exhaust tubing bender?

[whiskeymakin]

I'm asking opinions on whether or not one of those pearson benders would work for your average 1.75x .120 dom?
I've seen them used to do cages long ago but I can't remember if it dented the tubing bad or not.
Has anybody had experience using one for roll cages etc...
it's a ben pearson bp79.

I'm asking because I have a chance to buy a pretty nice machine really cheap, but not sure if I would like the quality of the bends??

 

[DirtMonkey]

I'm not familiar with that specific bender, but I have yet to see an exhaust style bender that didn't deform the tubing.

 

[LightBnDr]

We have one at the shop. Garbage. Freakin sweet for exhaust but it ruins tubing for cage work.

Mainly because its a push through bender and the pressure required to push a piece of tubing through the center dimples the tubing at the bend

I spose you could pack it with sand like the pipe bender guys do but by then you'd wish you had a $800 TUBING bender

 

[whiskeymakin]

Thanks fellas