Homemade Tube Bender

[jdh239]

Is that hot rolled steel on the bending arms? or cold rolled (what the plans call for)?

[xmoddriver16]

@jdh239

Dont think it matters

[jdh239]

@jdh239 Plans call for cold, but I have seen some pics with hot. Guess it just depends on how hard you plan on pushing it.

[lumberjack98741]

Final:

Tube Bender Plans $12

Die 1.5" Diameter 5" CLR 240 Degree $230

8 Ton Long Ram Air over Hydraulic Jack $77.93

Drill bit Set $32.94

Bolts and What Not $20.99

Metal $105

Bending our first 180 Degree piece of tubing........Priceless

Total - 400.93

[4x4loonatic]

works real good :) did you buy the die wheel and guide ? or make those ?

do ya have the link to where you got the plans from ?

thanks for the video gets my brain going lol

[xmoddriver16]

@4x4loonatic

The plans were purchased online at gottrikes . com for about 17 bucks with all the steel prices and die price the total cost came to about 400 dollars. The die was bought also for 230 bucks the most expensive part.

[4x4loonatic]

@xmoddriver16 cool thanks for the info :) will look into this as i always wanted one that was mandrel bent

i have the old type that tends to kink the tube ( as seen in one of my vids )

[slade420]

oh shit son, is that the girls gym class walkin through? ;)

[xmoddriver16]

@slade420

Ha yeah they just kinda randomly wandered into the shop and believe me, none of us had any intent of telling them to get out.

[txhunter89]

ITS ALIVE!!!! I'm glad to see it works, now we need to make a stinger bar for the jeep.

[xmoddriver16]

Yeah it works really well, we ran into a few little snags here and there but it all works now. Plan is to paint it with some of my left over wheel paint and then bend a stinger for codys jeep on Wednesday.