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| Author: | hpfreak [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | affordable bender |
ordered a bender from afordable benders today. anything i should expect? any issues with this bender? got 1 1/2" on 7" radius and 1" on 5" radius dies. should be able to put me some tree bars and a bumper together now. |
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| Author: | Red Barron [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: affordable bender |
If you have never used a bender before take some scrap tubing and make a 90, 45, and 23 1/2 bends marking where the shoe starts then you will know how much the tube stretches/ grows it will save you wasting tubing. Also this may sound stupid but if you don't know which I didn't the mig weld ears have a material thickness chart to give you settings. |
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| Author: | hpfreak [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: affordable bender |
ive bent tubing before but with a tottaly diferent bender and its been a while. any sugestions on a low buck notcher? |
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| Author: | Red Barron [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: affordable bender |
The harbor freight ones work well with a few minor mods like adding a nut before you attach the hole saw. I have a protocol notcher in Florida. The practice bend will hep you learn the new bender as they all bend a little different. Just a trick I learned from an old guy. Just passing it on 
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| Author: | giveitagallon [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: affordable bender |
I bought a notcher from fastanal for over $125 it's the same dam thing as harbor freight for $ 25  Mine does not center on the tubing well at all . Hope this helps Can u put air over hydrolic on the affordable bender ? |
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| Author: | hpfreak [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: affordable bender |
giveitagallon wrote: I bought a notcher from fastanal for over $125 it's the same dam thing as harbor freight for $ 25 Mine does not center on the tubing well at all . Hope this helps Can u put air over hydrolic on the affordable bender ? I thought about the harbor frieght notcher that way if it breaks i can buy another one and still be ahead  im sure you could do air over hydrailic on this bender because its basically just a bottle jack like a press. i found this for fixing your centering problem. |
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