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Gone Wild ![]() ![]() Join Date: May 2011 Location: Upstate NY
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| ![]() Hi All, I'd like to fab a roll bar/roof frame and have been looking for a tube bender. Without spending a couple hundred bucks for a bender, I was wondering what you guys are using? Thanks! Ed |
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Gone Broke ![]() Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Illinois
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| ![]() Harbor Freight has a decent little tube bender for around 90 bucks. |
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Getting Wild ![]() Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: westvirginia
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| ![]() hobo freight does have benders but they are pipe benders not tube these benders work great on pipe only trust me i tried so when building a roll cage or brush guard make sure you use pipe with these type of benders i used 1" black pipe which can be purchased at any home store lowes home depot here is a pic of my brush guard good luck building your roll cage and sky's the limit with the right tools |
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Gone Broke ![]() Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Illinois
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| ![]() This is what I have http://www.harborfreight.com/compact-bender-38470.html |
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Getting Wild ![]() Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: westvirginia
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| ![]() hey doolin have you bent any tube in that type of bender |
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Gone Broke ![]() Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Illinois
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| ![]() Yes we actually made a mini chopper with it a few years back. Works good. I will see if I can find pics of the frame. You can use a pipe bender for tubing "IF" you fill the tubing with sand. Then it won't kink on you. |
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Gone Wild ![]() ![]() Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Greece, NY
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Gone Wild ![]() ![]() Join Date: May 2011 Location: Upstate NY
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| ![]() I'm in Clifton Park, NY. Thanks for all of the ideas! I just need to decide what size pipe I'll use for the rollbar. |
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Carts Unlimited .net ![]() ![]() Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California
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| ![]() I think you need 1.5 to 1.75 inch pipe for a roll cage. I'm not sure what wall thickness but if you want ti to hold the cart off your head in a rollover it will need to thick and attached to the frame... I think more info will be forth coming from other members.....I hope this little bit helps. |
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Getting Wild ![]() Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: westvirginia
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| ![]() why mess with sand and water when you get the right tool the first time |
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