sheet bender.

[The Buddah]

Hello,

Does anybody have plans for a good cheep home made sheet metal bender, also a tube bender?

cheers.

 

[Shox Dr]

There are lots of tube bender plans floating about, the big problem is you can never be sure how good they will bend tube. They can also be ambiguous about the die set they use.

The best plans for a tube bender are Franks at Gottrikes, they are 14USD, and are very good value for money. They use Pro Tools Dies, freely available form the likes of Stakesys.

Search on here for my user name and bender it will pull up pictures of a bender I built using franks plans.

 

[The Buddah]

I did say cheep............lol

 

[stuvy]

there is no such thing as cheap even on a home made tube bender. This subject pops up every few weeks!

As for sheet metal folders, these can be knocked up really cheaply. There are a few on here too. Give the search function a try buddy

 

[Shox Dr]

Sheet bender!!

doh! reading posts too fast.

 

[stuvy]

Sheet bender!!

doh! reading posts too fast.

No mate he is after both!! sheet benders are simple to throw together tube benders arent as easy though

 

[Shox Dr]

double doh! my heads a shed today.

never mind the link to the gottrikes bender is the best you will find, how you decide to built it is up to the builder.

 

[stuvy]

its that airline dave is really off set you!

 

[Dave3066]

Hello,

Does anybody have plans for a good cheep home made sheet metal bender, also a tube bender?

cheers.

Check out this thread on the RR forum.

Making Panels

Dave

 

[The Buddah]

Thanks Dave,

I'll make a note of that looks ok.

Cheers