does anyone have plans or know of plans for a tubing bender......like in race car fabrication...tia
tubing bender
May 25, 2004
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Vince Gingery wrote a booklet on this exact subject for about $9.00.
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Tim
Tubing and pipe are very different. Thin wall tube needs a draw bender. Draw benders are very cheap to buy. The simplest one is $260.
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Unfortunately you need a different die set for each diameter of tube and each radius of bend. At $115 - $265 per die set the money stacks up.
To bend pipe just buy a cheap taiwanese import hydraulic pipe bender. They work fine.
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If you need tight bends in tube, you can just buy them, and weld them into your frame.
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