Thinking about building a hydraulic tube bender. Has anyone ever built one on the cheap? Anyone have any plans for one? Also interested in how to make very large radius bends in tubing. There are two sets of plans for the bender. One set is for the original JD2 bender which can be downloaded by 'right-clicking' the following links: Plan Sheet Number 1. Plan Sheet Number 2. Plan Sheet number 3. The other plans are for our simplified 'Bend-O-Matic and the instruction booklet.
The best plans i've found so far are from takacs cycles.you have to buy them but the plans are blueprinted by each part. There is also a bill of materials.
It uses the pro-tools 105 dies and components. Very well designed piece.i have a pro-tools 105 bender i bought about 8-10 yrs ago, after i found the takacs cycle plans, i like the takacs plans better, and would rather build a bender like the takacs unit and then sell my 105 bender. It would be worth it to buy the plans, i think theyre like $18.
They are worth every penny of that. They are a quality set of blueprints with a bill of materials with part numbers and material list.if i remember correctly pro-tools has a set of plans that were free also. Also using their components.BAM!!! Found the pro-tools bender plans.you have to email them and request them, but they get them to you quick and no questions asked.i still like the takacs plans better by far.i bought the pro-tools bender around 8-10 yrs ago. If i remember correct i paid $400 for it.
The week i got it, i put in 2 6point cages, 1 in a mustang, and one in a 74 stepside. It paid for itself on the first cage. If you get a bender it will make you your money back easy IF you want it too. I installed like 7 cages total and made $1200 on the last cage i ever did.dont forget to get a good tubing notcher also, thats almost as important as the bender. @newfalconowner, Yes sir ive actually been busy looking for all kinds of ways, I figured out i would build 2 benders, One for light wall pipe for crome moly and and bending odds and ends and one for bending heavy stuff like good steel cage bars and my buddy does alot of off road stuff so skids for his projects too. I havent been trying to ignore anyone just getting all the information i can about as many different benders as i can. But yours is def a good and looks like real tight bends and could be put up out of the way easily.
And all the ideas i have gotten are making my head brainstorm a ton. Actually taking everyones advice and gonna get some plans off ebay or a chassis book my buddy found on the internet somewhere. I appreciate all the help cuz hopefully one day i will have a shop full of multi purpose tools i have built myself!!!!
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