Tube does not fit in pipe dies. You may very well kink that tube with the HF bender. I seem to remember somebody posting some tricks that they used in order to use those dies, however, I don't remember, who or where.
EDIT: I want to say that they were putting some 16ga sheet metal over the tube or in the die to take up the gap, but I may be wrong.
I sleeved my die and it works much better but still doesn't match my JD2.
You should've bought pipe sized HREW..... now your in a pickle.
The pipe vs. tube debate will never end..... :shaking: :shaking:
The reason people want you to avoid "pipe" is because they don't want you using WATER pipe or anything galvanized etc.....
I've got plenty of HREW pipe, (read EXACTLY the same as tube besides dimensions) I just choose to use tube DOM now that I've experienced both.... You can crush HREW just clamping it before bending it......
You can get black pipe realatively cheap at Home Depot or any plumbing store. I don't think it is galvanized either.
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