MY Custom Built Air/Hydraulic Tubing Bender

Xtreme Cartz

I'm 18 and broke from this expensive golf cart habbit so the only way I could ever get to have a good tubing bender was if I built it.

I got the plans for an awesome bender which was designed by Frank Takacas. The plans are very detailed, about 43 pages of descriptions and CAD drawings for every part that you build. It uses Pro Tools dies which are some of the best out there andthe one I have makes a full 180 deg bend on 1.5" tubing.
It does up to 2" x .120 wall round tubing and there are also square tubing dies available.
This thing is air/hydraulic...so you push a valve, stand back and watch it do all the work for you.

Here's a link to all its dies.
http://www.pro-tools.com/105.htm

I just need to paint and install casters then it will be complete.

This is how the bender starts out


Building the swing arm


Swing arm plates before welding


The majority of the tubing cut for the main frame








Welding of the main frame




Swing arm being welded


Bracket for the hydraulic ram mounting


Pieces of the main frame

BGW

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Xtreme Cartz

Pro Tools tubing die 1.5" diameter 4.5 CLR 240 deg wrap around


Main frame completed, ram installed

scottyb

Awesome! Great build. I wish I lived closer so I could borrow it

FJCRUZR

Great idea!
Do you need to test it? I need a cage...
By the way...your welds make me sick

DOOmsman

Please take this deep, what a great job for an 18 year old. The planing and the detail work will help you in any endevore you choose.

NICE JOB, GOOD LUCK.

DOOmsman

PS nice welding.

groundpounder

wow a 18 with the builds i see you do you must be making some good money. if you ant you should be another awesome job man. send me a pm if you would be interested in building me one.

Xtreme Cartz

Thanx everyone! I haven't seen much $$$ rolling in but still I wouldn't trade this work for anything.

I got the casters installed, disassembled the bender today, and just finished painting it. I'm looking forward to building another roll cage for my golf cart this week. I cant wait!

Some things I really like about this bender are it works on a vertical axis making it perfect for crowded shop floors. It also doesn't have to be bolted to the floor unlike the JD2 manual benders. I bought a digital angle finder that is placed on the side of the tube being bent, this way you get exact duplicate bends every time.

GP, if you're interested I could build you a bender. I would have to buy the plans again just to be fair to Frank Takacas. They are $17.

pizzamaker

very nice work!!!! you should be very proud my friend. A#1

paully walnuts

Hey, great job.
to bad you don't live closer to me. I work in a pipe mill, and could get you all the pipe you want. any size from 1" to 6 5/8" let us see the cage when done too.