tube bender ??

[cessna]

Does anyone know of plans to build a tube bender like the one on Shop Outfitters, I can build from pictures but spacing of holes etc would be trial and error.
Thanks
Terry:blob3:

[Nomand]

http://www.pro-tools.com/sb105.htm

[737mechanic]

I bought mine off ebay but if you want to to make your own I can give you all the hole sizes and spacing.

Here is a post with some measurements.

Link to Bender (http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?t=22589&highlight=bender)

[cessna]

Thanks very much for the link to measurements, that gives me something to work from.
Terry

[Jeep07]

I built one of these guys http://www.gottrikes.com/Tube_Bender.htm

Very nice plans and affordable too. Air over hydro works well.

[Reebs]

I'm building the http://www.gottrikes.com/Tube_Bender.htm and should have it done soon. The plans are great any question you have Frank will e-mail you back in a few hours. Build the Plan "B" option.
reber

[cessna]

Thanks for the replies, I did purchase the plans from Frank, it is a really nice unit, however the tubing alone would cost me approx $200.00 and then the dies, ram etc. puts it a little high for hobby work.
Terry

[Shox Dr]

whatever you build it out of, is going to cost money. Go with Franks design and you know it's going to work, go with measurements someone has given you and you may well end up using more material and time fixing.

I bought the plans from frank at Gotikes as I needed the dims, the style I built is similar to a Protools, and breakdowns for storage.

[737mechanic]

Thanks for the replies, I did purchase the plans from Frank, it is a really nice unit, however the tubing alone would cost me approx $200.00 and then the dies, ram etc. puts it a little high for hobby work.
Terry

I looked at building one also but like you say it would end up costing almost as much or more than just buying one so I found mine on ebay for $270.00 shipped and that was with a set of dies.

There is a protools 105 bender with 3 sets of dies on craigslist here for $750 which isnt a bad deal at all if you were needing those size dies.

If you are like me I only have so much space in my garage. The bender I bought can be thrown on a shelf and takes up very little space when not in use.

[mudbugone]

Thanks for the replies, I did purchase the plans from Frank, it is a really nice unit, however the tubing alone would cost me approx $200.00 and then the dies, ram etc. puts it a little high for hobby work.
Terry

Don't know what your intended final usage might be...but... for on the very cheap side try... http://www.lindsaybks.com/dgjp/djgbk/pipe/index.html

If you intend to use it often...check out... http://www.tubetek.net/index.php $355 last time I looked,although like anything else I'd check it out personally before ordering. I've heard good things about it's quality,just haven't heard anything lately about them.