Subject: Help on Tube bender!!

From: Tom kane <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 12:05:02 -0700

I to bend 3/3" to 1 1/2" .095 mild steel round tube, but I dont know 
what kind of bender to get. Please help.

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From: [email-masked] (ErnieLeim)
Date: 24 Apr 1996 03:50:11 -0400

From: Tom kane <[email-masked]> wrote :

>I  (need)  to bend  3/3"  (3/4")  to 1 1/2" .095 mild steel round tube,
but I dont know 
>what kind of bender to get. Please help.

It would help if you said what shape you need to bend it into.
Rings, coils, frames, exhaust pipes.
 I have been cold bending 1-1/4" x 0.095" wall , tubing for the last
month, and I've been doing it by hand with a racking jig.
Low tech but more versatile than any power roller.
What ever you end up doing, never buy a tubing roller from CMS in
Tennesee.
They build junk. We bought one and spent 2 months rebuilding it. Garbage.

Best of luck

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