06-14-2012, 11:27 PM | #1 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: missoula
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| Rod bender
Where can i get a good rod bender prob 3/16 to 5/16?
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06-15-2012, 06:11 AM | #2 |
Come and take them!® Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Rolling Hill's of Maryland™
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| Re: Rod bender
This works well. Versatile. Inexpensive.
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06-15-2012, 07:06 AM | #3 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: De Leon
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| Re: Rod bender
Make one. There are various threads here on homemade tube benders, which will work the same with rod that small.
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06-15-2012, 08:13 AM | #4 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: missoula
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| Re: Rod bender
Hunter can you do 1/4 inch on that?
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06-15-2012, 10:49 AM | #5 |
Come and take them!® Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Rolling Hill's of Maryland™
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| Re: Rod bender This is 2 tools here. The hex nut is for bending wire (yellow card). I have bent links and other items with the coil winder (white box). So yes, it can be used on 1/4" stock. Last edited by Hunter711; 06-15-2012 at 10:53 AM. |
06-15-2012, 12:49 PM | #6 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wayne county. PA
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| Re: Rod bender
bending solid rod is way easier then tube where you don't need a mandrel type dia to keep tube from spreading outwards in a tight bend like tube....i have my bender i made so i can just remove the main bolt i bend tube around, then replace it with different sizes of 1/4" thick steel stock in different diameters for the radius i need in solid rod ........bob .... |
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