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Home made tools... my tube bender
phelpsa - 27/4/11 at 10:04 PM

How satisfying it it when you save a shed load of money by constructing a tool that you could have bought?

Here's a tube bender I knocked up this afternoon from £5 of MDF and some bits of metal and bolts i had laying around in the garage.



Used to make my anti-roll bar

[Edited on 27-4-11 by phelpsa]


StevieB - 27/4/11 at 10:16 PM

Nice

Does it make a neat bend in the tube (no distorting)?

I may have to plagarise that heavily for my next build


phelpsa - 27/4/11 at 10:24 PM

quote:
Originally posted by StevieB
Nice

Does it make a neat bend in the tube (no distorting)?

I may have to plagarise that heavily for my next build


It does indeed, on 5/8 16swg CDS tube anyway. No visible distortion at all Its on a 75mm radius but could probably go tighter without a problem.


A1 - 28/4/11 at 12:16 AM

is that an impreza i see?

nice job though!


phelpsa - 28/4/11 at 07:37 AM

quote:
Originally posted by A1
is that an impreza i see?

nice job though!


Thats my mum's STI Spec-D

And thanks!