Harbor Freight B&M Stores have this bender on sale for the weekend at $69.99. Just picked one up, weighs a ton! bends water pipe (not car related) like its not even there.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=32888



[Edited on 1/10/05 by jestre]

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=15257&ts=87306
for us brits

Bit more pricey over here. Think they'll ship from the states?

They are imported from the far east for pennies.

They are ONLY any good for bending thick wall type pipes, preferably B.S.P. pipe, sizes/thickness's should be in my photo archive!

Use them on thin wall stuff and watch it crush & mush up!

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/nom-bore.jpg

the manual that came with it says, and I quote,

"when bend thin walled pipe or conduit, you may have problems with the pipe become kinked or creased. To limit the amount of creasing, fill the pipe with sand and cap the ends."

[Edited on 1/10/05 by jestre]

The firm I used to work for bought one of the Clarke branded ones from Machine Mart to use bending one inch nominal bore handrail tubes. Lasted half an hour before the seals blew.

Serves the cheapskates right for buying a D.I.Y. product for industrial use