Can you bend 2" .188 wall?

Will Carter

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I need a couple pieces bent for the new 52x KOH ride. My bender is so beat up it wouldn't handle it even if I bought the right die.

I think it might turn out all right even with a Harbor Frieght pipe kinker...just need about 20 degrees...
 
I've got a hf pipe kinker if you needs to borrow it, you're more than welcome to come pick it up...
 
last time we needed to bend stuff that thick we just put tube in press as a guide and heated it with a torch then pulled on it and it bent with no issue, oh and it did not flatten out..

use the press as a pivet point not a press. hope that makes sense.
 
a JD2 will do 1.75 x .250 wall, you just need to reinforce the retainer strap or it will elongate the holes. Other than that, I've had good success with bending .250 wall on the JD2, even with the hand ratchet and no hydraulic :D
 
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