Tubing Bender Build

[tlmartin84]

Started out by drawing the plates up in CAD. Then had them LASER CUT:

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Cheap harbor freight ram, assembled:

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Got it on a stand with 4 casters, EASY TO STORE and MOVE!

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Plates, Pins, Casters, Nuts and Bolts, and Ram I have about $300.00 invested.

I have to order some dies, and paint it.

 

[gearheads78]

nice work on the bender

 

[LXCam]

Excellent job. Who's dies are you going to get?

 

[tlmartin84]

Jd-2

 

[StangSpace]

Excellent work! How did you figure out all the dimensions? I would like to try and make one myself. thanks for posting.

 

[brownbagg]

there a complete set of plans on the net for a bender that pretty nice, has every detail

 

[DougWil]

Curious what laser cutting that material cost?

Anytime I looked into it.... I sulked back to my bandsaw and drill press.

 

[tlmartin84]

I had 2 sets cut and shipped for $270.00

Shipping was over 50 bucks, those things were heavy.

 

[russellmn]

I built mine outta some salvage yard 1" plate I bought by the pound and some CAD drawings I found online. Uses ProTools dies. Had it a few years now and run thousands of feet of tube through it.