The Ultrabend drywall bender is now patent pending, and on its way to market. 9 years and lots of hours and dollars later. Ultrabend.com
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And what advantage does this have over something like Flexrock?
He doesnt make money of flex rock?
Real trucks dont have sparkplugs
George;
Are you talking about 1/4" flex? If you are, you are talking about 50% of the labor and 25% of the material cost savings to begin with, it will bend 1/2" drywall to radius at least as tight as 28".
John
And 1/4" Flexrock will go down to 18".George Patterson
george;
1/4" flex will bend at least as tight as 11 3/8" with my bender, and you can bend both layers once.
john
I didn't see a picture of your tool on your web-site or am I missing something?
Really? I was just going on what the manufacturer claimed. It took me two attempts to get that 18" bend, but I don't have a bender.George Patterson
george;
For just a couple of sheets the 1/4" flex is a good product, three times the material cost and double labor cost, but a job of any size and it gets real expensive. I don't know how tight it will bend, but we have bent it to an 11 1/2" radius, i know it will go tighter but how much i dont know.
john
ps the proto-type benders that we have built for testing have been rudimentary in nature, farm boy built and not very photogenic, we are presently doing some re-design and building with different materials to prepare for market.
I am a fan of curved drywall applications and do quite a lot of specialty metal framing around them. Your product seems interesting, I would like to see a video of a dome being formed out of a sheet of drywall. Good luck on your venture, I've put the website on my favorites
Mike
Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.
The website shows the finished result, were is the tool?
Martin
I did the math on the 1/4" hi flex as opposed to bending with 1/2" drywall. the 1/4" cost me about .69 a square foot, to achieve a 1/2" thickness, standard drywall cost me .19 a foot. Labor and fasteners cost double. For small jobs a couple of sheets here and there the high flex is a good way to go, but it would have cost me an extra 480.00 for materials and about 912.00 in labor to hang this ceiling. we do this kind of work on a regular basis, the bender sells in the 1500.00 range. We dont show the bender on the web page, only what it will do.
John
WOW. What is that building used for?
That's the half bath in my house.
Maybe next year you can afford to have it taped and painted."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
That is the back hallway in a farm house in texas.
"We do this kind of work on a regular basis, the bender sells in the 1500.00 range. We don't show the bender on the web page, only what it will do."
Why don't you show the tool that you are trying to sell. Why would I buy a tool that I haven't seen before?Martin
I agree with homereno. Show the tool on the website if you want anyone to take it seriously. That's an impressive looking ceiling in the photo, but ¼" rock and spray bottles of water could have accomplished that without your $1500 tool.
"Where's the Beef?"¯
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
you obviously dont need it.
Comercial contractors are the ones that have an interest in the bender, not too many residential drywallers are going to spring for the tool, but that isnt the market I am goin after to begin with. I did the math on the ceiling that I attached in a prior post, the sum of the savings lacks less than 200 bucks of paying for the bender. The price includes a seminar that will teach the design, lay-out and framing of complex ceilings such as that one as a package deal, it is a value added deal.
but how do you plan to sell something with out someone seeing it?
What is causing the reluctance to show the tool?
What is causing the reluctance to show the tool?
Because it's made from two sawhorses, a Mexican, and a rolling pin:)
dug
ROFLMAOMartin
What is the rolling pin used for?
to beat the mexicans with if they break a sheet of rock???.
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Pants???I Don't need No Steenking Pants!!!
Heck, in that case, I don't blame him for not showing it either!Nobody is as good as they seem, nobody is as bad as they seem either.
Probably not even genuine Mexskins-- Guatemalans most likely...
knows the picture could give em away....
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.Nobody is as good as they seem, nobody is as bad as they seem either.
Plus the cost of beans, beer, and oil to keep the hair greased.