cruiserbrett
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I was looking through some thread in the swamped 40 tech section and noticed one club has a club use tubing bender. Anyone interested??? Build your own cages? bumpers etc?
A manual JD2 bender is pretty reasonable, dies arent cheap, but we should be able to spread the cost.
ISSUES:
need a place to mount it if you borrow it. going to require a solid anchor into concrete to work. Probably a 6"x6" on center 1/2" anchor bolts.
Dies are consumable. Particularly if someone is not familiar with grease/lube. This can destroy a die in one bend. scratched tube is worthless. So there needs to be a library card like checkout, with an outbound and inbound inspection and an agreement to replace damaged parts.
Its going to be manual(not hydraulic), so if you weigh 95lbs after a trip to pizza port, this may not be a wise choice. It takes some effort, or alot of swing room to work the manual benders for a whole day.
I am happy to give lessons on using it, as I had plenty of practice using a bender building the race truck. Takes to getting used to and you WILL waste some tube.
thoughts?
FYI: I am willing to buy the bender if others are interested in getting a good range of dies...
Common Die sizes:
2"
1.75"
1.5"
1.25"
1"
If you want to price out dies, the only ones to get are 180 degree. there will be a few times here and there to use one more than 90 and the extra cost will be well worth the money.
A manual JD2 bender is pretty reasonable, dies arent cheap, but we should be able to spread the cost.
ISSUES:
need a place to mount it if you borrow it. going to require a solid anchor into concrete to work. Probably a 6"x6" on center 1/2" anchor bolts.
Dies are consumable. Particularly if someone is not familiar with grease/lube. This can destroy a die in one bend. scratched tube is worthless. So there needs to be a library card like checkout, with an outbound and inbound inspection and an agreement to replace damaged parts.
Its going to be manual(not hydraulic), so if you weigh 95lbs after a trip to pizza port, this may not be a wise choice. It takes some effort, or alot of swing room to work the manual benders for a whole day.
I am happy to give lessons on using it, as I had plenty of practice using a bender building the race truck. Takes to getting used to and you WILL waste some tube.
thoughts?
FYI: I am willing to buy the bender if others are interested in getting a good range of dies...
Common Die sizes:
2"
1.75"
1.5"
1.25"
1"
If you want to price out dies, the only ones to get are 180 degree. there will be a few times here and there to use one more than 90 and the extra cost will be well worth the money.
