tube bender plans?

[monkers]

After going through the tube thread I am amazed by all of your work!! Does anyone have plans for a bender like the JD. Or Pro tools that a hack like me could build? All you guys do incredible work, thank you for sharing!!

 

[ibedayank]

After going through the tube thread I am amazed by all of your work!! Does anyone have plans for a bender like the JD. Or Pro tools that a hack like me could build? All you guys do incredible work, thank you for sharing!!

what machining are you capable of?

some parts for the benders are 3/4inch or thicker

and google is your friend..

http://www.gottrikes.com/Tube_Bender.htm

http://www.pro-tools.com/

that one really draws my interest

and it does not need to be bolted to the floor

 

[Blase]

I've used the Got Trikes palns and love my bender. There was a lot of easy machining involved in building it but since that's what I do it was not a problem for me.

 

[monkers]

The got trikes bender looks good, thanks guys

 

[ptschram]

"Rowing that boat" would kill me. Air over hydro or straight hydro is the only way to go.

I love my JD2 with H-F air over hydro.

 

[gauder the goof]

just a minute

 

[gauder the goof]

I hope this works.

 

[NASTYZEN]

How nice are the bends with this type of bender?What kind of tubing are you bending?
It sure looks like it could do better than those cheap ram style ones.
I like it.

 

[monkers]

Thanks Gauder, gonna print them out. Nastyzen, what bender are you refering to when you say "ram style"? I dont know anything about benders. I plan on bending DOM for my Jeep, but I want to be able to buy pipe dies (1 1/2") for doing a handrail if need be. So I have to make sure that whatever bender I choose will accept both tube and pipe dies.

 

[gauder the goof]

How nice are the bends with this type of bender?What kind of tubing are you bending?
It sure looks like it could do better than those cheap ram style ones.
I like it.

I use my JD2 bender for building cages, rocksliders etc. There seems to be no deformation of the tube. I wouldn't try bending thin exhaust tubing with it though.

Check out there home page: http://www.jd2.com/

 

[gauder the goof]

Thanks Gauder, gonna print them out. Nastyzen, what bender are you refering to when you say "ram style"? I dont know anything about benders. I plan on bending DOM for my Jeep, but I want to be able to buy pipe dies (1 1/2") for doing a handrail if need be. So I have to make sure that whatever bender I choose will accept both tube and pipe dies.

Yup, you can buy round tubing dies, pipe dies and square tubing dies for the jd2.

 

[NASTYZEN]

Thanks Gauder, gonna print them out. Nastyzen, what bender are you refering to when you say "ram style"? I dont know anything about benders. I plan on bending DOM for my Jeep, but I want to be able to buy pipe dies (1 1/2") for doing a handrail if need be. So I have to make sure that whatever bender I choose will accept both tube and pipe dies.

Many automotive outlets have the cheepo POWER FIST brand. I think King has them as well.
Basically, it's a frame that houses the hydraulic cylinder witch has a half round die on top of it and ether two rollers or shoes that fit in the top of this frame. There is a series of holes so you can move these top dies around for various rads.
I've seen them for under 200 bucks. They do the job but bend quality is not great, specially in lighter gauge.
The design of the one pictured in ibedayank's post looks closer to the mandrel type. Looks simple enough and seems to make nice bends.

 

[monkers]

Ok Nasty, I know what your talking about now. I have seen them, I am interested in the JD type

 

[ibedayank]

nasty yes it is a mandrel bender just more simplified and cheaper to build using the bottle jack uses the same dies as the other benders

 

[gauder the goof]

Not quite a mandrel bender, as it doesn't use mandrels. I'm sure it can be modded though and have considered doing this to bend header primaries.

 

[ibedayank]

it sure aint no pipebender like you buy from HF...lol

 

[metalhead212121]

After going through the tube thread I am amazed by all of your work!! Does anyone have plans for a bender like the JD. Or Pro tools that a hack like me could build? All you guys do incredible work, thank you for sharing!!

link??

 

[ibedayank]

link??

i posted some

 

[kyles974]

over on http://offroadfabnet.com/
there is alot of info on this subject

great guys

 

[monkers]

off road fab site has some neat stuff on there.....

 

[Nitsua552]

I hope this works.

Is there any other plans along with these? As there quite a few spots that do not have measurements.

 

[gauder the goof]

Is there any other plans along with these? As there quite a few spots that do not have measurements.

That's the only ones I have.

 

[JBurgess]

Is there any other plans along with these? As there quite a few spots that do not have measurements.

Which ones do you need? I might be able to supply the dimensions.

 

[Nitsua552]

Where are the holes(circled) on the plate? What is the distance for the question mark? Or am I missing something

 

[JBurgess]

Where are the holes(circled) on the plate? What is the distance for the question mark? Or am I missing something

I checked my dies and some have them and some do not. They are on 2, 2-1/2 or 3" bolt circle depending on the size of the dies. Some are 1/2" some are 1". I do not remember ever using them.

 

[Nitsua552]

Do you have any pictures of the bender assembled?
Sorry for all the questions, but this is my first bender.TIA

 

[JBurgess]

Do you have any pictures of the bender assembled?
Sorry for all the questions, but this is my first bender.TIA

Sorry for the mess in the background. Here's some pix.

Bender:

With Dies:

With tubing: