38033 Bender, Model 604, 1/4"

Great benders. Almost same design and just as good of quality as the swage benders for a quarter of the price.

I love these benders. I have them in 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 inch sizes and use them for all kinds of tubing. Perfect for stainless. No distortion in the bends and the best design. Well known manufacturer that stands behind their products. Those rollers make all the difference. The offset in the handles makes life easier, and the two position movable handle is a life-saver to complete a 180° bend. Best you can buy for the dollars spent.

I'm always use the other guys that are way more expensive but I decided to buy my own set of benders instead of using my employers. I'm always used the other brand that's like five times as expensive these are really good the only thing I don't like is the stationary handle is at an angle so I guess there's more room for your hands when you get to 90°. I don't like that I wish it was straight so you can use it to level up the tube with it being at an angle it makes it more difficult to eyeball. I've been bending tubes for many many years so if I say it's a good Bender, it is.

Totally worth the money. I bought it to bend 1/4” .065” wall stainless instrument tubing. Once you get the hang of it, it’s an excellent tool. Glad I bought it.

This tool provided very good bends in 1/4" copper tubing. However, the radius of the bends is small, so it's not suitable for larger radius bends. I gave it 5 stars simply because it works as designed and is easy to use, but you get what you pay for - it's definitely not cheap.

As good as swagelok benders if not better except for one thing...you can use the handles on swagelok benders to align your next bend...with these you cannot...you have to be able to "eyeball" your alignment more so with these...but you can bend back to back or back to side bends quite a bit closer with the ridgid benders. 4.5 out of 5 easily...maybe 5 out of 5 if you have a liitle more experience with various brands of benders...

I also have the 3/16" and 3/8" sizes of the 600 series benders and I really like all of them. They're easy to use and have nice long handles for good leverage bending stainless or 4130 tubing. The instructions are really clear on how to get the desired result with common bends. My only complaint is the country of origin. I would gladly spend an extra few bucks on a bender to get them made here in the USA instead of China.

I've done a lot of 1//4" stainless tubing bending with the tools we have on hand in the lab. I finally got fed up with those light duty tools and bought this bender on my own dime. My only regret is that I did not get one sooner. This has saved me a lot of time, aggravation and quite a bit of on-the-job profanity. As I was told long ago, no one is sorry they bought too good a tool.

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