Re: [MV] Pipe bender? Affordable?

From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jun 11 2003 - 08:46:18 PDT


Eric,
Go to your neighborhood muffler shop. They can bend tubing to you
specifications.The stuff they have on hand may be fairly thinwalled, but
should work for your application./Bjorn

>From: "Eric \(Home\)" <shadow@vci.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: [MV] Pipe bender? Affordable?
>Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:18:23 -0500
>
>
>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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