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The big difference is in the dies, and where the pressure is applied to the tubing to do the bending.On the HF unit, the pipe is held on either side of the bend with pins, and a hydraulic bottle jack applies pressure to the center (between the pins) with a formed die. They're ok to about 90° on pipe, or soft tubing.An actual tubing bender basically "pulls" the tubing around a die from one end, resulting in a bend with less distortion, and consistent tubing diameter throughout the bend.I wasn't saying it couldn't be done with the HF unit in my post above...just trying to get some facts out regarding the differences between the benders. I guess the "easiest" way to bend tubing accurately and consistently is with an actual tubing bender.Ryan
I wasn't doubting your words Reklund, I wasn't sure what the difference was in benders. I have no experience in bending anything other than IFS parts
for the love of god people. pipe is for sh*t!
for the love of god people. pipe is for sh*t! use tube for your projects, and i wouldn't use anything less than .120 wall also the dies on the hf PIPE bender are going to be a diffenent OD than tube.
-you also said that a 110v welder from HF could weld pipe but not tube...maybe you should lay the pipe downthere are lots of people who dont care about the benefit of tubing over pipe, because that is what they have-pipetubing is great for exo's, chassis , cages....etc if you have the means of correctly bending and forming it..pipe will bend in a HF bender and you can use the crap out of it for exterior parts, like sliders, bumpers, crossmembers, whatever you want..-not saying that it should be used or shouldn't..but tons of peeps out there use it, most people cant tell the dif without asking the guy who built it.
there are more than a few pipe exos out there that have been proven.
Gavin you have any experience with either or are you just jumping on the wagon? there are more than a few pipe exos out there that have been proven.
why's that. HREW seems to be fine for all of that. I've heard that DOM it isn't as strong.
if boogerweldz says pipe is a-ok then i believe it is. his DOM hoop failed while the rest of his PIPE exo sustained. id rather run pipe than anything else. other thing.. HF bender is for pipe.. pipe is measured in ID tube is measured in OD which is why the dies are different. DOM truely isnt anything special unless you get special treatments and whatnot. Plus for an exo/bumpers/sliders pipe would be BETTER because it does not dent like hrew/dom will. If you build it right hrew/dom is no better than pipe. PERRIOD
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