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Racers, For those of you who bend your roll bars and other tubing, what tools are you using? I want something that will bend up to 1 5/8 mild steel tubing. Because it will be for occasional use, I think a manual bender is what I want. Larry Woodfin | ||
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DRR Top Comp |
Get a good nights sleep before you try to manually bend 1-5/8" thickwall tubing... And anything over about a 45* bend I don't think you'll be happy with the results.... If you're just stuck on doing it at least buy this......https://www.harborfreight.com/12-ton-hydraulic-pipe-bender-32888.html?_br_psugg_q=pipe+bender . Dave F J B | |||
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DRR Trophy |
JD Squared was manual now is hydraulic | |||
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larry susan hurst may have one for sale honesty is the best policy,insanity is a better deffense 1.036, 6.16@ 224 | |||
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Have used the JD Squared manual bender up to 2" material with little effort required. It isn't fast but it is effective. I built a wake board tower for a guy's boat out of 2"od x 1/4" wall 6061 with the bender we have and it wasn't a problem at all. We have used it for many smaller projects out of moly tubing of many different sizes. ____________________________ 2017 and 2018 Osage Casinos Tulsa Raceway Park No-Box Champion 2018 Div4 Goodguys Hammer award winner | |||
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Have JD squared manual. Not terrible on mild steel never had issue.On Moly due to half a thick wall I have to be careful with moly due to half the thickness wall. I will ripple or kink. America home of free. Brought to you by 2nd amendment. | |||
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A proper bender is required such as the JD Squared or something similar from another brand. The bender is cheap. A good selection of dies is not. This type of bender is required if you are building a chassis, roll cage etc that needs to pass a chassis certification. Using a bow and arrow type bender such as the one from harbor freight is a pipe bender, not a tubing bender. Pipe diameter is not the same as tubing diameter, It won't bend tubing the right way. It works well for small bending projects but I would not recommend using it for car fabrication projects. | |||
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DRR Sportsman |
Speedway has a decent one that I use and have bent chromoly successfully along with mild steel. Speedway Motors | #91084112-1.25 Speedway 3rd Generation Hydraulic Round Tubing Bender, 1.25 Inch Die $440 + shipping They sell with each size die, or you can buy one with all the available dies but that's double the price. | |||
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DRR Trophy |
Bought mine through Temu and the dies from Maxpeedingrods.com. Had to buy the stand separately but all I have less than $500 invested and can do 1-5/8 .120 wall mild steel without issue. Very cheap but very adequate quality and uses the same dies as Woodward Fab etc. | |||
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I used a Pro Tools 105 manual bender for years before upgrading to a Baileigh 250 machine. | |||
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