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Pipe bending?

Post by Newtomud » Sat Sep 24, 2011 6:33 pm

Is this sort of thing any good?
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Re: Pipe bending?

Post by dunk » Sat Sep 24, 2011 6:41 pm

They work well but it depends on what you are trying to make with it and how fussy you are. I am very fussy, that's why I was happy i got to use a jd2 bender when my cage was bent. The bends are so nice and even. This type of bender does crush tube when you bend it. I have built a few cages using a very similar bender. You may find them cheaper at machine mart
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Re: Pipe bending?

Post by sam16v » Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:00 pm

I have one of these benders, theyre not bad. if you want to bend big stuff like cages etc then you need to pack the tubes with sand, gaffa tape the ends up then bend, other thing i found was that the formers work better if you clean the castings up so that they actuallty fit the tubing better. hope this helps
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Re: Pipe bending?

Post by ROBBIE » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:23 pm

how about this
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Re: Pipe bending?

Post by dominic » Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:04 pm

Nice one Robbie,

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Re: Pipe bending?

Post by Henry » Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:34 am

Im using one on my cage. Had to put a sleeve in on of there former so it was tight around the steel tho!

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Re: Pipe bending?

Post by Newtomud » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:55 am

dunk wrote:They work well but it depends on what you are trying to make with it and how fussy you are. I am very fussy, that's why I was happy i got to use a jd2 bender when my cage was bent. The bends are so nice and even. This type of bender does crush tube when you bend it. I have built a few cages using a very similar bender. You may find them cheaper at machine mart
I found some pics on a post (Newby alert-Oct 2010) That's a very nice cage :thumbup:

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Re: Pipe bending?

Post by Ladaman » Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:47 pm

I'd get one of these.

How cool? :smokin:


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Re: Pipe bending?

Post by Newtomud » Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:36 am

Ladaman wrote:I'd get one of these.

How cool? :smokin:


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That is a stunning tool and so quick too.Might be out of my price range.

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Re: Pipe bending?

Post by vitara_mad » Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:07 am

Ladaman wrote:I'd get one of these.

How cool? :smokin:


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if i start saving now i might just be able to afford one in about 2511 :thumbdown:

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