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How about something like a Hossfeld bender??
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Pipe benders
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Lay the bender down and form everything horizontally.
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Holy crap! I was thinking a leg from a chair or something.... that would be like a 3 stooges skit watching that done on a table mount pipe bender!
I wonder if that something you get a local metal shop to do? I did for a railing I made in our house that I needed tighter bends than I knew were possible with a home ______ bender.
I wonder if that something you get a local metal shop to do? I did for a railing I made in our house that I needed tighter bends than I knew were possible with a home ______ bender.
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What is the proposed material, diameter, and wall thickness? This has a great bearing on choice of tools. Looking at the HF tubing bender, it doesn't appear that it will do the job. Grizzly has a manual tubing bender for around $400 that is capable but you will also need a die. The die will cost another $120 to $160.
The important thing about bending tubing is providing side wall support to avoid collapse. The thinner the wall, the more prone to collapse. To that end, having a proper die is essential to making nice uniform bends.
I have a reputation of having OCD regarding restoring old vs discarding and buying new but I would consider this task carefully. By the time you have purchased the materials and the necessary equipment, you will have a considerable investment. Many of us are guilty of spending $100 on tools to save $10 but is is usually with anticipated further use of the tool. This, of course goes out the window, if the wife is insistent on restoring the furniture for sentimental reasons or if it is necessary to provide an example of why it is good for you to be buying all those tools.
The important thing about bending tubing is providing side wall support to avoid collapse. The thinner the wall, the more prone to collapse. To that end, having a proper die is essential to making nice uniform bends.
I have a reputation of having OCD regarding restoring old vs discarding and buying new but I would consider this task carefully. By the time you have purchased the materials and the necessary equipment, you will have a considerable investment. Many of us are guilty of spending $100 on tools to save $10 but is is usually with anticipated further use of the tool. This, of course goes out the window, if the wife is insistent on restoring the furniture for sentimental reasons or if it is necessary to provide an example of why it is good for you to be buying all those tools.
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I have a JD tubing bender that I use for roll-cage, and frame construction. It makes very nice full radius bends. Still haven't converted to air/hyd, but it's on the list. pretty easy to floor mount, but it does require drilling four holes in your concrete floor. Mike Check here https://www.amazon.com/jd2-tube-bender/s?k=jd2+tube+bender
I have a Hossfeld Bender and I built the hydraulic system works grea! I built the 180 degree return bend arm . Have a lot of dies looking forward to do some other stuff with it. Flatbar on its edge etc.. Did a 2” X 1/2” flatbar cold return bend. Also used the bender to build my hydraulic Arm. Also been doing some aluminum tube bends and recent jobs build frame parts on bikes.
