Harbor Freight tube roller

I know they are cheap ass tools but has anyone used the tube roller from Harbor freight

 

I bought one and it works pretty good, used it to make the dash rail on my model a.

 

Yes, I think it depends on the size tube you want to bend how good it will come out. I did a big radius bend on some 1" x .083 round tubing. It bent it but sort of flattened it and the bend curved off to one side. The dies are for bigger diameter tubing then the machine can handle. Maybe if you took some time and made the bender more rigid it would work better. But hey for about $167.00 I can't complain it's already paid for it's self by the small jobs I've done with it!!!!

 

Got one, I've had good results with smaller tubing, have'nt done anything large diameter yet, planing to, but not yet.

 

Randy
I need to do a 32inch round ring out of 1/2 tube.Think it would work

 

Yeah, should!

 

Thanks for the info guys. As I'm only only going to do small tube I think I will buy one tommorow.
I will keep you posted

 

RebelRat,

Mine worked well also and will PM you.

 

I have one and the guys at pirate offroad sell new dies and driveshaft that fix there problems.

 

Hey Louie S
you got a link for pirate offroad, I did a search and came up blank
cheers Andy

 

http://www.swagoffroad.com/Products.html
My bad i told you wrong.

 

I bought one for some non-car related fab. I also bought a set of the 1/2" square rollers and had them machined for 1" square tubing. So far, they have worked great. As far as the round rollers actually being for pipe, I had planned to have each roller remachined to the next tubing size to better fit.

Steve

 

If the tube goes off to one side when you roll it you need to space the rollers so that they stay in alignment. Couple of washers and they work pretty good.

Rex