Tubing Benders

[jdowns67]

Do any of you guys have any good experience and knowledge on tube benders? I was thinking about buying this one.
https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/74242751
My son wants to make a roof rack for his jeep and I wouldn't mind learning how to make some simple bumpers and stuff. Just don't want to buy something that may turn out to be not what I really need or want because of my ignorance.

JD

[scbronco]

Build the got trikes bender. Its awesome.

The bender u suggested is not for structural bending. It will crimp the tube and weaken it. Got trikes is a rotary draw and works great.

[blazinchuck]

what nick says...thats no different than a HF bender....made for pipe and other weaker stuff...not DOM

[broncosbybart]

JD2 or Pro Tools are commonly used benders. They don't cost much but the dies get expensive in a hurry.

[Crawdad]

SC74 does some tube bending as well. Maybe he will chime in. I've seen Nicks and Charles benders, both are nice!

[blazinchuck]

Good luck, sc74 hasn't been back in about 2 yrs

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[snipes243]

JD2 or Pro Tools are commonly used benders. They don't cost much but the dies get expensive in a hurry.

X2 on the. Jd2 it's an awesome bender in my opinion the hydro is the way to go

[jdowns67]

Well I was going to buy the JD2 but didn't want to spend the $$$ right now. My son and I had to make a roof rack for his jeep for his senior project so I just went out and bought the HF bender. I ended up machining/fabbing some parts to make it work pretty dang good on 1" tubing at least. I'll check out the got trikes bender too for future projects.

[BucknEB]

That roof rack turned out looking good and stout. Approximately how much does it weigh?

[jdowns67]

Thanks! It's like 45 lbs