Is this a proper bender for roll cages?

Will this work for bending roll cage tubing?

Thanks,

Rob R.

Nope, it's for bending flat iron and solid stock.

Shawn

poop.

Thanks!

Any ideas on how to put a slight bend in a tube for a roll cage without a tube bender?

Rob R.

The only one I've used looks like this: http://www.eastwood.com/professional-tubing-bender.html

I can't imaging bending 1.5"x.120 DOM without hydraulic assistance.

This is what I use. Works awesome and no hydraulics needed.

https://www.jd2.com/p-32-model-3-bender.aspx

Eat your Wheaties.

DaveEstey wrote: This is what I use. Works awesome and no hydraulics needed. https://www.jd2.com/p-32-model-3-bender.aspx Eat your Wheaties.

Would I have to set down my beer to use that thing?

Depends on whether it's a strong ale or not.

DaveEstey wrote: This is what I use. Works awesome and no hydraulics needed. https://www.jd2.com/p-32-model-3-bender.aspx Eat your Wheaties.

I really like the JD squared bending equipment - good stuff. I think they have some models that you can retrofit to air/hydraulic if you purchase a bare-bones one and want to upgrade later.

In one of my former lives as a CAD monkey/CNC operator I talked our owner into buying a JD2 model 3, and we retrofitted a HF air/hydraulic cylinder to it. We also got Bend Tech, once everything was calibrated it was a great tool. I wish that ours was mobile, instead of bolted to the floor, with the air/hydro there was no need for it to be fixed to the floor, and would have made it easier when doing some of the larger pieces that required a large area to maneuver.

Initial buy in of the tool ain't that bad, the dies however significantly increase the price. We had a 2" square 180, & a 1-1/4 Pipe 180 die, which more than doubled the price of the bender itself. I highly recommend the Bend Tech software too, but there's even more money to spend.

• Lee

I built this one, from a purchased set of plans.

I haven't really used it much though - kind of expensive project if you don't use it more than a cage or two.

More pictures of it

The JD2 unit is great. Mine is set up to be portable. I can either bolt it to the bench in my garage or bolt it to the bed of my wooden deck trailer. If it's nice outside, I much prefer using it outside. Bending the main hoops gets to be a real pain indoors because you have to start with a length of tubing that is around 10 feet long. Lots of stuff gets in the way when you need to clear 10 feet of floor space in an overstuffed garage. It's well worth the cost. Build one cage and it's more than paid for itself. Make sure you get one with the degree wheel and indicator. You can bend the pipe without hydraulic assistance, but 1.75"X.120 DOM will kick your butt. Spray lube on the pipe helps, but you still get a good workout.

We use marvel mystery oil to lube when we're bending. It stays put a little better than spray lube.

I bought one from affordable bender on eBay I believe it's hydraulic and worked well for my cage. Are you building a whole cage or just one or 2 bends needed?

Having the degree wheel etc would have been nice I had to eyeball mine

Sand and a vice work well too. Lots of good info on the net which is where I learned. You do go through a bit of tubing during the learning process though.

If you just need one small bend it may be easier to find a local cage guy and have them bend it.

If you have the room for it, get the manual bender. The only annoying thing is that I don't know of one that can do both exhaust and roll cage tubing.

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DaveEstey wrote: This is what I use. Works awesome and no hydraulics needed. https://www.jd2.com/p-32-model-3-bender.aspx Eat your Wheaties.

can it do exhaust tubing as well? also, how much can you disassemble for storage?

DaveEstey wrote: This is what I use. Works awesome and no hydraulics needed. https://www.jd2.com/p-32-model-3-bender.aspx Eat your Wheaties.

I used one of those to bend my harness bar (1.5″ OD, 0.120″ wall 4130) and couldn't believe how easy it was. You don't need hydraulics. JD Squared Model 32 if I remember correctly.

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Dusterbd13 wrote:

DaveEstey wrote: This is what I use. Works awesome and no hydraulics needed. https://www.jd2.com/p-32-model-3-bender.aspx Eat your Wheaties.

can it do exhaust tubing as well? also, how much can you disassemble for storage?

I can't see any reason why it wouldn't be able to do exhaust tubing, but I haven't tried it myself.

It's not a big unit. I have a piece of angle iron that I bolt it to and then place that in a vice when we use it. Flip it 90 degrees vertical and it wouldn't take up much space at all. Also, each one of those knurled knobs pulls out and it breaks down into even smaller pieces. Really a well thought-out piece.

DaveEstey wrote:

Dusterbd13 wrote:

DaveEstey wrote: This is what I use. Works awesome and no hydraulics needed. https://www.jd2.com/p-32-model-3-bender.aspx Eat your Wheaties.

can it do exhaust tubing as well? also, how much can you disassemble for storage?

I can't see any reason why it wouldn't be able to do exhaust tubing, but I haven't tried it myself. It's not a big unit. I have a piece of angle iron that I bolt it to and then place that in a vice when we use it. Flip it 90 degrees vertical and it wouldn't take up much space at all. Also, each one of those knurled knobs pulls out and it breaks down into even smaller pieces. Really a well thought-out piece.

I've got one of those, has been a good unit that I've used for many years. JD gets my vote.