Searched posts and only came up with those two manufactors of tube benders. Any others?

There are others...


www.tubeshark.com is one, Check for a cheapo version on eBay too (do a search there)...

Tubeshark seems to be a little more for the commerical side. Looking for other companies that offer a home affordable version. Probably just Pro Tools and JD2 makes those?

Originally posted by attachcurrie
Tubeshark seems to be a little more for the commerical side. Looking for other companies that offer a home affordable version. Probably just Pro Tools and JD2 makes those?

Did you search eBay?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1718920223

I found a Radius tube bender on Ebay a couple of weeks back, looked just like a JD2, out of Cananda

well I was just up at Shaffer's Offroad the other day, and they had just finished putting together their new JD model 4. Sweet looking unit.

However when they put in a piece of tubing, and bent it, an oring blew out in the hydraulics, and shot fluid everywhere! :eek: took it apart, and it looked like the oring got crushed during assembly. A new oring and it was good to go.

Originally posted by DRM


Did you search eBay?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1718920223

this bender is very similiar to the one offered from speedway race shop (mail order) in Nebraske..try www.speedwaymotors.com and when the part search function comes up type in 910-84100.Hope this helps.:D

Speedway bender looks good and it comes with hydraulics already setup. Anyone use this or see any problems with it? Going to building my cage, fenders, sliders, etc. for my Jeep.

Thanks!

Originally posted by attachcurrie
Speedway bender looks good and it comes with hydraulics already setup. Anyone use this or see any problems with it? Going to building my cage, fenders, sliders, etc. for my Jeep.

Thanks!

For one thing - unless I read something wrong the bender says it is sold without die sets - so add the bender to the die set and it costs MORE than the JD2.

And maybe you like that stuff - but do you have any clue how many up-down stroked you would have to have on the bottle jack to bend tube? Looks 20 times worse than a cheater bar on the JD2 fo-sho.

Besides, if you don't mind working a bottle jack, buy a JD2 and use the bottle jack from an engine hoist to operate it. Assuming you have an engine hoist - you get your "manual hydro" and a cheaper bender than the Speedway one.

http://www.martelbros.com/cgi-bin/store/ws400CS.cgi?cart_id=&page=hotrods/hotrods.html&store=HZA&category=hotrods/20.htm

http://www.lowbucktools.com/hydbender.html

these guys both have benders
I'de bve interested in anyone's review of this style bender

I see no reason why a person could not buy their $225 die set and build their own bender like theirs...

http://www.lowbucktools.com/hydbndr.gif


The only concern I would see is bending without a follower like most of the big name benders use... May be more prone to kinking the tube or deforming it...

Check William's Lowbuck tools, they sell several types. I have a Hossfield, but it is more geared for a fab shop.

Originally posted by DRM


For one thing - unless I read something wrong the bender says it is sold without die sets - so add the bender to the die set and it costs MORE than the JD2..

david,
actually the one offered by speedway comes with one die according to a sales person i spoke to .....just fyi:D

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mittlerbros.com

www.mtechsupply.com they have a unit similar to the jd2

Originally posted by yjtj
www.mtechsupply.com they have a unit similar to the jd2
That is a JD2 unit they sell.You order from them, and they order from JD2 and have it shipped to you.

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