Tube bender

On 2005-11-20 16:47, v10sport wrote:
Looking for a decent manual tube bender capable of 2" tubing.
Any recommendations?

Looking at this one

http://vansantent.com/model_3_bender.htm

Seems good, but man the dies are $$$$
1 die cost as much as the tube bender

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That's the one I have. It does give you a hell of a workout but I like it and you can always upgrade to the hydro set up down the road when money permits. And you are right. the dies are big $$$. I just got the 1.5" 5.5 and the 1.75" 6.5 dies.

On 2005-11-20 16:47, v10sport wrote:
Looking for a decent manual tube bender capable of 2" tubing.
Any recommendations?

Looking at this one

http://vansantent.com/model_3_bender.htm

Seems good, but man the dies are $$$$
1 die cost as much as the tube bender

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could you do some .25 wall tube with this one or not. and the dies the 5.5" and 6.5" stands for how much ;ength a corner will add, or what does it mean.

Yeah, I have been looking at the JD2 modle 3 bender and the pro-tool 105. I think I am going to go for the JD2. Pro-tool wants about $300 for the bender +$118 just for a degree wheel+ $275 dies.

The JD2 is $295 and the dies run about $250 and it comes with a degree wheel. The only advantage I think the Prtools has is you can get the heavy duty model with 5/8" rather than 1/2" side plates. The standard Protools has 1/2" side plates just like the JD2.

5.5" or 6.5" CLR = Center Line Radius of the die, and indicates the tightest bend that die can bend, and yeah these will bend .250 wall tube with no problem.


From JD2.com "the Model 3 has successfully bent solid 1 1/2" diameter steel bars during testing"

I got my Pro 105HD from Keith at XtremeCrawlers.com, he has great package deals and gives a great wheeler discount. I got the bender, die, nothcer, and BendTech 3D software, for $1100. He had the best prices on just the bender/die combo..check his site out and send him a message. He beat his own online prices for me...