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I'm in the process of building an exteral roll cage for my patrol with 1020 mild steel 45mm x 2.5mm thick. It has a very high carbon content and needs to be bent with a J-Bender.

We have tried bending it by filling it with Sydney dried sand and belting wood in either end and using a normal pipe bender but it either kinks or splits before we get it to bend.

I've been told by Performance Metals that the only way I can bend this metal is with a J-Bender or something similar but cant remember the name of the other one they said.

So i'm wondering who in Newcastle has a J Bender or something simlar who does bends for the general public in Newcastle?

Cheers Mick.

Mick. wrote:I'm in the process of building an exteral roll cage for my patrol with 1020 mild steel 45mm x 2.5mm thick. It has a very high carbon content and needs to be bent with a J-Bender.

We have tried bending it by filling it with Sydney dried sand and belting wood in either end and using a normal pipe bender but it either kinks or splits before we get it to bend.

I've been told by Performance Metals that the only way I can bend this metal is with a J-Bender or something similar but cant remember the name of the other one they said.

So i'm wondering who in Newcastle has a J Bender or something simlar who does bends for the general public in Newcastle?

Cheers Mick.

jd3?

redzook wrote:

Mick. wrote:I'm in the process of building an exteral roll cage for my patrol with 1020 mild steel 45mm x 2.5mm thick. It has a very high carbon content and needs to be bent with a J-Bender.

We have tried bending it by filling it with Sydney dried sand and belting wood in either end and using a normal pipe bender but it either kinks or splits before we get it to bend.

I've been told by Performance Metals that the only way I can bend this metal is with a J-Bender or something similar but cant remember the name of the other one they said.

So i'm wondering who in Newcastle has a J Bender or something simlar who does bends for the general public in Newcastle?

Cheers Mick.

jd3?

I know what your talking about now.

I'll have to ring performance metals again and ask them. The have OPW in there links section which is where I just found it.

Cheers Mick.

give perfab a ring they have a machine there mainly used for bending ss handrails has plenty of grunt dunno what u would call it never heard of a j bender just take in an off cut and see there at tomago
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or at my work we have section rolls but they would give you a massive radius