From: kuhrick (kuhrick@comcast.net)
Date: Wed Jun 11 2003 - 17:19:23 PDT
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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