Homemade bender all done
Finished my Pro-tools HMP200 type tube bender. Only thing I had to buy prebuilt was the top pivot bolt assembly from Pro-Tools. Works very well. Only takes about a minute to bend 90 degrees. Now that I know it works. I'll wait 'til HF has another sale and get an air/hydraulic jack(I'm old and lazy!) I did just recut the die to make the fit tighter and the distortion is very minimal now. I have enough material in the die to make another pivot hole to do 180 degree bends, I think. That's the next experiment. Total cost so far: $184
Ric
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2002 S-10, Daily Driver and autoX
1966 Chevelle MALIBU ( mine since 1971) Drag car converting to a track car!
Last edited by rixtrix1; 04-22-2012 at 07:42 PM.
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