Tubing Bender Type

[txfireman110]

Are those 12 ton tubing benders that are on Ebay any good??? I want to get a bender, but need advice on what to get. OH,btw,I am POOR /forums/images/graemlins/doah.gif
Here's a pic....

Here's one of the auctions...
Tubing Bender

 

[Emmettology 101]

There are people on POR that have used these with decent results.. BUt your best bet is to save your $$$ and get a good bender like a Pro Tools, JD2, etc..... You can get a bender and one die for about $560 shipped.

With the bender you have in your post, it is a PIPE bender and not a Tubing bender.... Pipe is measured by inside diameter and tubing is measured by outside diameter. So the size sizes will be off if you use tubing(DOM, ERW, HREW, Etc..).....

 

[DPI]

Those are pipe benders, not a tube bender. The dies are made for the OD of pipe. However, the quality control sucks. I have seen 2" schedule 40 dies that are 1/4" to big for the pipe.

If you like wasting a lot of time and money kinking pipe, they are great. However, if you are VERY patient, they will bend pipe. Here's a a couple pics of bumpers I built using one.

And here's a pic of a bumper I built using a JD2 Model 4 hydraulic bender:

The pics just don't do justice to the quality difference of the bends, but trust me, you can see the difference.

 

[ZZ4x4]

I agree with DP_90. The pipe bender will kink the tubing and drive you crazy. I bought the Harbor Freight bender like shown in your photo, and wasted my time and a bunch of tubing /forums/images/graemlins/angryfire.gif. I sold the bender in a garage sale and bought the JD2 bender. It works great although I added my own hydraulic ram to it to make the job quicker. /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif
Jeff /forums/images/graemlins/usaflag.gif

 

[marv_springer]

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Pie is measured buy inside diameter and tubing is measured by outside diameter.

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/forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif I had been wonderin' how to measure that pie! /forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif

Marv

 

[Emmettology 101]

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Pie is measured buy inside diameter and tubing is measured by outside diameter.

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/forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif I had been wonderin' how to measure that pie! /forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif

Marv

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LOL... Well now you know! /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif I need to start paying more attention to my typing. Thats what I get for surfing CK5 while I am at work! /forums/images/graemlins/whistling.gif/forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif /forums/images/graemlins/woot.gif