Gee, funny you should ask. I've been considering getting a bender for
some winter work on various roll cages. One option is this one:
http://www.lowbucktools.com/hydbender.html
The one I've been thinking of is a Model 3 from JD Squared:
http://www.jd2.com
As I recall, getting set up to do the size needed for the Spitfire cages
would have cost me about $450 or so. The expensive part would probably
be all the welding supplies I'd go through practicing, until I trusted
my welding on a cage!
A discussion of various tube benders can be found in the April, 2003
shop-talk archive at http://www.team.net/archive (browse by month, don't
search)
mjb.
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