Simple tube bender that works

[Alex-Ks1]

I bought a tube bender for 700$ , it was crap , so I made one , it's very simple and works every time and does not kink the square tubing at all . All you need is some common sense and simple math , I'm useing to make hood braces on my 7 .  I machined a piece of aluminum to the under size of my bend radius , then used a serpentine belt pulley as the bending device attached to a 4 foot bar .

Mount the one piece to a work table and attach both round pieces to the bar , insert the square tube ,,, after you make correct measurements . Put oil on oth rollers and clamp the tail end of the square tube to the table , then roll the long bar around to what ever radius you want ,, it works every time I did this for less then ten dollars , I sent the Pro Tube Bender back it was crap . I found this on U tube 

 

Edited September 12, 2022 by Alex-Ks1
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