# anyplace in the area have a mandrel bender for steel tubing ? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 6, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928 "2006-03-06T05:56:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/1 "2006-03-06T05:56:19Z")
i know its ben asked on UBRF before, but that was a while ago, figured id check again no crush bending allowed yes i realize that u-bends can be fabbed into anything, but a mandrel bender would be \> due to ease and quickness if not, does anyone know of a site that has something setup to do quotes ? kinda like emachineshop allows you to design your own item and you can get a price check on teh spot … ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/2 "2006-03-06T07:30:25Z")
I’m 99.99% sure that’s a big negitive… unless someone got one recently. Last I knew, nobody in the area had one ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/3 "2006-03-06T07:34:17Z")
damnit. ive got a few tubing projects this summer that would be worth having reproduced, and a few more on my mind that i would love to talk a few people into letting me do on their car … if someone in the area had one, i could easily take the finished product in for replication… and make some loot sellin them on the net … ---
**Author:** ![n20junkie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n20junkie/32/7396_2.png) [@n20junkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n20junkie)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/4 "2006-03-06T08:06:13Z")
Last time i checked, a mandrel bender goes for over 25k, just not enough demand in the area for that price tag. ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/5 "2006-03-06T08:14:10Z")
i think someone from another club found a mandrel bender up in toronto ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/6 "2006-03-06T08:34:17Z")
i thought a simple hydraulic bender was under 10k? and toronto is still a ways to take a car for reproduction of pieces… if i have to go that far id probably be better off seeing if any of the guys on [mm.com](http://mm.com) have a mandrel bender, see if i can get some type of “fellow forum member” deal on stuf … eeeh, ill have to see what i can come up with ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/7 "2006-03-06T08:35:26Z")
45 minutes to an hour away is too far? ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/8 "2006-03-06T08:36:46Z")
What diameter tubing? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/9 "2006-03-06T08:38:15Z")
> [@n20junkie](#): > > Last time i checked, a mandrel bender goes for over 25k, just not enough demand in the area for that price tag. The cheapest mandrel bender is $45,000 because I looked into one, and each die is between $2500 and $5000 depending on the diameter of pipe you are looking to bend so for each size you need a die. 100% there are NO mandrel machines in the WNY area for exhaust work. I know where there is one that can bend 1.5" locally ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/10 "2006-03-06T08:38:24Z")
2.5 at most ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/11 "2006-03-06T08:40:11Z")
I don’t know if they bend it there but ClassicTube has mandrel bent exhaust tubing in different angle degrees. ---
**Author:** ![rskrause](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rskrause/32/7367_2.png) [@rskrause](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rskrause)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/12 "2006-03-06T08:42:00Z")
G-Force? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/13 "2006-03-06T08:48:10Z")
I have a hydraulic tube bender if you want to borrow it. Maybe that is not what you are looking for.:gotme: What diameter do you need? ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/14 "2006-03-06T08:53:20Z")
then i guess ill just have to get a blade for the chopsaw and make a tubing alignment jig for myself and work on my weld quality 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/15 "2006-03-06T08:54:47Z")
> [@rskrause](#): > > G-Force? You don’t need a mandrel bender to do DOM or CrMoly chassis tubing ---
**Author:** ![rskrause](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rskrause/32/7367_2.png) [@rskrause](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rskrause)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/16 "2006-03-06T13:25:46Z")
> [@JnJSpdShop](#): > > You don’t need a mandrel bender to do DOM or CrMoly chassis tubing I am pretty ignorant about tubing. So how do they bend it? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/17 "2006-03-07T08:11:22Z")
> [@rskrause](#): > > I am pretty ignorant about tubing. So how do they bend it? with a standard hydraulic bender. The chassis tube is thick wall so you don’t need a mandrel to go inside to prevent it from colapsing ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyplace-in-the-area-have-a-mandrel-bender-for-steel-tubing/8928/18 "2006-03-07T08:35:12Z")
There is a local company that makes elbows and other bent pieces. I think they ballize the elbows to maintain the roundness of the ID. It used to be called Jensen Fittings but I think they were purchased and renamed by Swagelok.