Rod, 1x1/8 inch Flat

All in all, this is a decent bender. I've use it to make a number or nested bends with stepped diameters, for example, and I found it was fairly straight-forward to make repeatable bends with very little effort.All the components fit as they were intended to fit, and the moving parts move smoothly. The bending bar was a little loose on the pin, but not bad. I suspect some reviewers who complained about the fit may have missed the set screw that anchors the pivot pin. Also, some people complained that the tool came packaged with oil. To me this is a plus. Carb cleaner and a rag takes care of that. (At least it wasn't dry cosmoline).In my case, it would have been nice to have an assortment of additional (larger diameter) spacers, but I believe most people will do just fine with the 4 smaller diameters included.

This worked great for bending spoons and other small pieces of metal. Very well constructed.

I decided to keep it. I have a lot of tools and I can fix this thing up. The handle was a very sloppy fit in the frame so it wobbled. I filed off some burrs and put in a 0.030" shim stock for that. Much better now. The pins fit the main frame pivot hole about OK but lean a slight amount not square. The holes for the pins in the handle are very sloppy and the pins wobble around. The pins are about 0.500" and the holes are about 0.515" and not consistent at that. I'll clean up the holes and make my own pins to fit. As it comes it's passable for round material I suppose. Flat material will have issues with the sloppiness and I'm sure the bends would wander around in direction instead of staying in one flat plane. The instruction sheet is actually decently done, but fairly limited. Overall this thing is disappointing. I was using it partly as a test before buying one of their larger benders, but now I think I'll look elsewhere.

This review is for the Kaka industrial MUB-1 Mini Universal Bender; as you can see in the images, the center part was attached at an angle by the manufacturer and it cannot be adjusted, so that prevents the center pin from being inserted all the way through which results in the bar wiggling in place; in addition, all these parts are so poorly made that one is better off bending the metal with a wrench or another home-made device.

Well worth the investment. I was paying someone to bend my parts on a Press Brake and this will pay for itself in less than a week. I am making 30 & 60 degree bends, so they are rounded instead of sharp angles, but for my application that's fine. The stop pin works well for the 60 degree bend, but I have to check my 30 degree bends with a protractor. If I go too far, they're easy to correct. All in all, I am very satisfied with the product.

I read a number of reviews here where people were complaining that it didn’t work very well and the pins were loose and all of that. I’ve never bend metal rods before and this is the first time. In the picture the smaller bent rods are from a manufacturer. The larger bent rods, which is a 3/8 inch steel, were bent by me using this bender. For me it worked great and I really liked it.

Product was used for bending metal rod with a radius on both ends. Again liked the fact that product fits perfectly in a vise and don't have to bolt it down to your work bench for easy removal.

I bought this bender for a project — bending 1/16" x 1" brass straps 180 degrees with a 5/16" radius. The clamping and bending mechanisms were too sloppy to get a consistent, parallel bend. The bend would corkscrew slightly. I milled several of the parts to remove the slop and then got very nice results. Not perfect but for the price, very satisfactory. If you're going for precision you going to have to work on this tool a bit. If it's just quick and dirty bends, it'll be fine.