Patent ID: 7328601

Claim:
A manual method of bending pipe comprising: providing a bender head having an arcuate bending trough shoe having first and second ends, said bender head being formed of an iron containing metal; locating a plurality of degree marks on said bender head adjacent said arcuate bending trough shoe; locating slots in the outer periphery of said arcuate bending trough shoe adjacent each of said degree marks; inserting a stop member into a selected one of said slots and causing said stop member to be held in place in said slot, said stop member being formed of a magnetized metal, said stop member being held in place in said slot by magnetic attraction between said magnetized stop member and said bender head; selecting a length of pipe to be bent; placing a first selected portion of said length of pipe in contact with said arcuate bending trough shoe adjacent said first end thereof; and bending said length of pipe towards said arcuate bending trough shoe until said pipe contacts said stop member.