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What style tube bender? #1220476
04/22/12 01:53 PM
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Which style tubing bender do you guys recommend for roll cage / chassis? Vertical or horizontal? I like how easy it looks to measure angle of bend using a digital angle gauge on the vertical style benders. Considering the JD2 model 32 and building my own hydraulic system for it.

I plan on bending a cage for my car, and little jobs for others. I can retire in 7 years and hope I can do this with other hot rod building as my retirement job.

Thanks

Re: What style tube bender? [Re: The Duster] #1220477
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This is the one I've been using for about 15 years...
its a Pro Tools (use to be model 104) but now its a
model 105B

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Re: What style tube bender? [Re: The Duster] #1220478
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The Hossfeld #2 bender has also been a favorite of chassis builders for years. It is similar to the one shown by Mr. Peabody. The conduit style benders will not give you the short radius bends that you need to properly buld a roll cage. I believe the Hossfelds are built in Minnesota. My brother and I built our own bender framework years ago and bought the Hossfeld dies.

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Re: What style tube bender? [Re: reknapp52] #1220479
04/23/12 09:41 PM
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After the bender, notcher, and welder, what other tools do you guys use most for chassis / roll cage fab?

Thanks

Re: What style tube bender? [Re: The Duster] #1220480
04/23/12 09:56 PM
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Quote:

After the bender, notcher, and welder, what other tools do you guys use most for chassis / roll cage fab?

Thanks




A couple more things you will need... a tubing inclinometer
for setting up the rotational degees, a oscillating
drum sander to fine tune the notches, a belt sander...
thats about it


Re: What style tube bender? [Re: The Duster] #1220481
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You'll need a decent band saw, and a machinist's protractor comes in handy. We have never used a tubing notcher, we make our cuts with a hole saw on a vertical mill. Used a drill press in the early days, but it's slow going, and we broke lots of teeth off the hole saws.

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Re: What style tube bender? [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1220482
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What's a "tubing inclinometer" look like? My google search only turned up sensors and such.

Re: What style tube bender? [Re: Scott58] #1220483
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I have a jd32 electric over hydro. Damn nice piece.

Re: What style tube bender? [Re: Scott58] #1220484
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Quote:

What's a "tubing inclinometer" look like? My google search only turned up sensors and such.




I go take a pic... but it slides over the tube then
you tighten down the thumb screw so you can pul the
tube out and turn the tube around and still be on the
same plan... or if you want 2 legs the same angle
like on the main hoop

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Re: What style tube bender? [Re: The Duster] #1220485
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in my opinion, this would be the best setup...I love fliptops...they're accurate and easy to use...I used a Greenlee setup for pipe in all different configurations for well over 40 years as an Electrician...I can't afford this one, but its the way to go

http://www.pro-tools.com/product.aspx?zpid=342

but, this is what I have and is a good setup..uses an air over hydraulic ram from Harbor Freight for $90 and the conversion for $110...I think the bender is a JD3 with a 1 5/8" shoe or die as they call it...I may have paid close to $600 for it...I dont remember cause it was about 12 years ago..



it too is a good bender but why I like the fliptops is because its easier to pull the pipe out and they are one shot benders...

Re: What style tube bender? [Re: smokinwoody] #1220486
04/25/12 12:22 AM
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I was looking at Jerry Bickel's chassis school class on his website, and that appears to be the one they are using. More than I want to spend though.

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in my opinion, this would be the best setup...I love fliptops...they're accurate and easy to use...I used a Greenlee setup for pipe in all different configurations for well over 40 years as an Electrician...I can't afford this one, but its the way to go

http://www.pro-tools.com/product.aspx?zpid=342


it too is a good bender but why I like the fliptops is because its easier to pull the pipe out and they are one shot benders...



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Re: What style tube bender? [Re: The Duster] #1220487
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anyone ever seen anything like this in person?

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