Tube bender?
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Staging Lane
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Tube bender? I'm looking for a lower end (non mandrel) tubing bender that will bend some .090 1-3/4" for roll bars, but I'd need the dies for 1" as well. Most of these come with conduit dies which are ID measured and have oddball sizes. I thought about just getting one of those cheap and having a shop make me some dies as needed.
6 & 8 Second Club
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From: Illinois, RT 66 dragway area
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I thought mandrel bends were required for roll bars. You are not allowed to have the thin spots. Just to be safe, call the division office before you waste money. Good luck.
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I thought mandrel bends were required for roll bars. You are not allowed to have the thin spots. Just to be safe, call the division office before you waste money. Good luck.
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The bends these machines produce are high quality. Even a true mandrel bender is going to stretch and compress the metal while bending it. Think about it 
it's gotta or the tube will break. Anyway, I've purchased roll cages from the "pros" and bent my own. For the most part, you can't tell the difference in the bends.
it's gotta or the tube will break. Anyway, I've purchased roll cages from the "pros" and bent my own. For the most part, you can't tell the difference in the bends. Trending Topics
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if you are creative look at the pirate bulletin board forums. there is a thread that shows you how to build your own hydro bender for about 200 bucks. its what i will be doing when i get around to it.
he's talking about www.pirate4x4.com .. great resource! If you don't give a flying frisbie about "hard core rockcrawling" then just go there to check out the "Shop Tools" forum.
