Steel Tube Bending help!

jfred

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I am needing to purchase or have bent a piece of 18 gauge steel tubing that is 1 1/4" OD to roughly 105 degrees on a 4" radius. Below is a picture of the part I"m needing to replicate. I"m sure a muffler shop could do it but it would end up with a rippled look on the inside of the bend and I"m wanting it to look exactly like the original part which would have been done with a mandrel bending machine. I have looked everywhere for prebent tubing and the closest I have found is a U bend pipe made on 2 1/2" radius instead of the 4" i"m needing. Does anyone know of a place that I can get mandrel bent pipe done by these dimensions?? Obviously a 4" radius die will be needed. Thanks in advance!
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Have you considered filling a length of pipe with dry sand, plug each end, heat with a torch and bend around a 8" diameter mandrel. The pipe is then cut to length on each side of the bend.
 
If there are any race car builders in your area who fabricate roll cages they should be able to do what you want.
BillL
 

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