Hey I need some advice on tubing benders. I know almost exactly nothing about them and don't have a ton of cash. What I have is a 25 ton hydraulic press. Does anyone make a set of dies that can be used in a standard press? If not have any of you modified a set to do this? I need to get tools rounded up before winter so that I can get my cage built while work is slow. Thanks for any help!

How much tube do you plan on bending? Do you need your own bender? I priced a new bender this week and the dies ranged from $600 to $900, that is of course for a high end machine.

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I just need to bend a cage for my truck and maybe some bumpers. Crap like that. I don't have $1000 bux to spend on this and couldn't justify spending it if I did. Anyway, you think manual bending would be cheaper and easier? How bout that Harbor freight crap? Anybody used these? They are pretty cheap if they would work even for 1 job I would be happy. Anyway thanks for the help!

Go to www.ilbuildit.com (http://www.ilbuildit.com) they have cages for really cheap. <IMG SRC="smilies/usa.gif" border="0">

I used the JD2 model 3 tubing bender. its about 500 for the bender and a die. check them out at JD2.com

If you do a search on tube benders you will find out a lot of info on this subject. I my self am getting the jd2 model three.