Roller/ bender for hobbyist

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I thought I would ask a forum full of creative project making people if they would have a suggestion of a hobbyist round/square tube bender-roller?
I just want to roll small flat stock as well as square and round stock. The square stock wouldn’t be any greater then .065 x 1/2" , round solid stock no greater then 1/4" and the flat stock no thicker then 12 gauge 1" wide.
As I see my development improve with cutting I want to add a new dimension to my projects.
I find this group very useful and most if not all of the normal internet banter and obnoxiousness doesn’t exists, its a very helpful bunch hanging out here.

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I would look at this Harbor freight bender.
https://www.harborfreight.com/compact-bender-38470.html?_br_psugg_q=pipe+bender

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and i believe swag offroad makes a kit to beef it up to handle heavier tubes, and also sells different dies to handle different size/shape tubing/pipe

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I wanted the same things from a tube roller. I picked up the Harbor Freight tube roller last week and I’m working on new sides to push the rollers out and add a 4 ton bottle jack instead of the threaded mechanism. I’m hoping to cut it today after work, I’ll post pictures and put the files on Fireshare.

I was going to purchase a set of dies from SWAG to roll flat stock as well but decided the Harbor Freight ring roller would be cheaper. It’s limited to 1" x 3/16" flat strap but works great for $64. The dies are knurled so they leave marks on the metal but it’s easy to clean up. The set of dies for the roller would have been $169 plus the drive axle so I can live with this for a while.

https://www.harborfreight.com/gear-driven-ring-roller-36790.html The reviews suck but I don’t have an issue with it. It’s all metal besides a plastic cover over the planetary gears. It doesn’t compare to a Baileigh manual ring roller but they’re $550+. For the price, this little thing is great.

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Came out perfect! I’ll update as I get the thing assembled. I need some spacers and bolts.

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Essentially making a copy of this:
https://www.swagoffroad.com/SWAG-Tubing-Roller-HULK_p_89.html

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Let me know how it turns out! Mind sharing the cut file?

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tagged…!

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Let me get it assembled next week and make sure the file doesn’t need adjustments first. I don’t mind sharing the cut files.

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willing to share the file?

edit* I see you already answered