WHAT BENDER DO YOU HAVE?
05-23-2010, 11:30 AM
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WHAT BENDER DO YOU HAVE?
JUST CURIOUS TO SEE ALL DIFFERENT KIND OF BENDERS GUYS AND GALS ARE USING, HOMEMADE BENDERS AS WELL...POST YOUR PICTURES.
05-23-2010, 01:20 PM
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If you're talking about tubing benders, I have a Protools tubing bender.
05-23-2010, 02:28 PM
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2- hossfelds and a jd2 model 4
05-23-2010, 05:41 PM
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I use these.
05-23-2010, 05:47 PM
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05-23-2010, 05:51 PM
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Tod those are some sweat benders! What do you primarily make with them?
05-23-2010, 06:23 PM
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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.
05-24-2010, 05:50 AM
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Protools manual...I'm getting too old to use it as manual though. Have to use a 20 foot cheater !!
05-24-2010, 05:52 AM
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bender
Now That is a big bender!!!!! wonder what they paid for that?
05-24-2010, 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by DrivingMissDD
Protools manual...I'm getting too old to use it as manual though. Have to use a 20 foot cheater !!
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.
05-23-2010, 06:23 PM
