Tubing Benders

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For those who have done their own cages, what type of tubing bender did you use and why? Where did you get it and how much was it?

Thanks
 
There is a unit called the JD2 if you search you can find it.. Its about $300 + dies.. I was going to do it but its cheaper to buy a built cage/have someone else do it..
 
The JD2 seems like a good bender. If I hadn't come across a pretty good deal on my Hossfeld, that's probably what I would have gone for at first.


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Scott Rhea
It's not what you build...
it's how you build it

Izzy's Custom Cages
 
A Greenlee "One shot" with air-over hydraulic pump.

The best in a portable unit.

(Free because I borrow it when needed)

Cheers.
 
Does anyone in the Tucson Phoenix area have a tubing bender they would be willing to let me borrow or rent fro a 6pack or case of beer?

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#85 ITC VW Rabbit being converted to LPHP
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Hey gang - just wondering if anyone has come across a good deal on a bender that will handle 1-3/4" dom tubing since this thread was posted. I'll need to add extra door bars this year to get up to '07 specs, and if I go with the NASCAR bars I'm looking at between $200 - $300 to get my local shop to do just the bending. I figured if I could find a bender for not much more I might just start rolling my own. The JD2 unit looks great, but at $600+ for the bender and one set of shoes it's just a little more than I want to spend right now.

Thanks.
 
One of those three ought to be good enough for the weekend/shadetree cage bender to mangle some expensive tubing into bits for the recycle bin. [/b]
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Hmm, maybe I should have been more specific - how about "has come across a good deal on a bender that will handle 1-3/4" dom tubing without mangling the shit out of it".

Better?
 
JD2 bender, I have owned it for 8 years and have done a lot of cage work with it. I have the air over hydraulic setup and several sets of shoes. I does dom tubing with no issues.. The JD unit is also one of the few benders that will do 180 degree bends in one shot.
 
For the price I am almost tempted to go get the cheaper one to play with, I mean try out and see if I can do any usable work with it.
 
Beware of those Harbor Freight items, as they are Pipe Benders...not tubing Benders.
Using those will kink/deform your roll-cage tubing! Just food for thought!
Good luck.
 
For the price I am almost tempted to go get the cheaper one to play with, I mean try out and see if I can do any usable work with it.
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Don't touch anything that does not have a "follow bar" or shoe to keep the tube from crimping. The cheap benders won't work.
 
Thanks guys - and yes, I already knew to stay away from the HF crap. I was just wondering if there was anything else along the lines of the JD2 that was maybe a little less expensive - guess not. Now I know what the next new toy is gonna be :D . Oh, and thanks Jerry - for reminding me why I do pretty much all the work on my own car.
 
Don't touch anything that does not have a "follow bar" or shoe to keep the tube from crimping. The cheap benders won't work.
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It wouldn't be a total waste. I could still use it on some of the bigger conduits. Should let me mangle them a little better than the hand bender.

Besides, according to one of my south of the border technical consultant experts, all one has to do is fill the tube with sand befor one starts to bend it and you will get perfect bends with no crimping or crushing of the tube.
 
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