hello everyone.

i wantg tu buy a tubing bead roller.
any one what i can find affordable ones?

thanks

 

What do you consider affordable?

 

I just bought a bead form. I'd heard nothing but good things about it, so i bought one when i was in the market for one. I'm very happy with it so far, it works very good.

http://www.vansantent.com/bead_tool.htm

 

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You've seen his tool?

 

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I've been pretty happy with everything I've ever purchased from Van Sant.

In this case, I think Eastwood has a slightly better price on it.

 

thanks for the answer tony.
by saying affordable. i mean somthing cheaper then the bead form.

my budget is about $200.

 

Several years ago, I built a fence for my regular bead roller that was designed to let me use it for tubing. It was kind of a pain to use, but it did a pretty good job. I just made a big disk-shaped fence that would bolt to the arm almost right up against the dies. Not the best solution, but cheap and reasonably effective. Never used it again once a friend got the Bead Form.

If you buy it here, its only $50 more than your budget:

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump...ODUCT

 

harbor freight has one its $150 havent tried it though or bought it http://www.harborfreight.com/c...34104

 

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I have that one. It's great for sheet metal, but I haven't touched tubing yet. It does have some flex to it, so you have to reinforce it. But over all, I'm happy with the purchase... Again, not sure for tubing...

 

I just bought this one off eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Sheet-...wItem

Works fine for the IC piping I'm working on. I'll post some pics if I can find my camera.

There was a few post a little bit ago on rollers. Some guy made one from a alternator pulley for free.

 

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http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Sheet-...wItem

Works fine for the IC piping I'm working on. I'll post some pics if I can find my camera.

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thanks mrlegoman.
this one looks nice.
do u use it on metal and aluminum? and what wall thickness?

pictures will be gr8

thanks