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30 thoughts on “homemade metal bender/roller

  1. hey mustie im new to your channel love what you do i wanna say i think if you wanna bend tube that you can put a pully some sort that will take all sizes and put collars on them with a jam screw slide it on the rolling main bar on top im betting that the tube would ride a lot better or you can make a few of them for other sizes of tube

  2. I managed to weld up a broken coil spring. and last I saw it the thing continued to hold. welded 50 years ago. I've never welded cast that I recall, now I'd like to try it.

  3. the only flaw I see is that your bottom rollers are too far apart, they might work better if they were closer, the rollers they use for pipe are 99% of the time concave like on the first bender u showed… is that a word?. idk. i really like your creations dude. 👍🏻

  4. You need some dies for the material your working with. Flat rollers are good for flat stock. Tubing dies for tubing and round stock. parallel dies for square stock. you can get dies cheap and go from a cool DIY attempt to a fab shop equivalent. Harbor freight has cheapo manual tubing benders. You can probably get the dies from them. that or just machine a few from round bar

  5. your crank roller needs some rubber so it will feed better, but then you couldn't take it out through the bearings…you are smart we know you will bigure it out…….most bike frames are made of  Chromolly steel, great stuff, that is what all new dragster chassis are made from……..

  6. That's a good one, Some fine tuning and you'll be golden. I'm thinking if the pipe you'll be rolling gets off to one side a bit you may find a bit of wobble in the end product.
    Just another thing to ponder on. Cheers

  7. Cool now Im glad I mentioned the bender. I almost didnt even post that video. I dont know how much luck youll have with bending round stuff its best for flat and square tubing but its worth a shot. Also I made the two outer rollers as close to the center as i could to get the tightest bends possible. It was more than enough to bend the 10" front wheels I made. Anyway its a good tool to have around. theres really no other way to bend good curves like that without one

  8. Thoughts: add a keyway near the end of the crank bar so you can slide metal pulleys on to it, better for keeping tubing round when bending, assorted sizes.
    Sandblast or use a nurling tool in the center to make the crank bar grip better.
    Drill holes in the base plate so you can put pegs in place so the item being bent wont change angle to the crank bar.
    A large cup of coffee for making such a usefull tool 😀

  9. most of the tubing benders I have seen have had a roller with a groove cut in it ( U-shaped, so the tubing can fit in it). I'd be afraid of ovaling the tubes even if they are filled with sand…

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