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New Photo Etch Bending Tool - Rafhart - V2

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  • Member since
    May 2009
  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Monday, December 25, 2017 12:11 PM

Well, come on - it's not a tool it's a work of art. While it won't do much for you it gives you a good feeling having one and it looks GORGEOUS!

Merry Christmas!

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

  • Member since
    January 2013
Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Sunday, December 24, 2017 7:35 PM

Rafhart

The product can not be bought from me, I am a modeler, I build models, and on the occasion of the tool, I collect opinions about suitability, so that the next ones will be even better, after that V2 and V3 can not be bought anywhere.

 

 

Oh, come on. You created it and now you’ve just advertised it, found a distributor who will sell YOUR product YOU created / built. You even posted a link to the distributor that’s selling your product! Make no mistake about it, you’re making a profit regardless you're a modeler or not!

One more thing.... Merry Christmas to you and yours.

 

  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: POLAND
Posted by Rafhart on Sunday, December 24, 2017 6:47 PM

The product can not be bought from me, I am a modeler, I build models, and on the occasion of the tool, I collect opinions about suitability, so that the next ones will be even better, after that V2 and V3 can not be bought anywhere.

  • Member since
    January 2013
Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Sunday, December 24, 2017 6:12 PM

And producing with intent to sell.... I don’t care what he says, not only he’s advertising HIS product, found a supplier to distribute to the masses with the intention to make a profit. Not to mention charging tax AND shipping and handling on top of that.

 

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Friday, December 22, 2017 6:37 PM

Rafhart

Ah,now we crossed over the line to advertising on the forum. 

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    June 2014
  • From: New Braunfels , Texas
Posted by Tanker - Builder on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 6:35 AM

Hi ;

 Although it's a nice looking tool , I already have one similar .Haven't touched it in two years . By the way , I have a business ; I advertise by word of mouth only . I build custom ship models of a particular type mainly .

 I don't advertise , I don't have a patent and I don't have a brick and mortar store . According to the I.R.S. Two models every five years is all I can do if the price is over Ten Grand apiece .Then I have to report the income as retail income .

  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: POLAND
Posted by Rafhart on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 2:54 AM

New small tool V5

https://youtu.be/d0RY1y8ji3c

- Base dimensions: 70mm x 58 mm

- Tighten the screws on the springs

- Bending the teeth 10,

- Possibility of reverse mounting the upper red detail in 4 positions

- 50 mm straight bending lines

- Made of aluminum

 

  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: POLAND
Posted by Rafhart on Monday, October 9, 2017 2:48 PM

thanks, new photo V3. 

 

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    October 2017
Posted by Clem on Thursday, October 5, 2017 2:06 PM

Its gorgeous!

 

  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: POLAND
Posted by Rafhart on Thursday, October 5, 2017 9:14 AM

next one is V3

Main features

  • Base dimensions: 195mm x 100 mm
  • Tighten the screws on the springs
  • Bending the teeth 10, including one at 45 degrees horizontally
  • Possibility of reverse mounting the upper red detail
  • 175 mm straight bending lines
  • Made of aluminum

 

Tags: rafhart , rafhart v3 , tool
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: POLAND
Posted by Rafhart on Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:36 PM

I got a lot of questions about what it is, how it is used, etc. I recorded the video, sorry for the quality of my English. Thank you and best regards.

  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: POLAND
Posted by Rafhart on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 11:22 AM
  • Member since
    April 2015
  • From: Detroit, MURDER CITY
Posted by RudyOnWheels on Monday, July 24, 2017 8:10 PM
I think you did a great job and it looks like a nicely built product that should stand up to years of use. I'm sure some others make these, but the one I know the name of is made by "the small shop". They appear to have several different sizes. You did a great job, congrats and best of luck! Rudy
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: POLAND
Posted by Rafhart on Monday, July 24, 2017 3:23 PM

Hello, unfortunately I did not find a modeling shop that would like to order bending machines. Thank you all for the comments, I wish you many successful models and I will probably make a difference as I will be building the third version. Best wishes.

  • Member since
    July 2013
  • From: Chicago area
Posted by modelmaker66 on Saturday, July 22, 2017 2:21 AM

Lets all back off Rafhart here. He made a nice etch tool himself and is trying to figure out the marketing for it. He's certainly done more than I have to develop a marketable item. He should be encouraged in his efforts.

  • Member since
    March 2005
  • From: Lancaster, South Carolina
Posted by Devil Dawg on Saturday, July 22, 2017 12:58 AM

stikpusher

 

 
GMorrison

Always keep a length of flight line handy too.

 

 

 

along with a couple of buckets of prop wash and jet wash...

 

Don't forget the BA1100Ns......

Devil Dawg

On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build

Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!

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    March 2005
  • From: Lancaster, South Carolina
Posted by Devil Dawg on Saturday, July 22, 2017 12:56 AM

stikpusher

I think that was sarcasm my friend. Wink Like a metric adjustable crescent wrench.

 
I actually have one of those........  Whistling Propeller Cool 

Devil Dawg

On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build

Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!

  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: POLAND
Posted by Rafhart on Friday, July 21, 2017 2:24 PM

Patents cost, I am a modeler, show this device and count on suggestions from others, so it was created on the basis of experience, cunning of a dozen models, cockpits, chute flaps, fenders. Thank you all for your comments and advice, will come back to them when building the next version.

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Friday, July 21, 2017 8:56 AM

Im a little late to the thread here,and I'm not being derrogatory,I mean I certainly have not designed aznd built anything.but havent we seen this before

https://goo.gl/images/6ucRzb

  • Member since
    January 2013
Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Friday, July 21, 2017 8:27 AM

While the product looks good, my advice is this but let me point out one thing. I understand you're not trying to advertise but in reality, you are no matter how you slice it. 

Back on point... once you're satisfied with your idea, get a patent to your product. Otherwise, someone else will steal the idea and call it theirs. This way, your protected because YOU made this unique tool for different folds. 

Yes, there are other PE folding tools out there but who's to say it's your special type of tool? 

  • Member since
    May 2017
  • From: Park City, Utah
Posted by Frankenpanzer on Thursday, July 20, 2017 11:38 PM

I like it.

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, July 20, 2017 7:04 PM

GMorrison

Always keep a length of flight line handy too.

 

along with a couple of buckets of prop wash and jet wash...

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, July 20, 2017 5:17 PM

Always keep a length of flight line handy too.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

  • Member since
    January 2017
Posted by damouav on Thursday, July 20, 2017 5:07 PM

goldhammer

 

 
stikpusher
 
BlackSheepTwoOneFour

 

 
damouav

What about a pair of left handed tweezers...

 

 

 

Seriously? There's no such thing as a left handed tweezers, let along a right handed one. ROFL!!!!!!

In all seriousness, most tweezers are universal - not for specific left or right handed uses.

 

 

 

I think that was sarcasm my friend. Wink Like a metric adjustable crescent wrench.

 

 

 

Well if that's the case, that new Snap-on handy dandy wrench is going back with a few nasty words for the owner of the truck.....Big Smile

 

I know what would be usefull, Sky hooks, a left handed hammer and a good set of left handed screw drivers (in both metric AND imperial)!

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  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: POLAND
Posted by Rafhart on Thursday, July 20, 2017 3:40 PM

This is a universal tool, sorry for my english, so it looks like a video.

 

  • Member since
    August 2014
  • From: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posted by goldhammer on Thursday, July 20, 2017 2:10 PM

stikpusher
 
BlackSheepTwoOneFour

 

 
damouav

What about a pair of left handed tweezers...

 

 

 

Seriously? There's no such thing as a left handed tweezers, let along a right handed one. ROFL!!!!!!

In all seriousness, most tweezers are universal - not for specific left or right handed uses.

 

 

 

I think that was sarcasm my friend. Wink Like a metric adjustable crescent wrench.

 

Well if that's the case, that new Snap-on handy dandy wrench is going back with a few nasty words for the owner of the truck.....Big Smile

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, July 20, 2017 12:03 PM

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

 

 
damouav

What about a pair of left handed tweezers...

 

 

 

Seriously? There's no such thing as a left handed tweezers, let along a right handed one. ROFL!!!!!!

In all seriousness, most tweezers are universal - not for specific left or right handed uses.

 

I think that was sarcasm my friend. Wink Like a metric adjustable crescent wrench.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    January 2013
Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:53 AM

damouav

What about a pair of left handed tweezers...

 

Seriously? There's no such thing as a left handed tweezers, let along a right handed one. ROFL!!!!!!

In all seriousness, most tweezers are universal - not for specific left or right handed uses.

  • Member since
    July 2017
Posted by bartenational on Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:06 AM

This is cool product to do an impossible job. Keep going. 

 

I for one always support people coming up with niche products.

No one is in modelling to become a millionaire. Lol. 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/9efCAsT0e2u4laTA3


 

living the dream 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/0sUvBqbiFEMH99Dn1

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