Wire or rod bender

A bender for a rod or a wire, adaptable to bend a variety of sizes of the rod or the wire to at least one desirable angle or shape, comprising:

• a) the wire bender including a housing with a die support movably and releasably mounted thereon;
• b) the die support being adapted to receive a die to produce a desired shape for the wire or the rod;
• c) the housing having a mounting base to receiving the die support;
• about a longitudinal axis of the die;
• d) the mounting base including a first mounting flange oppositely disposed from a second mounting flange;
• e) the first mounting flange including a first mounting aperture;
• f) the second mounting flange including a second mounting aperture;
• g) the first mounting aperture and the second mounting aperture being adapted to receive a fastener and secure the bender to a surface;
• h) the die having a mounting end and a shaping end oppositely disposed therefrom;
• i) the mounting base having a raised platform between the first mounting flange and the second mounting flange;
• j) the die being mountable in a center of the raised platform;
• k) the die support and the raised platform cooperating to support the die;
• l) a die housing being centrally located within the raised platform;
• m) the die housing including a die support mount adapted to have the die support rest thereon;
• n) the die support including a die grip and a handle;
• o) the handle extending from the die grip;
• d) the die support mount including a die receiver;
• p) the die receiver being an aperture with a first die flat oppositely disposed from a second die flat;
• q) the die forming two bends in the rod or the wire;
• r) the mounting end of the die having a first flat side with a second flat side oppositely disposed from the first flat side at the mounting end thereof;
• s) the first die flat contacting the first flat side;
• and
• t) the second die flat contacting the second flat side.

A method for bending a wire for use in building a model for use as a toy or a utilitarian purpose comprising:

• mounting a die in a wire bender, the wire bender having a housing and a die support movably and releasably mounted thereon;
• supporting the wire in the die to provide a desired shape for the wire;
• applying force to the wire to bend the wire to the desired shape with a handle of the die support;
• the die support being adapted to receive the die to produce the desired shape for the wire or a rod;
• the housing having a mounting base to receiving the die support;
• about a longitudinal axis of the die;
• the mounting base including a first mounting flange oppositely disposed from a second mounting flange;
• the first mounting flange including a first mounting aperture;
• the second mounting flange including a second mounting aperture;
• the first mounting aperture and the second mounting aperture being adapted to receive a fastener and secure the bender to a surface;
• the die having a mounting end and a shaping end oppositely disposed therefrom;
• the mounting base having a raised platform between the first mounting flange and the second mounting flange;
• the die being mountable in a center of the raised platform;
• the die support and the raised platform cooperating to support the die;
• a die housing being centrally located within the raised platform;
• the die housing including a die support mount adapted to have the die support rest thereon;
• the die support including a die grip and the handle;
• the handle extending from the die grip;
• the die support mount including a die receiver;
• the die receiver being an aperture with a first die flat oppositely disposed from a second die flat;
• the die forming two bends in the rod or the wire;
• the mounting end of the die having a first flat side with a second flat side oppositely disposed from the first flat side at the mounting end thereof;
• the first die flat contacting the first flat side;
• the second die flat contacting the second flat side;
• and
• securing the wire bender to the desired surface.