Tubing bender/ roller stands

84mallcrawl · Nov 24, 2015

I was scrolling through mculter's a slight rebuild thread and saw his bender/roller/press cart, I really like the way it looks. how well does a setup like this work?
To people that have built one before what would you change, and what are some good dimensions to build one of these too?

mcutler · Nov 24, 2015

I really like my cart. Only a cpl things I would change. First, larger casters. These small ones suck, this unit got heavy fast. Second, have a second shop press, having my swag brake on my press is a hassle to remove. And third, is to mount the small parts bender horizontal to be more functional, but i make it work. Aside from those things is quite handy, plus I can set it in other building if I know I won't be needing it for a bit.

My favorite thing is the tube bender is set dead on vertical, and when the tube is set in the dies at 0 degrees, the tuning is dead level with floor. Makes bending easier.

If you'd like summer pics, I can snap some for you tomorrow.

matt

84mallcrawl · Nov 25, 2015

That would be cool. what are you calling a small parts bender?

mcutler · Nov 28, 2015

Here's some pics for you. The small parts bender is grey, good for round rod and flat stock.

matt

joho75287 · Nov 28, 2015

Can you imagine what people think when they look at those pics and don't know what it does or how it works. Lol. That's gotta mess with some peoples heads!!
Nice setup BTW. Very jealous!!!