"Michael Maskalans" <dml@tepidcola.com> wrote in message
news:42F1A4CE.8020206@tepidcola.com...
> Nah, build you own. That's what keith and I plan to try. I'll let you
> know how it works out. Haven't decided if it's worth it to try to make
> the dies too. If the baja shop or student machine shop happen to have a
> bull-nosed mill in the proper size I'm going to have to try to jig up a
> die fab. I can't get the mill bit much cheaper than the die set though
> (like $60-$80 for a 1.25" bull nose mill last I checked, plus the 1.5"
> cold rolled stock at ~$GOD, when the die set for a JD2 is around $250)
> --
> MikeM
>
I've seen multiple sites that have plans for building your own pipe bender.
I'm lucky in that I have a couple sources for using a bender, so that
shouldn't be much of an issue if it comes to it.
- Rich
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