Georgia Trail Riders Forum
MEMBERS DISCUSSION AREA => General Discussion => Topic started by: lt99ls1 on March 17, 2008, 02:40:55 PM
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Who owns one?
What brand and model is it?
How do you like it?
I am think about buying the Bend tech software and one of these http://www.jd2.com/ or http://www.pro-tools.com/105.htm
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I own one. Harbor Freight 12 ton. Havent got a chance to bend anything yet. But I have played with that software and it is pretty nice.
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I owned the JD2 model 3 manual bender for 8 years. For the $ you can't beat it. Put together 6 cages for Jeeps; 3 for Toys and several Exo Cages and numerous tire carrier / pre runner bars. Never had an issue other than if you are using 2" .120 wall you better get a 6' cheater handle or you get tired quick ( Air over Hyd is an easy conversion ). Sold mine for more than I paid for it before leaving AZ. Just my .02 but only buy the 180 deg + dies for whatever tubing you will be using. I used a borrowed 1 3/4" 90 deg for a friends and exo cage and hated it. ( not enough options for bends ). When the AZ house sells I will be getting the JD2 model 4 with all the Dies to go in the new shop. If $ aren't a problem I would go with the Model 4. A friend of mine has it and it is Awesome.