Tubing Or Pipe Bender

[turkeyassassin]

All right Fab guys need a little help I'm looking at starting to fab up some of my own stuff and I want to start with a roof rack already got me a Lincoln wire feed now I need a bender. Does any one have any recomendations on what kind of bender I could get for a good price? I'm not looking at any mass productionhell if Harbor Freight had one I would probably get it if it wasn't a piece. I seen a couple of different ones there but not sure which type would be appropiate. Any pics would be very helpful to me. Thanks in advance.

 

[xcm]

jd2, model 3. you want to bend TUBING, not pipe.

go look around, any offroading site will have 50 threads on this subject.

i started with a jd2 + 1.5" die, perfect for bumpers. if you want to start with a roofrack, grab a 1" or so die.

 

[mcantar18c]

X2 on the JD2 M3.
Harbor Freight does have a tube bender, but its a piece of chit and usually kinks the tube when you bend it.
And yes, you want tube not poop pipe.

 

[Doose-doe]

pipe splinters and breaks. Pro tools has some cheapies to. I think baleighs amnual bender is like 200ish

 

[_87_XJ_]

X3 on the JD2, works awsome! If you're gonna bend .250 wall might wanna look into the hydro conversion though, but for .120 wall and under piece of cake!

 

[_87_XJ_]

This one is kinda interesting, I dont have any experience with it, but the price is right!
http://www.race-dezert.com/cgi-bin/trader/atl.cgi?ct=9&md=second&id=2329

 

[rossmiller00]

This one is kinda interesting, I dont have any experience with it, but the price is right!
http://www.race-dezert.com/cgi-bin/trader/atl.cgi?ct=9&md=second&id=2329

I have a friend of mine who uses a bender like to build stock cars. Works pretty well but you can bend under 90 degrees. For the price it seems like a pretty good deal. There are other companies that make similar ones with different sized dies.