I designed the first tube
bender (SD Tube Bender) for my own use, but the numerous requests for a heavier
bender gave birth to the Heavy Duty Tube Bender Plans. This tube bender
is designed with ease in mind. The angles are achieved with a simple angle
finder due to the vertical design. We offer both, the HD Tube Bender Plans and
the Air/Hyd Tube Bender Plans in a PDF format that will be e-mailed to you as soon as
payment is received. The HD Tube Bender Plans is a good choice for
those who want to bend tubing with a diameter up to 2 " and wall
thickness up to .120" for Recumbent
Trikes, mini bikes, Go-Karts, Motorcycle frames, Sand rails, roll cages or what
the imagination cooks up. The cost to build the HD Bender can be as low as $100 US including the jack
(per material cost in 2004).
The Air/ Hydraulic Tube Bender is the third generation tube bender and the
latest addition. A/H tube bender can be built for as low as $200 US and that
is a huge savings compared to a commercial hydraulic powered tube bender. This
bender is like 10% of the cost of some commercial bender. The Tube Benders will
work with additional round tubing die sets from 1/2 " to 2" and square tubing
die sets form 1/2 " to 1 1/2 ". The link to the die supplier will be included in
the plans. The plans will also include detail drawings of all components, Bill
Of Material, pictures of the
solid models and pictures of the prototypes to guide you through the project.
Q. "What is the difference between the Air/Hyd and
the HD bender?"
A. Both benders are
designed to do the same thing, bend tubing from 1/2" to 2" OD and wall thickness
up to .120"
The HD is the second generation an older design and uses the manual pump
cylinder. If you ever want to upgrade to an Air/Hydraulic cylinder, the frame
will have to be modified.
The Air/Hydraulic bender is
the Third generation tube bender from Takacs Cycles that uses an Air/Hydraulic
cylinder that is only $20-$30 US more than the manual cylinder. The advantage of
this cylinder is that if you have a source of compressed air the bender is
operated with the easy of an air valve. If the compressed air source is not
available it can also be pumped by hand just like the old HD tube bender.
The second change was to redesign the bender for more commonly available
materials. Some of the material that I used in the HD was readily available in
Los Angeles, CA, however some customer out of state had difficulty finding it.
The third major change was adapting ideas that I had accumulated through the
years of using my old HD to make the bender an even better product. The plans
include two styles, "A" and "B". Style "A" is a stripped down version with an
economical approach and it is similar to the old HD tube bender with the
exception of the Air/Hydraulic cylinder. The Style "B" is a deluxe version that
includes some parts that make the bender much easier to use. The parts for the
Style "B" bender that I offer below are only needed with the Style "B" Tube
bender.
$17.99.
Past customers that have purchased older
plans get 1/2 off.
Air/Hyd "Style B" set.
Includes M, KB2, KB3
In Stock $60
Shipping prices are for the
Continental United States. Other then that please e-Mail me for shipping
cost!
Air/Hyd Bender "B Style"
machined kit. Includes A's, JB's, KB's, KB2's, KB3's, and M.
The Style B kit is $300 +
S/H
This kit comes with most of the
parts that need drilling. To complete the bender you will have to get the
remaining material just follow the BOM from the plans you purchased.
This kit is for the customer that
does not have a large drill press that can handle large drill bits or just does not want to deal with drilling the
parts. Kit is made on a milling machine for accuracy.
This kit will have to be ordered.
Please e-mail me for availability. A $100 deposit is required when ordering
this Kit. The invoice for the balance will be sent when Kit is ready to
ship. Please allow a couple weeks to ship the kit.
I removed the shopping cart
link from these plans. I still had customers ordering these plans by mistake. A
lot of older threads on the Internet started with the old HD bender and
naturally the new Air/Hyd Plans get missed .
The new Air/Hyd bender is
just like the old HD just better.. If you are still interested in the old HD
tube bender plans, please order The Air/Hyd bender from the above link and leave
a note that you will like the old HD tube bender plans, however I highly suggest
of building the new Air/Hydraulic Tube bender. If an air compressor is your
concern there is NO PROBLEM, you can still pump it manually with out any
compressed air and when compressed air source is available you will be ready for
it.
Large Square Tubing Bender Plans are under
construction
The plans are 90% done, but I will not release it for
commercial use. I myself do not have the need for this bender
and I will not build it. If you are interest in build this bender please
download the PDF and email me for the
password.
! This plans are for a large stuff like trailer frames, Jeep frame rails, rock
crawler frames or ???.
Sample PDF
Right Click here
and "Save Target As" to your drive. You
will need Adobe reader to view this PDF. To download the free reader go
click on the link bellow. This file is just a sample of how our manuals are
laid out.
Tubing Fab Calculator
Click here
to download a free Tubing fab calculator from Takacs Cycles.. This is an
Excel file and you will need MS Excel to open it.
Tube Notching Template
I found this free tube notching
template maker on a website. I though it was a useful tool so here is for
download. The only problem with this program that the dimensions are given
in Metric only. If you want to enter a Standard dimension just multiply the
inch value with 25.4. Print out the template and wrap around your tubing to
transfer the contour.
Click here to download.
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