From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Thu Jun 12 2003 - 08:29:32 PDT
Hi Ken...well, I did have a little bad luck...I couldn't figure out the
"budel jack" in your post. I don't mind someones spelling...some are
good at it, some are not...luck of the draw I guess. I just reread your
post and it came to me...I bet you meant bottle...like beer bottle.
While at Harbor Freight the other day...they had their $99 pipe bender
on sale for $79...there was another one just like it beside it for $99
but it had a plate of flat iron and two springs on it to pull the ram
back down...if you have time on your hands...you could do this to the
old style with a couple of heavy hood springs and a couple of 5/16" eye
bolts. Anyone got the style without springs...is it a big deal? Fred Martin
kuhrick wrote:
> habber fright tools has 3 listed on there web site
> a $119.99 is the cheapest i think
> it uses a budel jack for power hand pumped
> good luck figering out my spelling
> butt its my best with loging into there web site
> ken
> kb9yku
>
> At 04:35 PM 6/11/03 -0500, David Cole wrote:
>
>> Eric,
>>
>> Harbor Freight sells a bender that works ok for water pipe,
>> galvanized, black or heavy wall Electrical Conduit. I bought one a
>> year or two ago and it will bend up to 2". It was less than $100, in
>> fact I think it was $79 on sale. I haven't done any 2" pipe with it,
>> but I have done 1". It comes with dies for 1/2" through 2". They
>> also sell another one which I believe goes up to 2 1/2 or 3". I
>> believe it is about $200. That is for what is called schedule 40
>> pipe, which is normal water and gas pipe you can find at Home Depot,
>> etc. They also make heavier pipe, which is known as Schedule 80 and
>> 160. The outside diameter stays the same but the wall of the pipe
>> gets heavier with the larger number. If you are looking for cheap
>> pipe, visit a junk yard and ask for the size you want and tell them
>> you want clean pipe. (No chemical residue inside) 20 cents per pound
>> is pretty common in the midwest. Keep in mind that you can't bend
>> light wall tubing (like muffler pipe) in such a bender without doing
>> some tricks, like filling the tube with sand, etc. The gear to bend
>> light gauge tube gets expensive fast. But if you have an arc welder,
>> (stick), then you will have a tough time welding muffler pipe with it
>> anyhow unless you are really good as burn throughs are really easy on
>> muffler pipe with a stick welder.
>>
>> Watch out for welding galvanized. When you weld it the first thing
>> that happens is that the zinc burns off and the gases that result are
>> pretty nasty on your lungs. (I unfortunately know this from
>> experience) If you go with galvinized, grind off what you can first,
>> then wear a cartridge respirator while welding. They make cartridges
>> just for welding.
>> Personally I think I would use black iron pipe, and then just put some
>> good paint on it. Also, paint doesn't stick well to galvanized pipe.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:18:23 -0500, Eric (Home) <shadow@vci.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I am looking at the possibility of bending my own pipe to make a custom
>>> front bumper for a CJ2A and was wondering who might make a pipe bender I
>>> could buy on my TIGHT (squeaks) budget? Model, price, and supplier if
>>> possible, gracias!
>>>
>>> I have no idea what diameter of pipe I need to bend but I figure 1"
>>> or so?
>>> I don't want a HUGE hulking bumper, just something that'll protect my
>>> Sasgen-Derrick (sw?) pto winch. I have a arc welder so I figured with a
>>> bender I could fab something up.
>>>
>>> Also, when I go around looking for tubing what kinda business do I
>>> goto and
>>> what is the trade term for that tubing?
>>>
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> --
>> Dave
>>
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