tube benders?

[NuCKinG FuTS]

any advice on a bender for building cages? not too sure about the hydraulic ones from harbor freight ive heard it put kinks in the tube. what do you guys that have shops use?

 

[Rusted]

I use this

http://www.pro-tools.com/105.htm

It is tough enough with good tools, plus this is your saftey equipment you are building. It is worth doing right.

 

[Metal Twister]

http://www.mittlerbros.com 180 degree bender is what I have. Ive bent 70 plus 4130 frames on it without a problem. I'd buy another one in a heart beat.

 

[chadschoon]

also use what rusted said (we bought them at the same time ) and I love it

 

[Chevycrew]

the ones at harbor freight, are not tube benders.

They are pipe benders, with pipe dies. I used one for my bumper, but I would not use it for stuff my life depends on.

 

[Ohms]

Harbor Frieght=KINKER

Ercolina, Pro Tools, JD2....anything but a #@&$*#(!@ Harbor Frieght. If you need some help with bending-Lemme know. I have some new tooling for our Ercolina Mega ***** I'm itching to try out

 

[bobmed]

I also have the Protools bender and as soon as the
@%*$+! snow melts and I have a dry place in the driveway I'm going to use it

 

[UNSTUCK]

We use this one, http://www.pro-tools.com/302.htm or one just like it. I'm not sure of our model number right off hand. We are getting ready to sale this one and upgrade. It's a great bender and will do very well for you. It will include all the hydraulics, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, and 2 inch dies. Not sure on price yet. Maybe $1500 for it all, but don't quote me on that yet.

 

[smashmetal]

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