Tube bender choices.
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dscott
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Tube bender choices.
Does anyone have any experience with the Eastwood #21115 bender? I got it as part of a deal but they don’t offer a 1.25 die for it, so out of curiosity has anyone used this bender and found dies that will interchange from other MFG?
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Re: Tube bender choices.
i believe woodward fab makes the eastwood bender so they should fit but i do not have personal experience with either
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dscott
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Re: Tube bender choices.
That’s what I’ve been hearing about the Woodward fab dies. I’ll give them a try and let everybody know if they work. Thanks Curt!
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Re: Tube bender choices.
Many years ago I read a tutorial about making light duty dies using oak and light plate metal.
Basically they cut round circles of preferred diameter to sandwich together. Before they joined the 2 sides they used a router to add half of a groove on one edge of each circle. When they were joined together the bending die was formed and the plate was used as the outside surfaces to join the halves and keep stable.
Gluing the wood and screwing the plate. Apparently it worked for a small umber of bends. They didn't inidicate how much it was used, just that it worked.
Not a tool for production obviously but might work in a pinch.
No idea of the source of the info, just something that stuck because I had limited resources.
Basically they cut round circles of preferred diameter to sandwich together. Before they joined the 2 sides they used a router to add half of a groove on one edge of each circle. When they were joined together the bending die was formed and the plate was used as the outside surfaces to join the halves and keep stable.
Gluing the wood and screwing the plate. Apparently it worked for a small umber of bends. They didn't inidicate how much it was used, just that it worked.
Not a tool for production obviously but might work in a pinch.
No idea of the source of the info, just something that stuck because I had limited resources.
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