BigDaveZJ
04-13-2009, 08:09 PM
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=99736
After hearing about it on CO4x4 and then reading this review on PBB: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=737981 I went ahead and picked one up today. They had it on sale for $149, and then with a 20% off coupon, think it was $125 with tax.
Swag from PBB is making some 1.75" dies for it too, and those should be available soon hopefully. I will be picking up a set of dies as soon as I can, as I'm hoping to get this tube work done by GSW.
Basically the advantage of this unit over, say a JD2, is the control over the radius. With a regular bender, your radius is determined by the die. With the roller, it is determined by how many passes through the unit and at what pressure you have the drive wheel set to. This should really allow me to get the tube to conform to the lines on my ZJ as I try to redo the back end of the rig. There are really 5 areas where a roller will work for me better than a bender. And 4 where the bender will work better, so both will be utilized for the current project and everything will get slugged together.
Anyways, looking forward to using this thing. Should come in handy for a few things. As soon as the 1.75" dies are available and I get some tube bent, I'll post up pics.
After hearing about it on CO4x4 and then reading this review on PBB: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=737981 I went ahead and picked one up today. They had it on sale for $149, and then with a 20% off coupon, think it was $125 with tax.
Swag from PBB is making some 1.75" dies for it too, and those should be available soon hopefully. I will be picking up a set of dies as soon as I can, as I'm hoping to get this tube work done by GSW.
Basically the advantage of this unit over, say a JD2, is the control over the radius. With a regular bender, your radius is determined by the die. With the roller, it is determined by how many passes through the unit and at what pressure you have the drive wheel set to. This should really allow me to get the tube to conform to the lines on my ZJ as I try to redo the back end of the rig. There are really 5 areas where a roller will work for me better than a bender. And 4 where the bender will work better, so both will be utilized for the current project and everything will get slugged together.
Anyways, looking forward to using this thing. Should come in handy for a few things. As soon as the 1.75" dies are available and I get some tube bent, I'll post up pics.