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skyjacker_rc_club · 03-31-2005, 02:51 PM

Im looking into getting a tubing bender for adding to my landcruisers rollcage and building a roll cage and bumper for samurai. Would i be better off paying some one to bend the pipe for me or can i get one for under $500 with a dye. Thought some one on here would know better then i would.

thanks
brian

SiameseDog · 03-31-2005, 03:37 PM

Just clamp the tube in a vise and start hitting it with a sledge hammer!

TwistedCreations · 03-31-2005, 03:53 PM

Last time i priced one, I could get a bender and die for right about $479 shipped.. I forget who it was I was talking to..but unless you want to go through a lot of tubing getting used to it, it may be cheaper to have someone else do it..just depends if your gonna use it more than this time

rckjeep · 03-31-2005, 06:42 PM

Brian I've got a model 3 JD2 bender and access to some dies. 3/4",1", 1.5", 1.75" & 2" I'm open for business. I've already done a cruiser too. And I also bent up tube for Wheels Blazer bumper. I guarentee I"ll be cheap than anyone else. Does your FJ40 run? Cuz I've got a welder as well.

skyjacker_rc_club · 03-31-2005, 10:23 PM

Im set on welders but short on a tube bender. Right now im just checking my options but thanks for offering.

The FJ runs like a champ

I picked up the zuki last friday and it had no exhaut, that little four banger can blow out your ears luckly it was only one exit down the freeway.

rckjeep · 03-31-2005, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skyjacker_rc_club

Im set on welders but short on a tube bender. Right now im just checking my options but thanks for offering.

The FJ runs like a champ

I picked up the zuki last friday and it had no exhaut, that little four banger can blow out your ears luckly it was only one exit down the freeway.

My point we can bend it up and weld it. The offer stands.

skyjacker_rc_club · 03-31-2005, 10:31 PM

kool

T-Man · 04-01-2005, 06:28 AM

I paid $850 for mine shipped to the door. But, I did the the ProTools HD, and I also got a 1.5" and 1.75" 240 degree dies, instead of the standard dies.

I would tell you to contact Mike Green 4x4 about them (he is on Pirate4X4 as well) but he is out of the country taking a hyatus or something like that.

I think you can get the standard ProTools bender and one die for under $500 though.

TwistedCreations · 04-01-2005, 06:33 AM

t-man, your right...... it was just your standard pro-tools and a 1.5" die..i wanted a 240* die,so that ran the price up some

Reflection · 04-01-2005, 08:48 AM

I've got the standard Pro Tools. I'm tickled to death with it. I know prices have probly come down since I bought mine but if you can get one with one 240* die for close to $500 you should jump on it. You'll be getting a quality tool for a good price. I've had mine for about 3 years and it's always worked flawlessly,other than stupid operator errors

03-31-2005, 02:51 PM	#1
skyjacker_rc_club Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 616	Tube Bender ????? Im looking into getting a tubing bender for adding to my landcruisers rollcage and building a roll cage and bumper for samurai. Would i be better off paying some one to bend the pipe for me or can i get one for under $500 with a dye. Thought some one on here would know better then i would. thanks brian

03-31-2005, 06:42 PM	#4
rckjeep I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: San Jose Posts: 5,207	Brian I've got a model 3 JD2 bender and access to some dies. 3/4",1", 1.5", 1.75" & 2" I'm open for business. I've already done a cruiser too. And I also bent up tube for Wheels Blazer bumper. I guarentee I"ll be cheap than anyone else. Does your FJ40 run? Cuz I've got a welder as well. Last edited by rckjeep; 03-31-2005 at 06:44 PM.

03-31-2005, 10:23 PM	#5
skyjacker_rc_club Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 616	Im set on welders but short on a tube bender. Right now im just checking my options but thanks for offering. The FJ runs like a champ I picked up the zuki last friday and it had no exhaut, that little four banger can blow out your ears luckly it was only one exit down the freeway. Last edited by skyjacker_rc_club; 03-31-2005 at 10:28 PM.

03-31-2005, 03:37 PM	#2
SiameseDog Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 167	Just clamp the tube in a vise and start hitting it with a sledge hammer!

03-31-2005, 03:53 PM	#3
TwistedCreations Colt Python/SR9c Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo! Posts: 8,626	Last time i priced one, I could get a bender and die for right about $479 shipped.. I forget who it was I was talking to..but unless you want to go through a lot of tubing getting used to it, it may be cheaper to have someone else do it..just depends if your gonna use it more than this time

03-31-2005, 10:31 PM	#7
skyjacker_rc_club Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 616	kool

04-01-2005, 06:28 AM	#8
T-Man Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: On my acre and a half of Gods Country. Prosper, TX Posts: 347	I paid $850 for mine shipped to the door. But, I did the the ProTools HD, and I also got a 1.5" and 1.75" 240 degree dies, instead of the standard dies. I would tell you to contact Mike Green 4x4 about them (he is on Pirate4X4 as well) but he is out of the country taking a hyatus or something like that. I think you can get the standard ProTools bender and one die for under $500 though.

04-01-2005, 06:33 AM	#9
TwistedCreations Colt Python/SR9c Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo! Posts: 8,626	t-man, your right...... it was just your standard pro-tools and a 1.5" die..i wanted a 240* die,so that ran the price up some

04-01-2005, 08:48 AM	#10
Reflection TEAM MODERATOR Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 10,855	I've got the standard Pro Tools. I'm tickled to death with it. I know prices have probly come down since I bought mine but if you can get one with one 240* die for close to $500 you should jump on it. You'll be getting a quality tool for a good price. I've had mine for about 3 years and it's always worked flawlessly,other than stupid operator errors

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