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The Official Tube Bending Thread

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Baileigh Inc

New Member
Location
Manitowoc, WI
Hey guys,

It's Shane from Baileigh Industrial here in Wisconsin. As you know, we deal with the Off Road crowd on a daily basis and would love to get a little more involved on the board and help out in our area of expertise.

We have a whole team of metal fabrication experts here and we specialize in tube bending and odd applications.

So, I will start this tube bending thread. If you have any questions about roll cages, bending tube or pipe, application issues, what wall thickness will work or not, wall thickness vs. center line Radius or what material will bend. Pretty much anything related to tube bending......ask away.
 
Silly Willy

Silly Willy

Well-Known Member
Location
American Fork Ut
Baileigh Inc said:
I'm not here to talk trash about other manufactureres......just make sure you do your homework before you buy one. It is a common "sore spot" with people who have bought one. I'm sure other people will chime in on the bender from Harbor Freight.
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That is a very respectable answer. What would you recmmend as a first time low cost Bender, even if its not one you would personally use?
 
Bullet

Bullet

Registered User
Location
West Jordan, Utah
We have the Harbor freight bender where I work. I bought it to make some schedule 40 pick up tubes for a hydraulic reservoir I was building. It worked fine for that application but it puts a small kink on both sides of the bend. It’s a little awkward to use. I have seen some cool stuff made with them though.
 
Tacoma

Tacoma

Et incurventur ante non
Location
far enough away
Bullet said:
We have the Harbor freight bender where I work. I bought it to make some schedule 40 pick up tubes for a hydraulic reservoir I was building. It worked fine for that application but it puts a small collapse generator on both sides of the bend. It’s a little awkward to use. I have seen some cool stuff made with them though.
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hehhe

Baileigh's stuff is awesome. Nice to see you here.
 
SUPERFLY

SUPERFLY

CaptainRob
Location
sugar house
I have an e-z bend 90, I really like it, but I'm always open to check out a new bender for the shop, any pics? This thread is a cool idea. How bout pics of tricky bends people have pulled off? What about methods of calculating bends?
 
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Baileigh Inc

New Member
Location
Manitowoc, WI
SUPERFLY said:
I have an e-z bend 90, I really like it, but I'm always open to check out a new bender for the shop, any pics? This thread is a cool idea. How bout pics of tricky bends people have pulled off? What about methods of calculating bends?
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Bend Tech Pro is a program that will help you calculate your bends and your intire project.

BendSoftware.bmp
 
Bear T

Bear T

Tacoma free since '93
Location
Boulder, mt
What about a program that will help figure out bends for us weekend warriors that don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on a program we might only use a handful of times?
 
Caleb

Caleb

Well-Known Member
Location
Riverton
CrawlinBear said:
What about a program that will help figure out bends for us weekend warriors that don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on a program we might only use a handful of times?
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Bend Tech EZ is only $69 and Bend Tech EZ 3D is only $149. I think those are going to be the best bet for the money to help you with your bends. You can always use something like google sketchup to mock something up but it won't help you with your bends at all.
 
Bear T

Bear T

Tacoma free since '93
Location
Boulder, mt
Oh, I didn't realize that EZ was that cheap, that is reasonable. I tried using google sketchup and it wasn't that user friendly.
 
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