Miks15
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posted on 5/9/11 at 11:21 AM |
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Tube Bender/Roller
HI Guys,
i want to build myself a tube roller to get some nice flowing curves in tubing that cant easily be bent otherwise. Just one of those with 3 rollers
(dies?) with the center one adjustable so you can make several passes increasing the depth of the middle die to former tighter radius.
Anyone know of any plans to make one? or know of any going cheap?
Cheers
Mikkel
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minordelay
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posted on 5/9/11 at 12:22 PM |
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Hi
There is a thread on here somewhere on a Ariel Atom style build. I think that had a homebuilt tube roller build in it.
Can't remember the name sorry.
Nigel
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carlknight1982
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posted on 5/9/11 at 12:52 PM |
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Rw6 I think the car was, the guy was from bedford but i cant remeber his name!!
Logic will get you from a A to B
Imagination will take you everywhere.
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Myke 2463
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posted on 5/9/11 at 12:52 PM |
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Check this out. do a search - locoR1 » Tube Roller.
Dave made his own.
[Edited on 5/9/11 by Myke 2463]
Be Lucky Mike.
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Miks15
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posted on 5/9/11 at 01:40 PM |
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Cheers Guys,
LocoR1's does look good.
Was hoping there might be something out there with detailed plans i could copy?
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locoR1
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posted on 5/9/11 at 01:50 PM |
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I looked but never found any plans, mine was inspired by the one cloudy on here built to build the warner R4
Do a search using James's user name cloudy or have a look though his build thread warner R4
Cheers for the coments on mine
Dave.
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Miks15
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posted on 5/9/11 at 03:28 PM |
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Thanks Dave,
I will have a look cloudys post and see what i can find
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John P
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posted on 5/9/11 at 04:08 PM |
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I'm fairly sure Rorty used to do some downloadable plans for a tube bender. They weren't free but relatively cheap.
Have a look at rorty-design.com
John.
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Miks15
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posted on 5/9/11 at 05:08 PM |
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i saw the rorty one but the link on the website wouldnt work
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Neville Jones
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posted on 5/9/11 at 07:27 PM |
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Search through AlanB's posts, he had pics of the roller he made up using a vice.
Cheers,
Nev.
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flak monkey
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posted on 5/9/11 at 07:46 PM |
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Have a look at this
http://www.thefont.info/tubebender/tube_bender.htm
They work really well and really cheap
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Alan B
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posted on 5/9/11 at 11:29 PM |
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Neville's memory was correct
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