Tube bender

[muddydisco]

What tube bender are you lot using for

cds

blueband

t4

Thinking of building a comp motor or trialer

[Hamish Grundy]

have you considered buying a cage already done? from say whitbread or tomcat?

[muddydisco]

have you considered buying a cage already done? from say whitbread or tomcat?

Yes but I'm just asking for the little extra bits I want to do

[bishbosh]

For upmarket tube like CDS and T45 you will need a propper bender. A push bender will be fine with high quality dies for blueband. I have an H3PR from Tubela that works fine with blueband.

I have seen very good results with CDS and A JD² bender (JD squared) . Funnily enough, Tubela sell them!

[Hamish Grundy]

Yes but I'm just asking for the little extra bits I want to do

hi not sure how to add pics in pm ha. but here are some.

[Hamish Grundy]

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[Hamish Grundy]

[bluespanner]

I f i was going to try to bend exhaust with one of those cheap hydraulic ones from Northern Industrial, would I have to pack the pipe with sand first? are these types any good?

[bishbosh]

I personally have never tried thin wall pipe in a cheapy bender, but plenty on here have and say it is a waste of time.

The cheapy ones only really work for thick walled pipe like red band and blue band. Even then you have to be careful to get a decent bend without ripples.

[roguevogue]

I f i was going to try to bend exhaust with one of those cheap hydraulic ones from Northern Industrial, would I have to pack the pipe with sand first? are these types any good?

I have tried this with a tubela push bender, it didn't work.

The push benders are fine on blueband (3mm wall), I used the Tubela to build my RR. The cheaper ones have, in my experience, ill fitting tooling therefore it is hard to get a good result. You get what you pay for.

If I was you I would spend the money on a used Tubela, Staffa or Hilmor push bender from eBay rather than a cheap [low quality] one.

Or buy one of these.