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<blockquote data-quote="Oldhaven" data-source="post: 106631" data-attributes="member: 2879"><p>I did the tube bending with a 1" Holsclaw HandyTube Bender. It is one of those nice old tools that don't seem to be available any more, though they do come up on ebay occasionally. I bought 3 of them (1", 3/4" and 1/2"), years ago, but A.L. Frederick must be out of business now. Well worth having if you want to do controlled bends more accurately than using an electricians conduit hickey or taking up space with one of the floor model benders. This one handled the 1" .058 wall steel tubing in the seat support easily without any heating. It is possible to make a bending template using the center spindle and the bend radius to lay out complicated bends on a plywood base. That was how I made the multiple accurate bends in aluminum tubing for my boat frames. It might prove useful for motorcycle frame builders</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26825[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]26826[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]26827[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26828[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhaven, post: 106631, member: 2879"] I did the tube bending with a 1" Holsclaw HandyTube Bender. It is one of those nice old tools that don't seem to be available any more, though they do come up on ebay occasionally. I bought 3 of them (1", 3/4" and 1/2"), years ago, but A.L. Frederick must be out of business now. Well worth having if you want to do controlled bends more accurately than using an electricians conduit hickey or taking up space with one of the floor model benders. This one handled the 1" .058 wall steel tubing in the seat support easily without any heating. It is possible to make a bending template using the center spindle and the bend radius to lay out complicated bends on a plywood base. That was how I made the multiple accurate bends in aluminum tubing for my boat frames. It might prove useful for motorcycle frame builders [ATTACH type="full"]26825[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]26826[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]26827[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]26828[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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