Anvil tube bender
11-05-21, 10:20 AM
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Anvil tube bender
Hi. I understand that Anvil is permanently closed. Have been looking on videos on the Anvil tube bender and it is just what i need for mye Reynolds 631 tubes. Does anyone have one for sale? Or if not, is it possible to make some measurements of the parts so that i can produce one myself? That is if the production of that bender is also discontinued.
11-05-21, 02:10 PM
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Cobra makes a tube bender that you can buy today.
https://www.cobraframebuilding.com/store/toob-bender
https://www.cobraframebuilding.com/store/toob-bender
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11-05-21, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Cynikal
Cobra makes a tube bender that you can buy today.
https://www.cobraframebuilding.com/store/toob-bender
https://www.cobraframebuilding.com/store/toob-bender
11-05-21, 05:41 PM
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I'm not sure I believe you can make a long bend in a butted top tube with a bender like that. My impression is that people are mostly using that style of bender for short bends in seat tubes for tire clearance. And obviously bends in smaller diameter tubes.
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11-05-21, 09:34 PM
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You may want to contact Adam Sklar and ask what he does. My sense is that a straight gauge tube running through 3 rollers would be more suitable to large radius curves for a top tube.
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11-06-21, 05:45 AM
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Anyone that is making curved top tube frames with a constant curve is using a tubing roller. The most common one one is this Harbor Freight roller https://www.harborfreight.com/tubing...psugg_q=roller with dies from Swag Offroad https://www.swagoffroad.com/SWAG-Tub...ries_c_54.html
Rolling a tube requires the tube to have sacrificial material on each end, because you cannot roll the tube all of the way through the full length of the tube. You will have a flat section on each end of the tube that has to be cut off, so a long straight gauge tube is what is generally used.
Rolling a tube requires the tube to have sacrificial material on each end, because you cannot roll the tube all of the way through the full length of the tube. You will have a flat section on each end of the tube that has to be cut off, so a long straight gauge tube is what is generally used.
11-06-21, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by dsaul
Anyone that is making curved top tube frames with a constant curve is using a tubing roller. The most common one one is this Harbor Freight roller https://www.harborfreight.com/tubing...psugg_q=roller with dies from Swag Offroad https://www.swagoffroad.com/SWAG-Tub...ries_c_54.html
Rolling a tube requires the tube to have sacrificial material on each end, because you cannot roll the tube all of the way through the full length of the tube. You will have a flat section on each end of the tube that has to be cut off, so a long straight gauge tube is what is generally used.
Rolling a tube requires the tube to have sacrificial material on each end, because you cannot roll the tube all of the way through the full length of the tube. You will have a flat section on each end of the tube that has to be cut off, so a long straight gauge tube is what is generally used.
