lowest cost for a tubing bender

[huffhinesce]

I have been searching for a low cost tubing bender or die's so that I could make my own and finally found something with real promise. The plan is to make my own roll cage for my Nova and various other projects. Just wondering if anyone has ordered one of these and if so are they worth it. The price is $345 and that includes the die. Once you go to the link just type in tube bender in the search bar and bam, dirt cheap tube benders. Here is the link.

http://www.tjdieselperformance.com/servlet/StoreFront

[beep4beep]

we have a bender like this one also speedway motors sell one like this. You will like it. Randy

[edog1]

I bought on of these http://www.pro-tools.com/105.htm

Not my build but I did the same thing

http://www.4x4blog.com/tube-bender-s...ver-hydraulic/

[flynbrian]

You can learn how to "Sand Bend".....You cap a pipe on both ends filled with dry clean sand, Using a torch to heat the pipe in the area of the bend then by hand bend the pipe over fixtures like barrels or stumps & tree's etc...
Using for fixture to get your shape...Then un-cap it and drain the sand out. Perfect non-kinked mandrel bends for cheap.

How do you think they did it in the old days?

I have been learning to do things the old-old fashioned way....Its really rewarding and you own more tools now than you'd ever believe!
I have a old round log that I use to shape metal patches like a anvil and it works great!

I also have this cast iron table that used to be a gang drill press, I use it for shaping and straightening metal also.

I learned by observing old geezers shops....look at some of the "Tools" they have laying around...Those old guys are Genius's Simple and cheap.

Do a search on "Sand Bending" I think there is even video's of it....

[Otto-813]

I bought the JD2 Model3 for 300 bucks from tricktools.com and just made my own cheeter bar and stand.

[John McIntire]

the tube bender from www.probender.com looks pretty good, it's a little more $, but looks fairly simple to use!

[BAILEIGH INC]

Just a quick google search will provide plenty of benders. I know the speedway bender has been pretty popular.

[Riderz Cycle]

Take a look at www.pro-tools.com they have some nice products and good peoplr to work with

[Bryce]

speedway bender seams like the best deal out there. and cheap shipping. I am contemplating buying that bender and building my own roll cages. I would pay for itself at two 6pt cages

[BAILEIGH INC]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe7xkG70zsc

Food for thought

[Finch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe7xkG70zsc

Food for thought

Hey Shane didn't realize you were on this forum.....


I have one of these coming my way so will provide some feedback,

[BAILEIGH INC]

Hey Shane didn't realize you were on this forum.....


I have one of these coming my way so will provide some feedback,

Cool! Post up some pics of your projects made with your new bender!

Shane

[80proZ]

How about a price Shane?

[BAILEIGH INC]

How about a price Shane?

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in our RDB-50 tube bender. Here is your quote and a link to the machine specs. We are offering a 10% discount on the bender and all die sets for all orders before June 1st. Please read over the specs of the machine, watch the video and you will quickly see why this bender is better than any manual bender on the market. We have a ton of dies available for this bender. They are available in 90 and 180 degrees. Here are some common die prices. Call me if you have any questions.

RDB-050 $805.50
1" x 3" CLR $114.30
1 1/4" x 4" CLR $154.80
1 1/2" x 5" CLR $202.50
1 3/4" x 6" CLR $243
2" x 6" CLR $250.20
2 1/2" x 7" CLR 443.70

http://www.bii1.com/benders/manual-rotary-draw-bender-050.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe7xkG70zsc

http://www.bii1.com/images/rotarty-draw-benders/rdb-050-large.jpg

http://www.bii1.com/images/rotarty-draw-benders/DSCF1839-large.jpg

http://www.bii1.com/images/rotarty-draw-benders/DSCF1836-large.jpg

http://www.bii1.com/images/rotarty-draw-benders/DSCF1832-large.jpg

If you have any questions, need technical assistance, or would like to place an order please reply to this message or give me a call.

Best regards,

Shane Henderson - Sales Executive

Baileigh Industrial, Inc
Phone: 920-482-3220
Fax: 920-684-3944
E-mail: [email protected]
Websites: www.bii1.com | www.bifab.us
Catalog: www.bii1.com/pdfindex.htm

[brrymnvette]

That RDB-50 is an awesome piece, but it's pricey. I'd love to have one. I want to build my own cage too.

[BAILEIGH INC]

That RDB-50 is an awesome piece, but it's pricey. I'd love to have one. I want to build my own cage too.

If you are looking for the cheapest bender on the market, this is not it. It is a high end piece of equipment.

The RDB-050 is for the guy who appreciates nice tools and has nice things. The guy who has a toolbox full of Snap On tools, rather than the guy who has a tool box full of Harbor Freight stuff.

We do have some pretty impressive options to purchase one though. You can pay it off in 12 payment interest free. 12 payment of around $100 and it's yours.

[brrymnvette]

Oh, I'm that guy. Ha. When people ask me what gift cards for tools I want I just tell them to give my dad the money so he can get me the tools from the shop. I'll prob get one of these when it comes time for my cage.

[rixtrix1]

Run a youtube search for Dopes Customs. Shows how to use a $50 Harbor Freight PIPE bender to bend a sand filled tube without heat, or kinking. Use several layers of duct tape to seal one end of tube, fill tube with water and the proceed to fill with wet sand. Sand displaces water as tube is filled. Tap on tube with air, or manual, hammer while filling to settle sand and eliminate air bubbles. When full, put several layers of duct tape over open end and put into pipe bender after grinding "die" to more closely match OD of tubing and go to it. Believe he said to allow about 3 degrees of overbend for springback. This will bend tube from the center of the bend, so this will have to be calculated first, unlike real tubing benders that start at the beginning of the bend. Very cheap, but seems to work.

[BAILEIGH INC]

Run a youtube search for Dopes Customs. Shows how to use a $50 Harbor Freight PIPE bender to bend a sand filled tube without heat, or kinking. Use several layers of duct tape to seal one end of tube, fill tube with water and the proceed to fill with wet sand. Sand displaces water as tube is filled. Tap on tube with air, or manual, hammer while filling to settle sand and eliminate air bubbles. When full, put several layers of duct tape over open end and put into pipe bender after grinding "die" to more closely match OD of tubing and go to it. Believe he said to allow about 3 degrees of overbend for springback. This will bend tube from the center of the bend, so this will have to be calculated first, unlike real tubing benders that start at the beginning of the bend. Very cheap, but seems to work.

The Harbor freight bender is for pipe, not tube. I would NOT want a cage made from schedule 40 pipe.

[Jim Nilsen]

If a guy was to want to do the sand filled route he could rent a hydraulic tubing bender for conduit and improvise a bit on the od size with tape or anything to wrap over the pipe that can be bent and still removed.

I almost built my own setup to do my cage and then realized that for as much as I would use it and the cost of the tubing it was just easier and cheaper to have Alston make me the tubes with extra length to be able to custom fit everything. In the end it really didn't cost me anymore than what I could buy the tubing for. the guys who build cages get their tubing in bulk and save enough to make thier profit and still give you a good deal.

It's hard to beat someone for price and quality of bent tubes when it is their business. I am very glad I backed out of the whole large tubing bending ideology.