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<blockquote data-quote="SlugSlinger" data-source="post: 3278100" data-attributes="member: 7248"><p>You need a different set of dies for each OD you want to bend. It doesn’t matter (tube or pipe) about what you are trying to bend. I started with a hydraulic pipe bender and it would smash pipe because it wasn’t really designed to make good bends. It’s designed to smash a corner although more than not, you can get a bend that would work. The only way I could make any kind of bend greater than 45* was to fill the pipe with sand and cap the ends. This helped from smashing corners, but it didn’t eliminate that.</p><p></p><p>Pipe is measured ID, tube is measured OD. So the dies usually don’t work well, although I have made decent bends of 1.625’ tube with my 1.25” pipe die. 1.25” schedule 40 pipe is 1.66” OD. 1.5” schedule 40 pipe is 1.9” OD.</p><p></p><p>With the model 4 you can bend square or round tube and pipe consistently with the right die. Dies are rather expensive for one time use, like building a cage or bumpers for yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlugSlinger, post: 3278100, member: 7248"] You need a different set of dies for each OD you want to bend. It doesn’t matter (tube or pipe) about what you are trying to bend. I started with a hydraulic pipe bender and it would smash pipe because it wasn’t really designed to make good bends. It’s designed to smash a corner although more than not, you can get a bend that would work. The only way I could make any kind of bend greater than 45* was to fill the pipe with sand and cap the ends. This helped from smashing corners, but it didn’t eliminate that. Pipe is measured ID, tube is measured OD. So the dies usually don’t work well, although I have made decent bends of 1.625’ tube with my 1.25” pipe die. 1.25” schedule 40 pipe is 1.66” OD. 1.5” schedule 40 pipe is 1.9” OD. With the model 4 you can bend square or round tube and pipe consistently with the right die. Dies are rather expensive for one time use, like building a cage or bumpers for yourself. [/QUOTE]
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