He decided to solve this problem with a DIY tube bending tool that allows him to bend ... with only a tiny bit of collapsing on small-radius bends.

In fact, as is so often the case, once you have a tool, in this case a tube bender ... to become a rear radius rod. For this, he used an MB die in a Cranlee hydraulic bender.

Your power tools are spilling from ... diameter tubing and for different radius bends. Most commonly, you'll see die sets that will accommodate a 90-degree bend or a 180-degree bend.

Bending a rollbar is typically done by professional shops for two reasons: It requires special tools ... (2 x centerline of radius) = Z (the radius of the bend) Z 4 = the tube stretch length ...

Technical advisor for Siemens Subsea products, Terje Barth Andersen, says Unison’s machines allow faster tool changeover ... a center-line radius five times greater than the diameter of the tube. All ...