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who sells dawn dies + cheep pipe benders
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:55 pm
by flexit
hey , I'm looking to buy a cheap bender and get a dawn die to yo use with it I'm on the central coast and I'm having trouble finding the dawn dies's.has anyone been out end bought one lately that can tell me where to go. and has it bent your pipe ok
dawn die
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:23 pm
by daz4b
got mine from blackwoods 32nb $90 they had to order it in ,works excellent in cheap bender ,you have to make a adaptor to fit the jack shaft darren
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:35 pm
by flexit
OK that's the go ar blackwoods in Newcastle? what pipe did you bend
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:41 pm
by YankeeDave
i have a dawn die but i reckon the centre line radius sux.
bends are too wide, i'm looking for something better but can't find anything.
any ideas for 40nb???
dawn die
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:42 pm
by daz4b
yep in newcastle, i bent 32nb black medium and heavy pipe darren
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:09 pm
by r0ck_m0nkey
flexit wrote:OK that's the go ar blackwoods in Newcastle? what pipe did you bend
I think there is one at Tuggerah also.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:40 pm
by jeep97tj
I got my die from blackwoods and the 12t bender from super cheap. I use a 19mm 3/4 drive chrome socket as the adapter between the benders piston and the die.
Pipe Bender
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:45 pm
by stinger
Just today I bought a 12t pipe bender from Trade Tools Direct at Gold Coast for $151, will try a couple of practice pieces and decide if I want to get Dawn dies...
Re: Pipe Bender
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:02 pm
by nottie
stinger wrote:Just today I bought a 12t pipe bender from Trade Tools Direct at Gold Coast for $151, will try a couple of practice pieces and decide if I want to get Dawn dies...
Pretty certain you will be ordering a dawn die
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:12 pm
by v840
YankeeDave wrote:i have a dawn die but i reckon the centre line radius sux.
bends are too wide, i'm looking for something better but can't find anything.
any ideas for 40nb???
I think you will have to go to a tube bender to get tighter radii.
I haven't seen a pipe bender die that has a better radius than the Dawn and still produces the same quality of bends. If there is one, feel free to post up.
This is assuming of course that you have moved the rollers in as far as you can?
Re: Pipe Bender
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:09 pm
by jeep97tj
stinger wrote:will try a couple of practice pieces and decide if I want to get Dawn dies...
Will be just a waist of pipe.
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:53 pm
by brendan_h
i have got a a cheap pipe bender. build a tube bar with it. the bends where so bad using medium pipe i that got 32nb heavy (4mm) and pack it with sand. bends are still of ok quality but next time dawn die for me. i am thinking of modifying my bar again so i will getting a dawn die soon
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:32 pm
by flexit
OK it's on its way 32nb dawn die$117from blackwoods and a 12t air operated bender$399 from Sydney tools. and what pipe are yous using and where to by it from I'm up gosford way????
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:50 pm
by nottie
Well a 32nb die will need 32nb tube
Use 3.2 (medium )wall tube.
Another trick is to slice a say 80mm section of 40nb pipe thru the centre and weld it to the rollers on the bender as so they dont dint the tube.
Like this 0( If you get what i mean
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:21 pm
by flexit
OK so the 32nb pip slides on/in the 40nb half pip but rollers don't spin ??? how long do you leave the half pipe on each side just 80ml