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the rep told me 1.6 mm wall is the most that these chinese benders can do, has any one used heavier wall and not f****d there bender, just wanna no cause in thinkin of buying 1.

i have a cheap one i got from repco, stock dies are useless.

i got a dawn die, 32nb last week and it bends awesome

see this thread for a bit of info,

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... sc&start=0

i have a cheap pipe bender and just bought a good die the size i needed, as CHOPZUKI mentioned, they will work, i have bent 6mm steam pipe and it did it, my bender uses a 20ton bottle jack, so just keep that in mind, not sure what other bender's use,,,

what price would you be looking at for these "cheap" benders aprox?

190 for a chinese brand 1, glenfords wanted 295 for the same bender

i paid about $160 for my cheapo bender, its a 16T Capacity, comes with imperial dies upto 3" but will be getting a 32NB, and a 40NB Dawn dies soon, ive bent upto 3.2mm walled stuff and have had no dramas, except the current dues kink the pipe,

bazooked wrote:the rep told me 1.6 mm wall is the most that these chinese benders can do, has any one used heavier wall and not f****d there bender, just wanna no cause in thinkin of buying 1.

hey mate, good luck bendin 1.6mm wall, it will crush, the minium u can bend is about 3.2 i think, whatever meduim wall is.

bazooked wrote:the rep told me 1.6 mm wall is the most that these chinese benders can do, has any one used heavier wall and not f****d there bender, just wanna no cause in thinkin of buying 1.

Flat sheet or pipe??

Bazzle

pipe, they also had 1 of those bramley benders, wanted 600 for it , he said that 1 can do 2mm wall

bazooked wrote:pipe, they also had 1 of those bramley benders, wanted 600 for it , he said that 1 can do 2mm wall

try 2mm, but i'm pretty sure if it's a bow and arrow style bender it will deform really quick,

i have a cheapo bender, bending some heavy wall pipe, did one bend sweet, the next bend was fucked, i warped the die on one bend.
so now i have to get off my ass and buy a dawn die.

customhilux wrote:

bazooked wrote:the rep told me 1.6 mm wall is the most that these chinese benders can do, has any one used heavier wall and not f****d there bender, just wanna no cause in thinkin of buying 1.

hey mate, good luck bendin 1.6mm wall, it will crush, the minium u can bend is about 3.2 i think, whatever meduim wall is.

filling the pipe with sand can greatly reduce this

Slayer wrote:

customhilux wrote:

bazooked wrote:the rep told me 1.6 mm wall is the most that these chinese benders can do, has any one used heavier wall and not f****d there bender, just wanna no cause in thinkin of buying 1.

hey mate, good luck bendin 1.6mm wall, it will crush, the minium u can bend is about 3.2 i think, whatever meduim wall is.

filling the pipe with sand can greatly reduce this

I know that's right because Hardy Kruger said so in the original version of Flight of the Phoenix!

as i said above, i have an elcheapo bender, it bends 3.2mm walle stuff okay, depending on what angle you want, the elcheapo dies i couldnt get over 50 degrees, today, i boughts a Dawn 40NB former, and did 2 near on 90 degree bends and they are sweet, highly recomend Dawn formers

this is 25nb bent with the dawn die. 32nb will go to 180° quite easily.

Wendle wrote:this is 25nb bent with the dawn die. 32nb will go to 180° quite easily.

So is that using dawn dies on cheapo bender ?
Also what does "nb" stand for

BJ

nomimnal bore,(inside diameter).

hey slayer, filling with sand will be ok but if u have to fill it to stop it from crushing then it wont be strong enough to take a hit etc.

how much are this dies

$100-$140 for a 32NB dawn die/former, depending on where you buy it. do a search for dawn dies or dawn formers or email dawn tools.