I am planning on building a full custom cage for my 1980 Bj40 Land cruiser.

I want to buy a bender similar to the jd2 or the pro-tools manual bender. Does anyone know a european source for that type of bender? All i can find over here are the very expensive hydraulic tube benders.

Thanks, Christof.

Originally posted by Diesel_Cruiser
All i can find over here are the very expensive hydraulic tube benders.

Thanks, Christof.

Make your own Hossfeld type bender.

http://www.cirnetwork.org/whirlwind/appena.htm

You can sometimes use pulleys or wheels that are designed to run on a tube track as dies for the bender. You could also use dies for the hydraulic benders too.

Man, that's an interesting link, though I hope I won't ever have to build myself a wheelchair. I think we'd have to oversize the whole setup for bending cage tubes. Still have to find dies though...
I will have to study such a project in details...

Denis

Originally posted by Pin Head


Make your own Hossfeld type bender.

http://www.cirnetwork.org/whirlwind/appena.htm

You can sometimes use pulleys or wheels that are designed to run on a tube track as dies for the bender. You could also use dies for the hydraulic benders too.

Hi Diesel Cruiser

Here in The Netherlands there are several companies where you can rent tubing benders and stuff.
Don't know if you got those in Belgium, but maybe it's worth the hassle to rent one in The Netherlands, if you're not to far from the border of course.

good luck

Mark Koppert

Anyone ever tried to fabricate/use this type of homemade tube bender?? How did it work out?


Mark, ik heb hier in België nagevraagd en ze verhuurden enkel plooiers voor kleinere diameters. Ik woon in Brugge, dus dat is niet zo ver van Nederland vandaan, misschien kan ik er toch eentje huren net over de grens.

Christof Matthys

Christof

Kijk even op http://www.bo-rent.com
Daar wordt een 2" hydrolische pijpenbuiger verhuurt.
Je kunt ook zien waar het dichtst bijzijnde filiaal is

Mark

And for the rest of you guys, i couldn't resist in answering the question in Dutch.

Kan ek speil ook? Omdat ek is 'n Suide Afrikaaner, ek praat 'n bietjie Afrikaans. Afrikaans is sommer soos julle taal.

Hope that is legible. Haven't spoken that language in a while.

Ross

Dat lijkt heel goed op nederlands!

Very close to Dutch, I understand everything you are saying.

Christof

no star yet.
I'll send another e-mail

g'day mate
i speak Oz
live in straya
and drink piss
grouse mate
cheers

(howdy friends
i speak english
i live in australia
and ?got beer?
siik brutha
cheers) ;)

rough translation!!