Does anyone have any plans or know where to get them for a tubing bender? I need to bend 1 1/4" .083

 

http://www.pro-tools.com/index.htm

 

Harbor Freight has a 12ton bender. I don't know if its what you are looking for though. I'm going to try and get one tomorrow.

http://order.harborfreight.com/EasyA...ht/results.jsp

HDC has them:

http://www.homier.com/default.asp?pa...ies.asp?dept=1

 

i used a conduit bender for years to build kart chassis with. bought one from harbor freight a few years ago and have never used it.

 

I have one from http://jd2.com/ works great.

Jerry

 

See Tube Bender Thread it is about 14 pages long. Around page 12-13 you will find a link to CAD drawings with dimensions for a JD2 style bender.

Jeff

 

Thanks a lot!

 

This may help out more. I bought all the pcs. needed for the die, and the hardened steel rod. Total cost with shipping was $266. I am using 1/4" steel for the frame.

http://www.blindchickenracing.com/To...bingbender.htm

 

Keep in mind, that a pipe bender and a tube bender are two different things. It has to do with the way wall thicknesses are measured, so if you buy a pipe bender, you may not get it to do what you want.

Mathius

 

Good point. I bought a pipe bender from HDC a couple weeks ago. I soon realized it won't bend tubing w/o kinking it. After searching the net, I found the blind chicken racing site, and went to work. Parts should be here the first of March.

 

I used a Ridgid pipe bender(an American brand I believe) to make a rollbar for 2 cars amongst other things.Very easy to use.It just so happens that the tubing I used fitted right into one of the pipe bending formers.Pipe is usually measured on the INSIDE diameter whereas tubing on the OD. Heres the rollbar in my friends car,mine is the same.Hope it goes well it's certainly the way forward.

 

Here is a link to a modified Pro-Tools similar to the blind chicken bender, the guy replaced the bottle jack with a small hydraulic ram. It's at the very bottom of the page.

Pro-Tools Modified Bender

 

A helpful hint to all,

If using a bender that "pipe crush" is a concern- simply fill the pipe first with sand. This will help prevent it from collapsing.