so your telling me your bender will do a perfect 180 degree bend without a kink in thin wall tube? and im lazy because i bought a good tool?
No it will not bend 180 degree's without making a custom lower die, and I have never once yet had to bend anything that far. So you got me there, and no I am not saying you are lazy because you bought a good tool. I am saying that you are lazy because you would rather spend $800 instead of taking the extra time to properly use what you would already have to do the same exact task.
this is made for tubeing, not exhaust pipe...if i did exhaust i wouldnt give a **** about a small kink
That’s funny because mine is to lol, its made for pipe, dom tubing, exhaust tubing, aluminum turbo charge pipe, broom handles, conduit hell just about anything round it will bend without even the smallest kink so use your imagination the sky is the limit. I’m sorry to hear that your quality of work is not a priority to you even if it’s just exhaust.
if you don’t want to spend the money for one like mine they sell the plans where you can build your own....but good try
So instead of buying the already dirt cheap hydro unit and making a few simple mods to it. I should go source out plans which cost x amount of dollars, then find the materials which im sure wont be under a hundred dollars, and then do the fabrication. Which depending on the person most people don’t have free access to a machine shop begin with. So now you have to either have a machine shop do the work or buy the equipment.
ill be doing a tube bed soon and she is gunna be real handy
Let me know when you get tired from all that manual bending would gladly give you pointers on using the hydro unit you got the right way.
that is time consuming enough without the hassle of filling tubing with sand to get a almost kink free bend, I bought the jd2 model 3 bender with a die and a notcher for about a grand to my door,
I don’t feel it is very time consuming nor much of a hassle at all and I have worked flat rate so I know how valuable time is. But I am willing to guess opinion is formed from ignorance and rumors instead of actual experience in this case. Those who think that the hydro bender will kink stuff are mainly those who have just read what other people have posted on the internet and taken it for gospel. If you take the time and do it right, it wouldn’t be “almost kink free” it will be kink free.
Just a reminder, even the smallest kink is a place where your cage will fail in a roll, even if you dont care about your own safety how could you risk the safety of your girlfriend, wife, kids.... its not very often im alone in my truck...
I care greatly about my safety and the safety of my loved ones, if for one instance I felt there was any structural weakness imparted into a bend I would not have used it nor would I be promoting it.
What I've found is the cheapskates will argue their point with a brick wall.
Ok so now I am cheap because I work hard for my money and value every dollar I make. Driving me to do something without being excessive, you don’t need to spend $800 to make perfect kink free SAFE STRUCTURAL bends in tubing that’s the point I am trying to get across. Another thing, starting and keeping a business alive is a very expensive endevor you cant always buy the most expensive tool to do the job, you have to find alternatives to sucessfully get the job done and yet keep the budget balanced especialy in this economy.
The old saying "if you're gonna do something, do it right" packs a serious punch. If you wanna bend tube, get a tubing bender. If you want a body lift, buy a body lift. If you wanna advertise yourself as an automotive shop, prolly not in your best interest to dog someone out because they bought the right tool for the job instead of skimping on quality or performance.
Yes it does, and who are you to say that I am doing something wrong and what is the right tool for the job? Infact if “PERFECT” bends are what is desired we all should be using a mandrel bender if you wanna go that route. Don’t tell me what is in my best interest that is my decision to make not yours. I take great pride in my quality of work and just because I am using an unorthodox COST EFFECTIVE method to get the job done I am shunned and told that I am doing it wrong. I was not “doging someone” out as you stated I was simply pointing out that it is financially foolish and completely excessive to purchase the JD2.
From what I’ve found is that people who spend a wheel borrow full of money on the coolest tool then realize they could have done if for a lot less are generally butt hurt about being taken to the bank and feel the need to flaunt and argue their purchase to the death, just to justify their actions. For those who actually read I was not the one trying to “dog out” someone. Never once did I come into this thread saying “I BOUGHT A REAL BENDER”, no I simply answered the question that was posted and someone felt the need to flaunt their expensive toy.
Somehow I just don't see a rollcage turning out all that well with a pipe kinker and sand-filled DOM tubing lol.
Sorry to hear you believe everything someone publishes on the internet, you will be forced forever to buy only the best of the best tools because John Doe on some random forum says "that is the wrong tool it will only kink"
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