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01-11-2012, 06:24 PM | #81 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Exeter Ontario
Posts: 156
| Re: my tube bender...........
You sure.. Have you seen my scrap bin!!!! Couple of 3/8" plates stepping up in diameter to make the die. I may look into this and give it a try in 1:1 for 1-5/8 or 1-3/4 for kicks before dropping 300.00on a new die for my bender. |
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01-12-2012, 08:24 PM | #82 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: PATAGONIA, ALMOST AT THE END OF THE WORLD!!!
Posts: 230
| Re: my tube bender...........
I’d really like to see some pictures of your 1:1 bender project, I’m very interested in doing something similar as you are attempting, maybe you could just PM me just to not get out of the way of the thread, many thanks El Vasco |
01-23-2012, 12:51 PM | #83 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Citrus Heights, CA
Posts: 108
| Re: my tube bender...........
Very cool idea. Im trying to get everything together to make my own.
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01-28-2012, 01:13 AM | #84 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
Posts: 7,420
| Re: my tube bender...........
great sticky......
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02-03-2012, 07:50 PM | #85 | |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Gilbert, AZ
Posts: 1,634
| Re: my tube bender........... Quote:
Very simple, a piece of old pool fence and a piece of steel with a few holes and a 1/4" pin. Put the 9/16 hole over the head of the shoulder bolt and pull. In this case I went a bit past 180º Nice tight bend. It'll take some practice to make anything worth a $#it but at least I won't have to work so hard to waste steel. I'll pick up some tubing and give it a go soon. | |
02-06-2012, 11:05 AM | #86 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Farmington, NM
Posts: 1,026
| Re: my tube bender...........
Nice!
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03-29-2012, 05:43 PM | #87 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: chico
Posts: 293
| Re: my tube bender...........
thanks for the idea here's mine |
03-30-2012, 10:21 AM | #88 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: wny
Posts: 69
| Re: my tube bender...........
These look amazing, nice work guys!
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03-30-2012, 05:10 PM | #89 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wayne county. PA
Posts: 2,507
| Re: my tube bender...........
hey guys keep the pic's coming of your version's ........bob .... |
04-03-2012, 07:13 PM | #90 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kingston NH
Posts: 313
| Re: my tube bender...........
Hey bob what kind of tubing you guys using i tried it tonite with my last pc of 1/4 from mcmaster and it wasn't bad but it did flatten on the in side and a little kink were the stop is and brake line really flattened . awesome idea just trying to get it to work right thanks rob oh im using 3/8 bolt as a mandrel is it to tight
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04-04-2012, 10:05 AM | #91 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wayne county. PA
Posts: 2,507
| Re: my tube bender...........
if you have the ability to tighten the bolt and washer down on the tube, that will help it not to kink....that is what i do to get 1/4" to not kink, but i still get the flat on the inside of the bolt/coller....i use a 5/16" bolt with 3/8" brakeline for the coller....just gotta work with it and see what works best .........bob .... |
04-04-2012, 12:35 PM | #92 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kingston NH
Posts: 313
| Re: my tube bender...........
thanks bob yea the flat on the inside is what im getting to but it works great. what type of tubing are u using
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04-04-2012, 01:31 PM | #93 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: chico
Posts: 293
| Re: my tube bender...........
brake line works for me if I tighten the washer on to the line so it cant slide around the die. oh on a side not I was bending solid rod with my bender the other day and it was hard enough that it deformed the collar. now it resembles an actual die |
04-04-2012, 06:28 PM | #94 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wayne county. PA
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04-14-2012, 12:28 PM | #95 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2008 Location: Baltimore
Posts: 4,442
| Re: my tube bender...........
Here's my ghetto rod and tubing bender |
04-23-2012, 06:32 PM | #96 |
Newbie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: franklin
Posts: 22
| Re: my tube bender...........
thanks for the great idea !!
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05-12-2012, 09:38 PM | #97 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: .
Posts: 136
| Re: my tube bender...........
Thanks for posting this stuff guys. I can see where I was wrong now, The pictures are really helpful |
05-12-2012, 10:19 PM | #98 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: USA
Posts: 760
| Re: my tube bender...........
Insread of using a flat shim around the bolt,, try a smaller bolt with a round die with the 5/16 or 3/8 deep grove machined in it ,should get rid of the flat spot ....Robert,,KMS,,, |
06-03-2012, 09:25 PM | #99 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: olympia
Posts: 435
| Re: my tube bender...........
my version of the bob bender... welded 2 fender washers together, bought the size smaller than i needed and drilled it out so it fit the bolt tighter... did the same on the spacers... rounded the spacers on the corner of a grinding wheel... made the handle from an old brake pedal arm |
06-04-2012, 08:20 AM | #100 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wayne county. PA
Posts: 2,507
| Re: my tube bender...........
great going all my MacGyver brothers .........bob .... |
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