pipe bender

[30coupe]

Are you going to bend up your own exhaust for the bike you're building? I saw a chopped 650 in Milwaukee at the world of wheels. Looked pretty nice. Anyone on the forum own it? We'll have to get together for brats and beer, soon as cruiser invites us over.

[Hammerin]

;D If yoyu want professional bends you need a Mandral Bender = LOTTSA $$$$$$$$ Best of luck !

[truff1]

The Hossfeld Bender is a mandrel bender.

[truff1]

I was planning on making my own pipes. The only thing I am using off the old bike is the wheels and engine. Mostly to see if I can do it, the other reason is because I cant afford anyone else to do it and cant buy the parts. So I am making it all from scratch. At this point I just hope it rolls straight. Trav

[bmx15t]

Hi everyone,

Just an idea for pipe bending method. I have been told by someone a way to bend a pipe with minimum wrinkle at the bends (wrinkle is bad cause it restricts flow). The cheap way to do it is to fill in the pipe at both ends with sands until it's really full, seal both ends by closing it with a piece of metal and weld them really good so the sands won't come out. Now you can bend it without actually folding them. Hope this info might be usefull for you.

[bmx15t]

Sorry guys, when i posted mine I didn't look for the first page, I was hoping that I would look smart by posting the sand technique. I guess its the other way around now. Do I look like a dork now? heheheh

[jack]

Once ya grow out the Dork Stage you'll become a full fledged member at the Garage ;D and you'll blend right in

I like the looks of the pre cut mandrel radius tubing with welded sections,gives it a custom look.....Jack

[hopper]

I made my own bender and had the dies cnc made for 1.25" and 1.50" tubing. It's a vertical one shot bender. Will bend up to 90 degree bends @ 4.5" radius. I even made a conversion kit for it so you can also have an arbor press and mini press brake also. I also have a JD2 style bender (knock off of the real thing) in which I can use for anything beyond 90 degrees as in if you are making hoops for a hardtail rear end that need to go a full 180 degrees. I used to make and sell the one shot bender kits for 250 but with steel prices sky rocketing I wasn't making any money to even pay for my time to make them anymore so I quit.

[bubbakahuna]

Truff1, as someone who's worked in art-metals in the past may I say :: NICE WORK!

I'm in Ft. Atkinson, I might call on you for a couple small projects in the future.

Cheers,
- JJ