Trying to find someone in phoenix that would be willing to let me use thier bender. Ive got the wrong kind and ive wasted lots of tube

Not in Phoenix but if your using the hydrolic type and its kinking
try heating the tube evenly and it will bend without kinking?? just my o2:D

Chris where are you buying your tubing at in phoenix ? I was down a week ago and bought some at southwest steel up on deer valley and 22nd ave price seemed good compared to what I 'm paying here in southwest colorado. 1 3/4 .120 was $1.12 a foot in phoenix and here its $2.00 for .095. The savings more then payed for my fuel.
Rick D :D

Try over on the Toy side, there is cult from AZ and I think most of them drive Toys.:)

what type of bender? i use a hydrolic muffer bender and turn up the pressure on the hydrolics and it bends nice. it is not as clean as the jd2 but 100x faster. it makes the inside a smaller diamiter on the radius. it doesn't weaken it but the jd2 looks more like a mandril bend. u might have odd sized pipe like 1 7/8. i got a stack of this and screwed up the first stick and broke my bender. then i mesured and was a little mad at the tube company. abc tube in sacramento. don't buy from them. if u bought the harbor freight bender it won't work. it is made 4 solid stock

Originally posted by Chris Jean
Trying to find someone in phoenix that would be willing to let me use thier bender. Ive got the wrong kind and ive wasted lots of tube


If it is kinking you can try to pack the tube with sand, that should help.