I have one of those benders it's OK for heavier wall pipe and tubing . I gathered up some conduit shoes and have bent some light wall tubing with it. The secret to successfull bends is to make sure the shoe fits the tubing tight. If it is loose it will try to kink on you. Also the rollers will try to dinge the pipe on tight bends, if you put rags on the rollers no dings. Just a newspaper on the shoe for spacing makes all the difference. I have bent custom rollcages , pipe bumpers ,brush gards ,playground equipment, I've also used it for bending flat stock for driveshaft loops, I've even rolled lite angle in it for snowplow reinforcement. If you bend thinner tubing it can be done but it take more time and a easy touch. If you fill the tubing with sand it makes the job a lot easyer .I bent some 3/4 thin wall for some custom mirror brackets that you could't tell from factory. A lot of people don't like them , but for me it works OK. Just some of my experiences.
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