You may not think you'd have much use for a tube bender when building a car if you're not contemplating fitting a rollcage, but they have plenty of other uses. They come into play while fabricating ...

Have you ever tried bending a metal rod into a consistent curve? Maybe you bent it over your knee or broke out a bucket or something. Doing it by hand never really gets the arc perfect. Handyman [Joe] ...

If you'll permit me a brief digression in this story about threading a heavy metal rod through my $220 bicycle and bending it out of its original shape on purpose, I would just like to begin with some ...