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You guys who are telling people to pack the tubing with sand..... have you done this yourself or just repeating a myth ? I would like to see some pics of tubing you bent with and without sand. I see people post this all the time, but have never seen anyone actually prove that it helps. Anyone got any first hand experience bending pipe with and without sand ? Any pics of both ?I've bent a lot of pipe with the HF bender with no sand and without heating the pipe. It has always worked well for me without kinking . Seems like the sand myth would be a lot of trouble for nothing.
If you are using pipe you don't need the sand, but you do w/mild tube.
This is a pipe bender with pipe size dies. If you bend something besides pipe with a pipe die, expect it to not work correctly. Mine makes a nice bend with the sch 40 pipe that it was designed for without using sand. I get what your saying about the sand, but don't blame the bender because you used the wrong size tubing. Also thinner wall will kink easier. I have a JD2 bender with a 1.750 die , 5.5" radius and if I bend 1.750 .093 wall (exhaust tube) with it it will have ripples in the bend. Bends 1.75 .120 wall perfectly though.
This is a pipe bender with pipe size dies. If you bend something besides pipe with a pipe die, expect it to not work correctly. Mine makes a nice bend with the sch 40 pipe that it was designed for without using sand. I get what your saying about the sand, but don't blame the bender because you used the wrong size tubing.
more pics please
Ok, so UnlcleJPL4x4.... did you ever bye a HF bender and if so what is your opinion?
You will have to use 1-5/" tube in the 1.5" die, to keep the bends relatively tight. The heavier the wall tube, the better the bends, avoid anything thinner than .125 wall tube.
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