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Tube Bender

Discussion in 'Builds and Fabricators Forum' started by garbageman, Oct 17, 2007.

  1. Oct 17, 2007
    garbageman

    garbageman Member

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    Looking to purchase a tube bender for work shop to bend large steel hydraulic lines. Also as a added bonus, would be nice to bend tube for roll bars and cages. What is recommended for bending rollbar - DOM tubing?
     
    garbageman, Oct 17, 2007
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  2. Oct 17, 2007
    neptco19

    neptco19 That guy....

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    We use a protools 105 with a air over hydraulic pump at work. It works well with any .120 wall DOM tubing. Havnt used it on much thicker than that though.
     
    neptco19, Oct 17, 2007
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  3. Oct 18, 2007
    nickmil

    nickmil In mothballs.

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    I'd recommend DOM tubing as it's strong as a structural material. Might do a search as it's been covered exhaustively. I also use a Pro-tools bender but it's still manual. I really like it.
    I've heard good things about the JD-2 benders also but never used one. Nickmil
     
    nickmil, Oct 18, 2007
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  4. Oct 18, 2007
    garbageman

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    Plan on using DOM but need a bender that can go from say 1/2" mild steel to 3" via different dies.
     
    garbageman, Oct 18, 2007
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  5. Oct 18, 2007
    Chris Insull

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    If your interested, www.gottrikes.com has several DIY plans to build them. Looking at the price of quality benders, this is one way to save some $$$... The steel and air/ hydraulic rams are relatively inexpensive; it's the dies that can cost some serious cash.
     
    Chris Insull, Oct 18, 2007
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  6. Oct 18, 2007
    Warloch

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    I have the Pro-Tools Bender, and the plans from the gottrikes for a Hydrolic conversion. Pro-Tools also has plans for a free hydro with thier dies.
     
    Warloch, Oct 18, 2007
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  7. Oct 18, 2007
    garbageman

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    Looked at the benders from JD and talked to them. Looks good but holy cow the die prices!
     
    garbageman, Oct 18, 2007
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  8. Oct 20, 2007
    neptco19

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    Yup the dies are the worst part about them...
     
    neptco19, Oct 20, 2007
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