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Topic #91020 14 posts Started by njccmd2002
Hey im looking at tube benders. wanted to see whats out there.

Eastwood has one for almost 500 USD, which i think might be too expensive, however never ever bought one, so not sure. does anyone have one, and can tell me where to get one for a good price?

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What material?
What diameter?
What thickness?

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JD2 bender. Best cheap one; Dye's are kinda expensive.

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Depending on how much you need to do it may be significantly cheaper to just have a shop bend what you need.

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QUOTE (czwalga @ Nov 11, 2013 - 12:27 PM) *
>JD2 bender. Best cheap one; Dye's are kinda expensive.



jd2 cheapest is non hydraulic, the hydraulic is more expensive than eastwood. but they are sure nice...

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QUOTE (Box @ Nov 11, 2013 - 12:43 PM) *
>Depending on how much you need to do it may be significantly cheaper to just have a shop bend what you need.



no, i dont like shops, period, if i can do it myself, great... and a tool like this can make a lot of fun projects with a welder..

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Then scour Craigslist and your local papers for benders. Shops that have upgraded or gone out of business would be letting them go for fairly cheap.

This post has been edited by Box: Nov 12, 2013 - 4:16 PM

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This post has been edited by Box: Nov 12, 2013 - 4:16 PM

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QUOTE (Box @ Nov 12, 2013 - 3:16 PM) *
>Then scour Craigslist and your local papers for benders. Shops that have upgraded or gone out of business would be letting them go for fairly cheap.


damn, i did not think of that...

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Another option could be trade schools and colleges, my grandfather picked up a four axis router for cheap when they upgraded to the five axis.

This post has been edited by Box: Nov 13, 2013 - 4:46 PM

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Depends on what your trying to bend, berto, and how important repeatable, consistant bends are to you.
The company that makes the jd2 makes some nice units, there are a few decent ones out there, just depends on what uour looking to do vs how much u wanna spend.

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Material like Dom tubing, I have not looked into Jed. After all this I'm assuming Eastwood bender is a no go...

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QUOTE (PegGTS @ Nov 13, 2013 - 8:10 PM) *
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+1

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What'll be nice is someone to be able to supply our 6gc with CAIs. Maybe find a couple donor cars to make one custom piping and then make some copies and sell it. Lol. Make some good money to pay off what you paid for the bender eventually. Just a thought though. Lol.

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