On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Patrick Joyce <12no
...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The first two look good, the last one is for pipe, not tubing. Tubing
> is measured by outer diameter, pipe is measured by the inner diameter.
> The dies wouldn't be the right size for tubing, which is what you need
> to make roll cages out of.
> I have a few metal bending tools I plan on loaning to the space once I
> can get into my storage area. I have a ring roller, bead roller and a
> air/hydraulic powered tube bender with a 1-1/2" die. I built the tube
> bender, it has a 20 ton air-hydraulic ram on it so it will bend up to
> 2" tubing 3/16" thick with the right die.
> On May 2, 12:02 pm, Aaron VerDow <armoredc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm looking into some metal benders for the space and would like to know
> > what people think we could use more. There are several different kinds
> and
> > they all have a little overlap. I would like to get some good metal
> > benders so we can start making structures out of steel tubing (carts,
> power
> > wheel chassis, etc).
> > This is the one I'm thinking of getting first:
> http://www.harborfreight.com/tubing-roller-99736.htmlhttp://www.harbo...
> > According to the reviews it can handle up to 1.5" diameter tubing pretty
> > well. This style bender can do any size arc so it will be pretty
> flexible.
> > A different style bender that can do smaller things (around 1/2"
> diameter)
> > pretty quickly. This is easier to use than the one above but is more
> > limited in the size material it can bend and the arcs it can create.
> http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_7826_7826
> > This is for heavier stuff, but is more limited on the arcs it can create.
> > This would be more for creating roll cages or something like that.
> http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200365076_200365076
> > I'm leaning towards fapping for the first two and then if we have a need
> > for something heavier go for the hydraulic bender later.
