Was a little confused about what the cheater was used for right up until you hooked the tape measure into the cut. Boom instantly made sense. Dude you are a genius
You have a clear, natural pedagogical style to your videos. Thanks so much for posting. You really deserve your own primetime show on the velocity channel.
Hey Justin, I'm a lazy youtuber in terms of comments but just had to log in to thank you for all your videos. Straight, no BS approach, no selling every 2 minutes (cough cough I'm looking at you several big youtube welders), just practical advise and good old manual work. I'm actually starting my own sheet metal seat pan right now after watching your video. Thanks and keep them coming.
You did an amazing job at braking this down for us. I was ready to buy a bender and some pipe, but after watching this video I realize I was about to buy the wrong bender and would have wasted a lot of time and money. Ultimately I'm going to hand this off to a professional for now and focus my time on other more manageable aspects of my project. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with us.
Duuuddde! I am an engineer and I can tell you ...you have a gift!!! Seriously! Your teaching skills ... Off the chizzain!!! So clear, and you obviously ain't fakin it. You KNOW your stuff !!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and wisdom bro. Bless you.
Thanks for taking the time to produce really good content! Tube bending has always been kind of a black art for me and you really made it clearer than anything else I've seen or read. Keep up the good work!
Fabricating can be very daunting for most people not unless they come across videos like these..(Great Video Bro) From english wheels to weldings... now it's time I go tube bending and notching. Learning is free Life is good Thanks Man Wish you the best
your rules of thumb are killing it, man ! I am from Germany - we had to learn 3.5 years - but somehow everybody forgot to teach us such simple stuff, one can work with THANK YOU!
Seriously, thanks for doing this series. I am a total newb at bending and just bought the JD2 model 32 hydraulic bender because I am building a mud truck. With the cost of steel right now, I really would like to avoid costly mistakes. You do a great job explaining this stuff and it obviously took quite a bit of time to do this series. But without this help, I would be lost. So again, thanks a bunch for doing these.
You really broke it down perfectly, without oversimplifying things and explaining how a tape measure works, but covering everything necessary to get started bending tube correctly. Thanks, man!
As a person who didn't know the difference between pipe, tube, tubes I found your video educational and helpful in understanding the fundamentals. Tube is used in structural design. Pipe for fluids and gasses.
great stuff man and the best advice ever is to just spend the extra money and buy a tube bender , main thing to remember is that pipe is used for its internal capacity hence water pipe, gas pipe, oil pipe. and tube is used for its external strength, such as a roll cage, or scaffolding tubes for external strength
I have been a blacksmith for quite a long time and it's always been a bit of luck to get bends in the right place, your cheater may well have revolutionized my pipe bending!!!! thank you very much :)
I moved, but there were no kids in that neighborhood. I know if I lived next door to me I would be hanging out in my shop all day haha. Thanks for watching!
Dude, you're good. You obviously know your stuff, but you have a way of explaining it that makes sense. I'm inheriting a late 60's International Scout and I'm going to rebuild it and trying to think of how I want to do it. Found your channel looking at TIG welding and found all the other videos that are gold.
I couldn't agree more brother. Saved me days/weeks with his knowledge, just finished my twin pro-mod 88MM for my mustang. If you are ever in Jacksonville,FL I'll let you drive my 1,472HP street Mustang out.
Very well presented most fellows that are doing videos seem to be in the habit of throwing not only their tools down on the bench when they're finished with them but also everything they pick up for their belongs to themselves are a customer you handle your tools and equipment like a true Craftsman
I have to say your videos are amongst the very rare ones that have all positive comments and feedback. Almost always plenty of negative comments or people trash talking (especially on welding videos). Great job man!
you make this so much simpler than I could have imagined. I have spent much time trying to figure this out and in a very short time your explications have clarified every issue I had. Thank you.
Thankyou. Im thinking of doing a muffler delete myself and wasnt sure what pipe I need. I think I'll bend my own and do it. This video is a really good reference for me, Thank you.
Dude your videos top anybodys out there, i have done alot since watching and learning and really dont bother looking around anymore for 'info-videos'. Thanks for putting these out, so helpfull
Material length = Centerline circumference of bend arc. C = R2π/4+Ø (4.5" * 2 * 3.14 = 28.26"/4 = 7.065", then add one diameter (1.5" = Ø) for tolerance, 7.065" + Ø = 8.565" material used. Example for a 4.5 " radius using 1.5" Tube OD ( plus tear/ min. tolerance): 10° bend = R2π/36 = 0.785" + tear 20° bend = R2π/12 = 1.570" + tear 30° bend = R2π/12 = 2.355" + tear 45° bend = R2π/8 = 3.533" + tear 60° bend = R2π/6 = 4.710" + tear 90° bend = R2π/4 = 7.065" + tear 120° bend = R2π/3 = 9.420" + tear 180° bend = R2π/2 = 14.13" + tear
I mounted my bender on some four foot long 2x10 boards, doubled up for strength. Anchored it through the boards from underneath with countersunk lag bolts. I park my car tire on one end and bend at the other! The bender on it's wood base slides under some shelves for easy storage also.
You deserve so many more subs than you have man. The info of your content is amazing. You're a great teacher man. You and jody are my go to when it comes to welding how-tos. I can watch chuckE. I just really like your way of teachingg a lot more! You deserve every view youve earned!!
Might not hurt to keep this in mind too: "θ x (π/180) x r" where θ is your angle in degrees, and r is your radius. That can give estimates too when jotting ideas on paper and popping numbers into the calculator. Shop class has a different way than trigonometry class, but results should be pretty close to each other either way. (Keeping in mind the centerline thing. Likely some error just given nature of materials, and the real world isn't perfect - so the shop class way may have some advantage there.)
I have looked alot tube bending videos in youtube, but your videos are by far best, good explaination, good examples and really good stuff!!! Thank you very much for it :) I allways looking your new videos.
To calculate the material needed for a bend can be accurately calculated using this formula. Radius x number of degrees x .01745. For example how much pipe is needed for a 90 degree bend using 2” with a 3 inch radius die. Radius 3 x 90 degrees x .01745 gives you 4.71 inches of pipe.
I remembered watching this series months ago. Well, I just used this video for reference in buying my JD2 model 32 bender and dies. Thanks for the awesome vid!
Great videos! There is a formula to calculate the tubing used which is CLRxDOB(degree of bend) x.01745= tubing used in a given bend, regardless of diameter, or degree of bend. But to figure it out as shown in the video is an awesome way to physically do it, and have a nice tool for quickly calculating bends. Well done!
+Justin Terrell Thanks for posting the formula. I was going to get into the really deep math on it, but I figured that would make a better vid for later. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for making the maths easy to get. Metal maths is sometimes like some Jedi secret code. Watching your videos is like watching a comicbook movie, there is always so much to find in the background.
So many folks , once they see and understand what a bend deduction is, really get woke up to the basics when they have that ah-ha moment and get intrested in the craft is the best time you can see if they are gonna get it or not
Just subscribed, I thought you looked familiar, and then remembered your video on how to notch tubing, I don't know how many times I watched that video, but I finally decided to try notching some old chunks of exhaust tubing. The first 2 really looked horrible, then I took my time to get a cleaner radius. Excellent work, and you are a great teacher.
TFS - I used to say this but was corrected by an old bloke who made a lot of sense... He said "If you practice and practice but are not practicing to do it perfectly then you won't achieve perfection". Therefore the better way to say it is "Perfect practice makes perfect" Just a thought. Great vids and you are a really good teacher.
Thanks for the information. Even the pipe vs tubing and the difference of the benders. You saved me a lot of headache while I'm about to build my own brush guard.
This is one of those deals where i was thinking it might be easier to bend my own exhaust for once instead of welding mandrels, until i realise how much it costs to buy and how much space you need to keep a decent tube bender. Great channel though. Subbed.
You Sir, are an outstanding instructor! I have little practical use for your subject but thoroughly enjoyed your video, which was suggested to me by UA-cam. Now I just need to come up with a project and some bucks for tools 👍
Hi, I went to the steel yard today to check out tube prices. I realized there's mechanical tube and DOM tube. DOM tube is a lot more expensive. Which do you prefer? I was wondering if the welded seam in mechanical tube created a problem in the bender? You could almost buy three times the amount of mechanical tube for one DOM tube. Thanks again!
How do I make an "S" bend, with the two bends close to each other? Is there a specific type of tube bender that is ideal for this type of bend? (7/8" for an aircraft control stick)
Thanks for this series i am a welder fabricator and i do a lot of handrails, we have always used 90* elbows and the owner of the shop just bought a hydraulic pipe bender so i have to figured out my stretch per degrees ..
You can also use this formula to determine how much material it takes to make any angle of bend with any size die. All you need to know is the CLR (Center Line Radius) of the die your are using. (Center Line Radius (CLR) x Degree of bend x .0175) I use this formula any time I bend tubing.
Sorry if this is a dumb question but I am wondering if you do exhaust bending with that bender. I heard exhaust called pipe and tubing -which is the best description and what type of bender is used for it if not the one in the vidieo?
Yes and no. I discussed exhaust use in Part 3 of Tube Bending Basics. Exhaust is referred to as "pipe" but it is actually tube. It is also tube size. The proper bender for exhaust tubing is a draw type bender. Some are also done on a compression bender (which smashes the center of the bend). The compression style bender is simply known as an exhaust bender.
the amount of tubing used for making the bend will be written on the die it's what electricians call take up , what's on the dye will be for a 90 degree Bend but for 45 you just take half of that
Awesome video! Answered so many of my questions. JD2 should give you a percentage off of each sale you make for them. I'm buying one of their benders after watching this video.
I bought an eastwood hydraulic tubing bender with 1-3/4” 240 dies , 1-3/4” 180 dies and same with 1” . First time bending as i hit the switch the die broke at the pulling part . I couldn’t believe how weak this die was . It wasn’t even welded right . I rewelded it and it works great now . However everything kind of pulls apart when i bend . I’ve bought 2 “affordable “ benders and both of them broke . It’s like the benders advertise they can bend 1-3/4” dom120 tubing but when it comes to bending the bender swells and bends and doesn’t work right . I’ve spent 4000 bucks on dies and benders and am now afraid to use my eastwood cause things fly off of it right at your face at the same speed as a bullet from a gun . Thank you eastwood for making me bender shy ! 😂 it was not cheap at all either ! I bought 200’ of 1-3/4” dom120 and 100’ of 1” dom 120 . All i wanted to do is build an exoskeleton for my Jeep .
haha when i watch fab videos from america is a mind fuck trying to work out imperial lol sounds so complicated. nice video's by the way, by far the best quality filming and explanations. i was watching you make a harness bar, when you measure from point to point like when you were measuring the bolt holes inside car, try holding your tape on say 100mm or (whatever that is in inches) instead of on the end of the tape, more accurate. bit of a chippie trick here in australia.
It was complicated to learn. Fractions are a pain to work with even though they are what I learned and use all the time. I really respect the metric system for it's simplicity, but good luck trying to get the rest of us to accept and switch to it. haha. 100mm is 3.9 inches (we round up to 4 inches if not machining something).
There is a math formula for bending allowance. All metal working formulas are online somewhere and are pretty easy to find. You don't need to waste material to find the material needed to make a particular angle. A test piece might be handy, if you're not sure to understand the formula or if you're going to manufacture a large quantity of the same part. But hey, the video works! :)
Damn! I've been fab/welding for years. I've worked on a few dirt cars. I had a PRO TOOLS bender (SLOP)! I will have another bender from MITTLER BROS. I just subscribed to your channel. I thought I knew my math...THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! Don McKinney
Sir, it's very knowledgful for beginners. I appreciate your way of teaching practically. Bending examples in practical support for learners and creativity of mind interesting ❤. Thanks
Great video. Just what I've done that maybe will help out? I scribed a line in the tubing with my lathe, (if a person has one) which makes it perfect to line up with follower die. Make my cheater tube to 90 degrees. I then paint my cheaters orange so they will not get used by mistake and write on them the OD size and thickness of tube. Also record where to bend past the 90 degrees to allow spring back for the true 90. Each thickness will have a different spring back number along with mild steel or chromoly. Not to be a know it all, just passing on what I hope will be useful to everyone.
Great info, I'm just learning how to weld now, so my hands are full but later on down the road, I might look into this pipe bending. A mate of mine was stuck, kept kinking his pipes, so I started looking into it and I'm sending him videos (like this one). Good info bud, will check out your other videos too.
I kinda started looking already haha found the model you are using, a little pricey here in Australia, but I have no idea how much more affordable they are compared to the other brands and models. At the end of the day, a comparison price against 2 other brands will show me how decent the pricing is on this bad boy. The dies are not cheap when you need about 6 of them on top of the price for the Bender. I seen your video on notching with out a notcher, that's cool but I also hope to grab a notcher one day too. Would be so cool to have the 32 Bender, hydraulic pump and the 6 dies, Monster Notcher, one day...
+The Fabricator Hey I found the distributor here in Australia, close to buying a 32. Just wondering how you do Long Curves? like as if you were bending a curve in a 2 tubes to make a surfboard shape.
GREAT VIDEO, THANKS, IM BUYING THE JD BENDER TO MAKE A CAGE FOR MY 68 FIREBIRD NEVER DID IT B4 YOUR VIDEOS TEACH ME ALOT THE CHEATERS ARE THE WAY TO GO I DO THE SAME WITH BRAKE N FUEL LINES THANKS AGAIN JUST SUBSCRIBED
Im w brian b. Amazing vids.. hooked on em all. Ive done projects in the past but your videos are making my skills soo much better ! Thanks for all the time youve put into the video and sharing you skills set !
Was a little confused about what the cheater was used for right up until you hooked the tape measure into the cut. Boom instantly made sense. Dude you are a genius
You have a clear, natural pedagogical style to your videos. Thanks so much for posting. You really deserve your own primetime show on the velocity channel.
+rankar7 That would be pretty awesome to have a show. Maybe one of these days haha.
You are so good that even the subtitles / closed captions gave you a round of applause at 23:36. Now that is impressive!
Hey Justin, I'm a lazy youtuber in terms of comments but just had to log in to thank you for all your videos. Straight, no BS approach, no selling every 2 minutes (cough cough I'm looking at you several big youtube welders), just practical advise and good old manual work. I'm actually starting my own sheet metal seat pan right now after watching your video.
Thanks and keep them coming.
Right on! Drop me some pics when you get your seat pan done. I'd like to check it out.
Thanks for watching!
You did an amazing job at braking this down for us. I was ready to buy a bender and some pipe, but after watching this video I realize I was about to buy the wrong bender and would have wasted a lot of time and money. Ultimately I'm going to hand this off to a professional for now and focus my time on other more manageable aspects of my project. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with us.
heriberto romero me too.
Duuuddde! I am an engineer and I can tell you ...you have a gift!!! Seriously! Your teaching skills ... Off the chizzain!!! So clear, and you obviously ain't fakin it. You KNOW your stuff !!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and wisdom bro. Bless you.
+Herbert Lumsden Thank you!
Thanks for taking the time to produce really good content! Tube bending has always been kind of a black art for me and you really made it clearer than anything else I've seen or read. Keep up the good work!
+Brian Munroe You're welcome. I'm glad to know that many people are gaining a better understanding for tube work.
Been watching you since you were tubing cars in your garage hard to believe its been 8 years
Still enjoying your videos
Fabricating can be very daunting for most people not unless they come across videos like these..(Great Video Bro) From english wheels to weldings... now it's time I go tube bending and notching. Learning is free Life is good
Thanks Man Wish you the best
Now if only "JD Squared" dies were free, lol. A single die frequently costs more than the tube bender!
your rules of thumb are killing it, man !
I am from Germany - we had to learn 3.5 years - but somehow everybody forgot to teach us such simple stuff, one can work with
THANK YOU!
I appreciate you doing this series, I just recently found your videos and have spent the past week binge watching. your work is just phenomenal
+90 droptop Right on! Thanks for watching!
@@TheFabricatorSeries 5 years later im back on this as a refresher for my upcoming full tube buggy build.
The first video I have ever seen which explains the difference between pipe and tube - and how to bend specifically, tube. Well done !!!
Seriously, thanks for doing this series. I am a total newb at bending and just bought the JD2 model 32 hydraulic bender because I am building a mud truck. With the cost of steel right now, I really would like to avoid costly mistakes. You do a great job explaining this stuff and it obviously took quite a bit of time to do this series. But without this help, I would be lost. So again, thanks a bunch for doing these.
The hydraulic pipe bender is more suitable for the bending of the steel pipe on the mud paddle truck.
You really broke it down perfectly, without oversimplifying things and explaining how a tape measure works, but covering everything necessary to get started bending tube correctly. Thanks, man!
+Jesse O'Brien Tanks for watching!
it's refreshing to watch someone that's actually articulate, and doesn't sound like a slack jawed yuke -- great vid
Agreed. The majority of my fellow fab buds talk like they barely graduated 5th grade.
Wow
As a person who didn't know the difference between pipe, tube, tubes I found your video educational and helpful in understanding the fundamentals. Tube is used in structural design. Pipe for fluids and gasses.
Jd2 should be paying you for this awsome well made explanatory video!
Israel Brito Pérez Would be nice if they did haha. I know their sales have jumped since this aired.
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great stuff man and the best advice ever is to just spend the extra money and buy a tube bender , main thing to remember is that pipe is used for its internal capacity hence water pipe, gas pipe, oil pipe. and tube is used for its external strength, such as a roll cage, or scaffolding tubes for external strength
Voted best “How To” on you tube. Amazing thumbs up
I have been a blacksmith for quite a long time and it's always been a bit of luck to get bends in the right place, your cheater may well have revolutionized my pipe bending!!!! thank you very much :)
+robert hughes You're welcome. Hope it works out for you!
I hope you have some neighborhood kids that get to hangout and help you in the workshop. They will benefit for their lifetime. You're a great teacher.
I moved, but there were no kids in that neighborhood. I know if I lived next door to me I would be hanging out in my shop all day haha. Thanks for watching!
I finally pulled the trigger and my very 1st good tubing bender is supposed to arrive tomorrow. I'm SO glad I found your videos!
Dude, you're good. You obviously know your stuff, but you have a way of explaining it that makes sense. I'm inheriting a late 60's International Scout and I'm going to rebuild it and trying to think of how I want to do it. Found your channel looking at TIG welding and found all the other videos that are gold.
Very good information and very clear presentation. As a High School teacher, I appreciate a clear and concise, well thought out presentation!
These videos couldn't have come at a better time. Thanks so much for the awesome content man.
+SMB Garage (Spencer Bailey) Right on. Thanks for watching!
I couldn't agree more brother. Saved me days/weeks with his knowledge, just finished my twin pro-mod 88MM for my mustang. If you are ever in Jacksonville,FL I'll let you drive my 1,472HP street Mustang out.
Thin sheet aluminium tig welding
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Very well presented most fellows that are doing videos seem to be in the habit of throwing not only their tools down on the bench when they're finished with them but also everything they pick up for their belongs to themselves are a customer you handle your tools and equipment like a true Craftsman
Professor Justin, I really got a lot out of this. Thanks for putting in the time to do it right and explain what is important.
This guy is the best teacher ever, explain in rice and beans, what it is and how it is, period...
Man, this helps me out so much, you're so clear and concise without any superfluous verbiage.
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
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I have to say your videos are amongst the very rare ones that have all positive comments and feedback. Almost always plenty of negative comments or people trash talking (especially on welding videos). Great job man!
Thank you! There are some negatives sprinkled in here and there. Can't avoid them all haha. Thanks for watching!
you make this so much simpler than I could have imagined. I have spent much time trying to figure this out and in a very short time your explications have clarified every issue I had. Thank you.
Excellent. Thanks for watching!
Thankyou. Im thinking of doing a muffler delete myself and wasnt sure what pipe I need. I think I'll bend my own and do it. This video is a really good reference for me, Thank you.
Dude your videos top anybodys out there, i have done alot since watching and learning and really dont bother looking around anymore for 'info-videos'. Thanks for putting these out, so helpfull
+Brian B This comment means a lot. Thank you!
+Brian B Dude! (sweet)
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bad obsession motorsports ....literally made a car from scratch
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gotta make a pipe frame cart and found this guy sharing his skill.He makes it sound doable so off to find tube for my project. thanx T.F.S.
Material length = Centerline circumference of bend arc. C = R2π/4+Ø (4.5" * 2 * 3.14 = 28.26"/4 = 7.065", then add one diameter (1.5" = Ø) for tolerance, 7.065" + Ø = 8.565" material used.
Example for a 4.5 " radius using 1.5" Tube OD ( plus tear/ min. tolerance):
10° bend = R2π/36 = 0.785" + tear
20° bend = R2π/12 = 1.570" + tear
30° bend = R2π/12 = 2.355" + tear
45° bend = R2π/8 = 3.533" + tear
60° bend = R2π/6 = 4.710" + tear
90° bend = R2π/4 = 7.065" + tear
120° bend = R2π/3 = 9.420" + tear
180° bend = R2π/2 = 14.13" + tear
I mounted my bender on some four foot long 2x10 boards, doubled up for strength. Anchored it through the boards from underneath with countersunk lag bolts. I park my car tire on one end and bend at the other! The bender on it's wood base slides under some shelves for easy storage also.
Thanks for making this tutorial very simple and easy to understand! I like that cheater method and the fixed reference point of the bender!
Cheater bends work like a charm every time. Thanks for watching!
This guy is good and does a great job of explaining to an average laymen.
You deserve so many more subs than you have man. The info of your content is amazing. You're a great teacher man. You and jody are my go to when it comes to welding how-tos. I can watch chuckE. I just really like your way of teachingg a lot more! You deserve every view youve earned!!
Just wanted to make sure you know this mech eng appreciates your work on UA-cam!
Might not hurt to keep this in mind too: "θ x (π/180) x r" where θ is your angle in degrees, and r is your radius. That can give estimates too when jotting ideas on paper and popping numbers into the calculator. Shop class has a different way than trigonometry class, but results should be pretty close to each other either way. (Keeping in mind the centerline thing. Likely some error just given nature of materials, and the real world isn't perfect - so the shop class way may have some advantage there.)
I have looked alot tube bending videos in youtube, but your videos are by far best, good explaination, good examples and really good stuff!!! Thank you very much for it :) I allways looking your new videos.
thanks for passing on your knowledge to everyone mate. this video was very helpful. thanks coming all the way from australia.
Cheers!
Decided my s13 needs a tube front end for clearance issue and this is exactly the info Ive been looking for. Great content!
THANKS FOR EVERY DETAIL YOU GIVE TO MAKE IT A BETTER WORLD THAN WHAT IT IS
Thanks for watching!
To calculate the material needed for a bend can be accurately calculated using this formula. Radius x number of degrees x .01745. For example how much pipe is needed for a 90 degree bend using 2” with a 3 inch radius die. Radius 3 x 90 degrees x .01745 gives you 4.71 inches of pipe.
Yep, that’s calculate arc length of the material
I remembered watching this series months ago. Well, I just used this video for reference in buying my JD2 model 32 bender and dies. Thanks for the awesome vid!
Nice! Thanks for watching!
By far, the best explanation of what and why of tube bending, there's a reason your video has 2.7 M views!!
How do I get to buy a bender like that
Great videos! There is a formula to calculate the tubing used which is CLRxDOB(degree of bend) x.01745= tubing used in a given bend, regardless of diameter, or degree of bend. But to figure it out as shown in the video is an awesome way to physically do it, and have a nice tool for quickly calculating bends. Well done!
+Justin Terrell Thanks for posting the formula. I was going to get into the really deep math on it, but I figured that would make a better vid for later. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for making the maths easy to get. Metal maths is sometimes like some Jedi secret code.
Watching your videos is like watching a comicbook movie, there is always so much to find in the background.
+Simon Lewis Haha, you're welcome. That's a clever way of describing it.
Simon, thats the best way of saying what this has been like. Trying to computate the lengths made me feel kind of stupid.
Simon Lewis Thanks Sassy.
So many folks , once they see and understand what a bend deduction is, really get woke up to the basics when they have that ah-ha moment and get intrested in the craft is the best time you can see if they are gonna get it or not
Just subscribed, I thought you looked familiar, and then remembered your video on how to notch tubing, I don't know how many times I watched that video, but I finally decided to try notching some old chunks of exhaust tubing. The first 2 really looked horrible, then I took my time to get a cleaner radius. Excellent work, and you are a great teacher.
Practice makes perfect. Thanks for the sub!
TFS - I used to say this but was corrected by an old bloke who made a lot of sense... He said "If you practice and practice but are not practicing to do it perfectly then you won't achieve perfection". Therefore the better way to say it is "Perfect practice makes perfect"
Just a thought. Great vids and you are a really good teacher.
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Thanks for the information. Even the pipe vs tubing and the difference of the benders. You saved me a lot of headache while I'm about to build my own brush guard.
I really appreciate your channel. It has a ton of useful information for practical metal fabrication. Thanks.
I'm so glad you put the tube inside the pipe. I wanted to do it so bad as soon as you rolled them on frame
Stone's Garage -DFW Ha, yeah it's kind of important to see that actually happen. I do the same thing for the classes here at the shop.
First time watcher hey man love it very well spoken like how you repeat steps helps it stick to my brain
Thanks very much
Excellent video helped me enormously in my builds. Not only informative but interesting and enjoyable to watch.Ian in UK.
+Ian James Thanks, Ian!
So glad I found this. Thank you for taking the time for making these, you saved me so much money.
+das hasguns You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
This is one of those deals where i was thinking it might be easier to bend my own exhaust for once instead of welding mandrels, until i realise how much it costs to buy and how much space you need to keep a decent tube bender. Great channel though. Subbed.
Great video, very well done, thank you for taking the time to explain it in detail,
Thanks for watching!
You are quite good at explaining as you go. Not usually the case with most.
Great vid man. Very informative. Damn good.job of explaining
You Sir, are an outstanding instructor! I have little practical use for your subject but thoroughly enjoyed your video, which was suggested to me by UA-cam. Now I just need to come up with a project and some bucks for tools 👍
Hi, I went to the steel yard today to check out tube prices. I realized there's mechanical tube and DOM tube. DOM tube is a lot more expensive. Which do you prefer? I was wondering if the welded seam in mechanical tube created a problem in the bender? You could almost buy three times the amount of mechanical tube for one DOM tube. Thanks again!
Brady Jones, only use dom
Just bought my equipment last week to do my first cage on a Blazer. Thanks for posting this video!
How do I make an "S" bend, with the two bends close to each other? Is there a specific type of tube bender that is ideal for this type of bend? (7/8" for an aircraft control stick)
Make the bends, cut off the straights, butt weld
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Thanks for this series i am a welder fabricator and i do a lot of handrails, we have always used 90* elbows and the owner of the shop just bought a hydraulic pipe bender so i have to figured out my stretch per degrees ..
Thanks for checking it out!
Awesome info! This is a must watch for anyone bending 🔥
You can also use this formula to determine how much material it takes to make any angle of bend with any size die. All you need to know is the CLR (Center Line Radius) of the die your are using. (Center Line Radius (CLR) x Degree of bend x .0175) I use this formula any time I bend tubing.
Sorry if this is a dumb question but I am wondering if you do exhaust bending with that bender. I heard exhaust called pipe and tubing -which is the best description and what type of bender is used for it if not the one in the vidieo?
Yes and no. I discussed exhaust use in Part 3 of Tube Bending Basics. Exhaust is referred to as "pipe" but it is actually tube. It is also tube size. The proper bender for exhaust tubing is a draw type bender. Some are also done on a compression bender (which smashes the center of the bend). The compression style bender is simply known as an exhaust bender.
8 years later and this is still an awesome tutorial.
Your voice is eerily similar to Eric the Car guy. Just FYI...
I've heard that a few times haha.
Holy smokes! your right they should meet up.
If you're watching "Eric the Car Guy" and "The Fabrication Series" you're definitely an All American kind of guy!
William Ward their cousins. One is sick at welding the other awesome at car hacks lol
@@twotwentyswift I watch both of them and I'm arab
Buddy you described the process excellent. Such a help !!
Ur awesome sir, Thank you for ur vids. More power!
Thanks for watching!
the amount of tubing used for making the bend will be written on the die it's what electricians call take up , what's on the dye will be for a 90 degree Bend but for 45 you just take half of that
You're the man man!
Thank you!
This is a great video. I've been doing a fair bit of fabrication with my everlast lately and getting more requests for tube bending. Your video rocks
Bob here at JD Squared.Nice video man and thanks for supporting JD2.
Thank you, Bob.
Great video.
Thank you!
Awesome video! Answered so many of my questions. JD2 should give you a percentage off of each sale you make for them. I'm buying one of their benders after watching this video.
very very intersting
I bought an eastwood hydraulic tubing bender with 1-3/4” 240 dies , 1-3/4” 180 dies and same with 1” . First time bending as i hit the switch the die broke at the pulling part . I couldn’t believe how weak this die was . It wasn’t even welded right . I rewelded it and it works great now . However everything kind of pulls apart when i bend . I’ve bought 2 “affordable “ benders and both of them broke . It’s like the benders advertise they can bend 1-3/4” dom120 tubing but when it comes to bending the bender swells and bends and doesn’t work right . I’ve spent 4000 bucks on dies and benders and am now afraid to use my eastwood cause things fly off of it right at your face at the same speed as a bullet from a gun . Thank you eastwood for making me bender shy ! 😂 it was not cheap at all either ! I bought 200’ of 1-3/4” dom120 and 100’ of 1” dom 120 . All i wanted to do is build an exoskeleton for my Jeep .
GAWDAWFUL "music" at the transitions...at least equalize the volume!
I look forward to the transition music and have a 10sec rock out with my ...... never mind...
Very valuable instructions in 25 minutes along with part 2.
america really needs to start using metric lol
matt nev I use both regularly, but of course I was born into the imperial world haha. Thanks for watching!
haha when i watch fab videos from america is a mind fuck trying to work out imperial lol sounds so complicated. nice video's by the way, by far the best quality filming and explanations. i was watching you make a harness bar, when you measure from point to point like when you were measuring the bolt holes inside car, try holding your tape on say 100mm or (whatever that is in inches) instead of on the end of the tape, more accurate. bit of a chippie trick here in australia.
It was complicated to learn. Fractions are a pain to work with even though they are what I learned and use all the time. I really respect the metric system for it's simplicity, but good luck trying to get the rest of us to accept and switch to it. haha. 100mm is 3.9 inches (we round up to 4 inches if not machining something).
The Fabrication Series hahaha I know some imperial, three fifths of fuck all. It's what we say when you want the apprentice to cut just a tiny bit off
matt nev I like that saying! I think I'm going to use it around here haha.
There is a math formula for bending allowance. All metal working formulas are online somewhere and are pretty easy to find. You don't need to waste material to find the material needed to make a particular angle. A test piece might be handy, if you're not sure to understand the formula or if you're going to manufacture a large quantity of the same part.
But hey, the video works! :)
S Charbon
Pi*CLR*2/360 = X
X* degree of bend = material used
Having the bending gauge laying around is extremely useful for quick bends.
S Charbon
Pi*CLR*2/360 = X
X* degree of bend = material used
Having the bending gauge laying around is extremely useful for quick bends.
Best tube fab video on UA-cam! This one especially detailed. It helped me resolve my mud bug roll cage build.
+Sean Signer Awesome! Thanks for watching!
This guy is amazing!
Alton Brown teaching and communication skills.
Thank you
by far the best video explanation of tube bending I have ever seen. great job
Thank you!
Damn! I've been fab/welding for years. I've worked on a few dirt cars. I had a PRO TOOLS bender (SLOP)! I will have another bender from MITTLER BROS. I just subscribed to your channel. I thought I knew my math...THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! Don McKinney
+Don McKinney Thanks for the sub, Don!
Sir, it's very knowledgful for beginners. I appreciate your way of teaching practically. Bending examples in practical support for learners and creativity of mind interesting ❤. Thanks
Pretty good dude. I like how you keep it simple for us beginners. I will be watching this videos multiple times lol.
Right on. Thanks for watching!
You are super talented! That bender is really heavy duty. I like it.
Great video. Just what I've done that maybe will help out? I scribed a line in the tubing with my lathe, (if a person has one) which makes it perfect to line up with follower die. Make my cheater tube to 90 degrees. I then paint my cheaters orange so they will not get used by mistake and write on them the OD size and thickness of tube. Also record where to bend past the 90 degrees to allow spring back for the true 90. Each thickness will have a different spring back number along with mild steel or chromoly. Not to be a know it all, just passing on what I hope will be useful to everyone.
Top notch! You must be an engineer
Great info, I'm just learning how to weld now, so my hands are full but later on down the road, I might look into this pipe bending. A mate of mine was stuck, kept kinking his pipes, so I started looking into it and I'm sending him videos (like this one). Good info bud, will check out your other videos too.
+MotorcycleTherapy Awesome. Thanks!
I kinda started looking already haha found the model you are using, a little pricey here in Australia, but I have no idea how much more affordable they are compared to the other brands and models. At the end of the day, a comparison price against 2 other brands will show me how decent the pricing is on this bad boy. The dies are not cheap when you need about 6 of them on top of the price for the Bender. I seen your video on notching with out a notcher, that's cool but I also hope to grab a notcher one day too. Would be so cool to have the 32 Bender, hydraulic pump and the 6 dies, Monster Notcher, one day...
+The Fabricator Hey I found the distributor here in Australia, close to buying a 32. Just wondering how you do Long Curves? like as if you were bending a curve in a 2 tubes to make a surfboard shape.
+MotorcycleTherapy BTW They don't have a 2 Inch 180 Degrees Die in Australia
GREAT VIDEO, THANKS, IM BUYING THE JD BENDER TO MAKE A CAGE FOR MY 68 FIREBIRD NEVER DID IT B4 YOUR VIDEOS TEACH ME ALOT THE CHEATERS ARE THE WAY TO GO I DO THE SAME WITH BRAKE N FUEL LINES THANKS AGAIN JUST SUBSCRIBED
Im w brian b. Amazing vids.. hooked on em all. Ive done projects in the past but your videos are making my skills soo much better ! Thanks for all the time youve put into the video and sharing you skills set !
Always glad to know people are learning and improving their own skills. Thanks for watching!
AAA+ instructional video!!!!!! As a newb you gave every important point you would otherwise learn the hard way, absolutely great Job!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bro is very educative and relaxing to listen to. Inputs are solid 👍
thanks man - it's winter project time and this video is what I needed to get going. Superb explanation, delivery and video quality!!
Thanks for watching!