WHAT BENDER DO YOU HAVE?

[PROTOOLS]

JUST CURIOUS TO SEE ALL DIFFERENT KIND OF BENDERS GUYS AND GALS ARE USING, HOMEMADE BENDERS AS WELL...POST YOUR PICTURES.

[suicidebomb]

If you're talking about tubing benders, I have a Protools tubing bender.

[kwkracing]

2- hossfelds and a jd2 model 4

[Tod74]

I use these. :)


http://www.eatonleonard.com/images07/vb80New.jpg

[Tod74]

http://www.pinestech.com/images/slide/2.jpg

[kwkracing]

Tod those are some sweat benders! What do you primarily make with them?

[Tod74]

Our biggest customers are Caterpillar and Volvo. We also make a lot of stuff for Cummins and Crown (forklifs). The tubes are anything from air tubes to exhaust, water tubes etc. A lot of the volvo stuff goes on turbo chargers. We bend anything from 3/8" .049 wall all the way up to 7" .120 wall. Most stuff is 304 stainless but not all...some is mild and aluminized coated. Most are 1D mandrel bends a few jobs smaller than 1" are mandreless. 1D meaning the tube size and the bend radius are equal. 5" tube bent on a 5" radius etc.

[TheYellaBrick]

Protools manual...I'm getting too old to use it as manual though. Have to use a 20 foot cheater !!
Gonna have to upgrade to hyd soon !!

[PROTOOLS]

Now That is a big bender!!!!! wonder what they paid for that?

[suicidebomb]

Protools manual...I'm getting too old to use it as manual though. Have to use a 20 foot cheater !!
Gonna have to upgrade to hyd soon !!


Man, I heard that. HREW ain't too bad, but I balk, if someone wants it for automotive use. DOM is a little tougher, but Chrome moly is a real workout.

[madeinusa]

CALL ME @ 813-625-4092 AND I WILL GIVE YOU 5% OFF THAT KIT

THANK-YOU
MIKE
PRO-TOOLS

[Tod74]

Now That is a big bender!!!!! wonder what they paid for that? I believe the Eaton Leonard VB-80 is around $250,000.

[madeinusa]

that is sick!!! but that pines bender blows my mind!!!!! i use to work in the gold mines in Nevada and that is all we ran was CAT. oh by the way i like your car!!!!!!

Mike
PRO-TOOLS

[mooneye777]

I got the Medford Tools JD2 model 3. The picture is not mine, its in storage at this time. I turned mine on its side, mounted it to an old engine stand. I put the bottle from my engine crane in it. It bends like a dream, very high quality tool. You would be hard pressed to break this thing. They use a metal die versus an aluminum one.

http://www.medfordtools.com/benders/m3b/01.jpg

Kinda like the one below, except a manual bottle will not work on its side, the one pictured is a hydrolic bottle.

http://198.237.72.28/tools/Bender-8.JPG

[TheYellaBrick]

Hey Moon, how much did Pepsi/Mtn Dew pay ya for product placement ! :P :P :P :P :D :D :D :D

Hey PROTOOL, Ya need to 'participate' and build a profile/Race Space page or at least ADVERTISE on RJ before approaching THIS crew with specials/sales. I did an RJ search and did not come up with ANY PROTOOLS stuff for sale.??????????
In other words, I feel you are abusing this forum for financial gain.
IMHO

[racecrafter]

I use a tube shark. It has always worked well for me, I like the fact that it folds up and I can store it out of the way when not using it. I have the internal tube support which allows bending of thinner materials without crushing. (Thickness depends on material being bent) The only limit I run into is how close you can place one bend to another.