[Mark Leasure]

Originally Posted by Pushit2.0

for bending pipe I leave the die surface ruff with no lubrication, and I polish the shoe surface and apply plenty of grease on the shoe and pipe while bending. I have a Pro Tools bender that we made into a 12volt hydraulic/electric.

We figured it took about 250lbs on a 3 1/2 foot bar to bend a 1 5/8" chrome moly tube.

Any thoughts for front to back braces similar to factory?

~John

Thanks for the advice. I'm going to polish the shoe surface and experiment. Do you know what the radius is for your die? My benders die radius is very small at 5” and I’m sure it adds to the problem. I see the JD2’s have a 6.5”. I don't have plans to make it hydraulic, unless I start getting sick of ratcheting.