Looking for a good (low cost) tubing bender
 

I'm looking for a good (low cost I know thats a oxymoron:rolleyes: ) tubing bender for custom building as in roll bars, etc. I would like a hydraulic unit but I dont want to spend a fortune as its going to be used just for my own projects and stuff. I liked the one they had on Muscle Car on Spike TV this morning but missed the name of the company who made it and its not on their site.
Thanks,
Mike

You might try one of the hydraulic pipe benders from Harbor Freight. Around $100. They work fine if you take your time.

Agree with the harbor freight ones. You may need to use some type of extension on the lever for the thicker metals.

-Todd

The use a Tube Shark for some of the shows on Power Block...

Actualy I should have put down for 2500. or less really prefer 2000. or less I would like a hydraulic powered unit. Where I live the nearest shop excluding muffler shops are about 3 hours away, I want to build a roll bar for my car and I want use it and do it as a trial and error setup. I have it built in my brain but it will be rebuilt as needed. I also have some other projects for it.

this morning, lou on muscle car said he was using an 'urban & smith bender', or at least it sounded like that. i just happened to tape the episode and listened to it three times to be as sure as i could. I tried to find some info on it, but came up empty.

www.mittlerbros.com
end of story, best bender for the money out there, for around 1600 you get a 25 ton ram, air/hydraulic pump and one set of dies, which are billet and will not break like other cast dies
90degree hydraulic unit

I know Lou said it so fast all I caught was, & Smith. Than I looked all over Power Blocks web site and never caught anything on it either. The Tube Shark, sure looks like a nice unit and Bend, OR is fairly close "sorta".

It's Irvan Smith. They are big into supplying circle track shops. Here is the link.

http://www.irvansmith.com/

I dont suppose you caught who made the awesome protractor too?
Thanks

Bender
 

garage dog 65 was using a bender from these guys.

http://www.pro-tools.com/200.htm


Darren

tubing bender
 

Call the guys at pro tools ask for jim he can hook you up. Knows his stuff .

Hey Mike-

Check www.Lowbucktools.com our machinist makes the tube bender and it kicks a lot of ass.

Tyler

AHHHH... IRVAN, damn lou you need some speach therapy!!! And that was a nice looking protractor! he didn't say what kind it was, but i'm gonna have to check the tape again to see if I can get a better look at it.

Check out these guys they have everything you need to bend tubing


http://www.vansantent.com/

I purchased the Smart Tool digital protractor for/with my Longacre Caster Camber gauge - and a tube mount bend/notch aligner and a mag base for the Smart Tool from VanSant. Protractor can be used in all 3 setups. Works great.

http://vansantent.com/digital_levels.htm

Jim

PS, I bent some 1.5 x .250 tube 90 degrees this weekend in my Pro-Tools bender. 20 tons pushed it right around with no kinks or wrinkles.

The protractor looked like a Starrette