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Pro-tool tubing bender
liam.mccaffrey - 1/5/08 at 06:24 PM

Woohoo! just ordered the above direct from protool
http://www.pro-tools.com/200.htm

with dies for 3/4" and 1 3/4"

I will give a thorough review when it arrives next week.


big_wasa - 1/5/08 at 07:17 PM

Let us know how you get on as I would like the 105 for my next large tool invesment.


ruudbeckers - 1/5/08 at 07:50 PM

You could make your own 105 to save some money:

http://www.chopperhandbook.com/neatstuff/cbh-bender.htm

Only a shame those dies are so expensive.


dubstar_04 - 1/5/08 at 07:53 PM

That looks really nice. I just started a new job and saw a pipe bender on my interview tour around the factory. I mentioned it last week and they had binned it because no one has used it for 12 months!! Gutted!!


liam.mccaffrey - 1/5/08 at 08:15 PM

I had priced up the materials for the build your own bender but I decided to throw some of my bonus at it to speed the car build up a bit.

The dies are expensive but with maybe 2 or 3 dies I could be knocking out rollcages and such for the rest of my life.



[Edited on 1/5/08 by liam.mccaffrey]


Alan B - 1/5/08 at 09:00 PM

That's the one I have...I think youll be pleased with it........I just have the 1.5" die though.....hmmmmm?....interesting..

ETA...Ooops no..mine is the 105 model...still I'm sure it will be great....

[Edited on 1/5/08 by Alan B]


liam.mccaffrey - 2/5/08 at 02:59 AM

alan i think the dies are the same, you up for an ex-pat die sharing program

On closer inspection the dies are not the same

[Edited on 2/5/08 by liam.mccaffrey]


Minicooper - 2/5/08 at 10:54 AM

I'm very pleased with mine, it does perfect bends quickly and easily

Cheers
David


NS Dev - 3/5/08 at 08:30 PM

proper kit, nice purchase!