just ordered this pipe bender from harborfreight.com http://www.harborfreight.com/c...35336

and it says "perfect for automotive apps" but i tried to bend a piece of exhaust piping and it creased it...twice..and a third try yielded a flat top and only a 45 degree bend... i want 90 degree but thats when it creases...HELP on suggestions and such. i dont mind if it has ripples at the bottom of the bend, just not CREASED

straight off the site :::
"Extra power for extra large jobs! Perfect for all types of automotive applications. "


Modified by hybridvteceg at 9:51 PM 4/23/2003

 

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I dont know much... but how much psi are you putting through it? How large of a compressor do you have?

 

if u looked at the site its not a compressed air bender, a manual jack style one...

 

Those things are just that, a *pipe* bender. I believe they're made for bending conduit. I also think pipe dimensions are different from tubing dimensions. For automotive type bends I'm afraid what you really want is a mandrel bender which costs $$$$.

 

if u also read it says perfect for automotive use...

 

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So what? thats just what the catalog says.... Perfect for automotive PIPING that doesnt mattter if it is creased...

You want a mandrel bender, or a good TUBE bender. They are TOTALLY different.

Pipe= HVAC, Heating, Cooling all that stuff... cheap exhausts at midas.

tube= roll cages, mandrel exhausts, cool stuff like that.

A proper TUBE bender usually has a piece that slides inside the tube to prevent it from creasing or deforming.

Send that POS back

 

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Send that POS back</TD></TR></TABLE>
I am...damn im pissed. someone find me a tube bender...