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Exhaust bender vs tubing bender
I have a friend who is able to get me a mandrel (sp?) bend exhaust bender at a good price. I would be using it to start learning to bend tube for exo/bumper/sliders. Would this be a worthwhile purchase, or should I save up and get an actual tubing bender. What is the difference between the two?
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01-20-2008, 12:09 AM
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depends on how heavy duty this "exhaust" bender is. Exhaust pipe is thin, where most cage tubing is heavy duty.
Check the capacitys of the benders first.
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01-20-2008, 06:59 AM
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Most exhaust tubing benders won't do above 0.090" wall thickness if that thick and most sliders, cages, roll bars etc are a minimum of 0.120" wall.
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thats what I wanted to say, but i didn't know 100% what the exact numbers were. I'm not really much of a fabricator. I just knew the Exhaust benders were lighter duty than the tubing benders.
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