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pipe bending machine LOAN...
jossey - 1/12/11 at 02:57 PM

so i need to buy a tube pipe bender for my exhaust for my zzr1100 engine. given the cost of benders i was thinking of buying one and selling it on which is fine but does anyone near LEEDS,LINCOLN,DONCASTER,BRADFORD etc have one to loan me for a few weeks for cashhhhhh....

Thanks


owelly - 1/12/11 at 03:12 PM

Surely, you'll need a mandrel machine? Trying to use one of those 'bottle-jack in a frame' benders will result in squished, flattened, dented and kinked chimneys.


jossey - 1/12/11 at 03:44 PM

wont a hydraulic tube bender work ?


jacko - 1/12/11 at 04:44 PM

No not very good tube benders are for thick walled tube ie 3mm up
do a serch and you will find
Jacko


tegwin - 1/12/11 at 05:08 PM

You would be better off either finding online or locally a source for ready made bends..... get the ones you need and cut/weld the pipes together to give you what you need... can be done to give really good results if you take time over it


designer - 1/12/11 at 05:23 PM

Yes I agree, buy the bends and straights.

Make's life it a lot easier.


jossey - 1/12/11 at 05:29 PM

ok guys thanks for your eggspert advice ill get bends etc.


macc man - 1/12/11 at 05:47 PM

If you make wire formers of the bends needed you could take the pipe to a local exhaust maker. They will form it for not much cash. I did this and saved loads.