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Old 09-17-2012, 04:32 PM   #17 (permalink)
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There ya go.

How are you doing the short bends? Heat? Mandrel bends?

I have a 12 ton press for bending tubing up to~1 1/2". It has two upper rollers and an adjustable lower die. I don't know that it's adequate for roll bar tubing. If it had a lower roller you could pull the tube back and forth like sheet metal on an English wheel to make longer curves.

Maybe improvise the rollers, drill holes in the ends of a piece of tubing for winch cables, and have a couple for 4x4 buddies stand off on each side and pull it back and forth with their winches?

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