Check out this tubing bender

tmcorbin · 09-15-2009, 05:48 PM

http://www.pro-tools.com/pro3.htm

This bender looks like a good deal on a good tool at a fair price.

The site even offers free plans to build your own bender that uses their dies. I called and they emailed the plans to me really quick.

The plans have the part numbers and costs of items that you do not think you could build your self.

If I decide to build one myself, and at the cost of aluminum, I will probably order a few things for the bender, and make the rest.

Their site also has a beginers guide to bending, and how to get you started quickly.

Really seam like a good company.

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bigt · 09-15-2009, 05:55 PM

yeah lots of people use this bender you can make it hydraulic or air powered easy too.. dies are the expensive part.. sometimes its cheaper to buy when you factor in your time

ckblum · 09-22-2009, 07:58 AM

I think the JD2 is the way to go. It's cheaper too and not too hard to set it up with a hydraulic ram.

ckblum · 09-22-2009, 07:58 AM

http://www.jd2.com/shop/custom.aspx?recid=1

cloudedjudgment · 09-22-2009, 09:05 AM

^^ Thats what we are putting in the garage here very soon. Just got the welder paid off so

tmcorbin · 09-22-2009, 04:45 PM

Nice bender, looks like if you want to go up to 2" tube you will need go to the model 32. That with the pump and hoses bring you up to almost $1800.00 before dies. Thats a bit cheaper than the pro4 will come in at. May have to look into it some more. Thanks

ckblum · 09-22-2009, 05:22 PM

Well I plan on only have 2 dies I think, 1.75 and 1.5. There is a deal at KMS for the bender w/ degree ring for $299.99 and dies are......... not sure I think $149.99? Plus I am a trades student and I get a little discount too. I gotta wait until I start getting some shifts though.

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bigt Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: chippawa niagara falls ontario Posts: 3,200	yeah lots of people use this bender you can make it hydraulic or air powered easy too.. dies are the expensive part.. sometimes its cheaper to buy when you factor in your time __________________ 1991 HILUX SURF SSR-X turbo diesel right hand drive toyota imported in 2005 from japan, 130,000 km 31 bfg a/t auto current build 1987 LWB suzuki samurai. turning 2 into one.. yota axles welded front to back, yota springs , ifs steering box,, this bad boy will not only eat jeeps but toyotas aswell \m/

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tmcorbin Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 149	Nice bender, looks like if you want to go up to 2" tube you will need go to the model 32. That with the pump and hoses bring you up to almost $1800.00 before dies. Thats a bit cheaper than the pro4 will come in at. May have to look into it some more. Thanks __________________ 85 4runner 22re, 170K, clean and straight. Still working through 20 years of scheduled maint. Future plans, engbldr street RV head, cam and OS valves, engbldr over haul kit, Marlin Crawler trany rebuild kit, T-case rebuild, 2" lift, interior, repaint. Currently 20mpg, Sound great, using 1qt of oil every two days.

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09-22-2009, 07:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
ckblum Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 56	I think the JD2 is the way to go. It's cheaper too and not too hard to set it up with a hydraulic ram.

09-22-2009, 07:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
ckblum Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 56	http://www.jd2.com/shop/custom.aspx?recid=1

09-22-2009, 09:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
cloudedjudgment Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 17	^^ Thats what we are putting in the garage here very soon. Just got the welder paid off so

09-22-2009, 05:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
ckblum Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 56	Well I plan on only have 2 dies I think, 1.75 and 1.5. There is a deal at KMS for the bender w/ degree ring for $299.99 and dies are......... not sure I think $149.99? Plus I am a trades student and I get a little discount too. I gotta wait until I start getting some shifts though.