I have a job coming up, ill need to bend quite a bit of round tubing. Specifically 1-5/8" OD. But also have a few projects where it would be handy to be able to bend 1" square tube, up to 1.5" square.
Does anyone have any recommendations for tubing or pipe benders? I'd rather not cheap out on the Cheaper bottle jack style that Princess Auto (Canadian Harbor Freight) sells here. Looking some something more serious.
Id for sure like something with some kind of an angle stop that'll let me make multiple pieces the exact same angle. Id consider either manual or powered benders.
Any info or tips appreciated!
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Swag Off Road Hulk tube roller with the appropriate die
Edit; After reading again I realize you're looking for a bender, not a roller.
Edit; After reading again I realize you're looking for a bender, not a roller.
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I have a Hossfeld clone that I made about 10 years ago. I also have a Rogue Fab unit that someone bought for me as a gift to do some work for him (he didn't know I had the Hossfeld).
The Rogue is nice, expensive, and I have disappointed in the company. But it works well and repeatably. I have made myself other dies because they are way too pricey and take too long to ship them (they subcontract them out anyway).
I find the Hossfeld to be the most versatile for size, shape and "power options". There's a decent YT video where I guy made a multi-purpose one (ring roller, tube bender, etc) for himself that I think looks the Bee's Knees. But at the end of the day, the Hossfeld is the most commonly-copied type I have seen.
The Rogue is nice, expensive, and I have disappointed in the company. But it works well and repeatably. I have made myself other dies because they are way too pricey and take too long to ship them (they subcontract them out anyway).
I find the Hossfeld to be the most versatile for size, shape and "power options". There's a decent YT video where I guy made a multi-purpose one (ring roller, tube bender, etc) for himself that I think looks the Bee's Knees. But at the end of the day, the Hossfeld is the most commonly-copied type I have seen.
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Thats definitely a model I'm looking at. They've discontinued that model tho, pushing the model 32 instead.Camaro77 wrote:I own a JD squared model 3 it can do everything you want and need I have bent 1000's of tubes with it
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that looks exactly like my JD model 32. Cept its a whole lot cheaper.Oscar wrote:I have a Woodward Fab bender. It works. Dies are inexpensive.
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Yup, definitely cheaper. I got it for $200 because I had a Norther Tool Gift card from a prior purchase. Dies used to be cheaper, but they're not outrageous either.Olecoot wrote:that looks exactly like my JD model 32. Cept its a whole lot cheaper.Oscar wrote:I have a Woodward Fab bender. It works. Dies are inexpensive.