OTC 6515 3-in-1 180 Degree Heavy Duty Tubing Bender

I was concerned this tool would not bend steel brake line on my old pickup. I was very satisfied with my 1st test bend. Yes, you have to pay attention that the tubing is wrapping correctly, but what's new about that? I would not say this tool is not idiot proof, but any 1/2 way competent man, woman or kid can work it just fine.

Easily bent 3/8 tubing with no kinks .

This tool performed the 180 like I needed it to. The tubing I was using was 5/16 steel tubing. The tool was made in Taiwan, quality is OK for the home mechanic but probably not for the professional. Had to clamp it in my vise to finish off the 180, I guess I don't possess the forearm strength I had 30 years ago! All in all I'm satisfied with it. It looked bigger in the advertisement, you can see it in my hand here to get an idea of the size.

Nice tool. Snap on wants over $65 for the same tool. It bends very nicely buy it takes some coordination to get the angle of the bends just right. Still worth the money.

Bender's great*10-grandfather. Only used it for two bends, but it's heavy duty, well crafted, definitely something I could see using in the future. I bought it to bend some brake line, then realized that the brake line metal was actually easily bendable and it was far easier to hand bend then to use this. However, those two bends I did with the tool were easy enough. If I have to use it again in the future I may edit my review, but for now I'll say it's solidly built and seems like it would work well on harder tubes.

What? No 3/16ths?It's well made and does what it does, but if you're looking for a bender to do 3/16th brake line, you want something else. The Robinair 18548 is what you want. If you want to bend any of the sizes this thing is designed for, it'll work great.You can use the 1/4 inch channel for 3/16ths but the tubing will have a tendency to slip. It'll work, but not nearly as well as a proper fit.

I cannot Wrap my head around how well this bends pipes, It just amazes me every me everytime i've quit my job and became a pipe bender im not making any money right now but i feel like theres alot of potential when i have this baby in my grip,Life Just feels like its on track when i bend pipes with this baby im so happy with it im making plans to build a entire house out of break line pipes , I am so blessed with this gift from my holy savior bendy pipes christ.If you dont buy it your life will just slowly crumble around you becouse you never struck gold *wink* *wink* with this great deal! BUY BUY BUYCon-Handle felt very weak didnt feel like it could handle LOL (HANDLE) another job But got that job done so its ok ?

I tried to get this tool locally but no one had it stock and it would take a week before it came in, so i turned to Amazon, I although i reviewed several tubing benders from inexpensive to top of the line. Ii wanted a bender that was decent enough to do the several tubing jobs and not a cheap one time tubing bender job. I decided to go with OTC i was very impressed with this product, decent size and the long handles made the job of bending tubing a little better. Best of all i had the tool in my hand by the delivery date...it only took two days!!!

This OTC tubing bender is excellent. It produces smooth, clean, kink free bends up to 180 degrees, even with 3/8" steel tubing. A very good tool that does what it's made to do very well.

Good tool for the job

Good quality tubing bender. I'm in the process of changing all the hard brake lines on my car and this handy tool makes creating those bends super easy.

I didn't read the specs closely enough when I bought it, and was worried after I purchased this whether or not I could use it on 3/16 nicopp brake line because it only says it goes down to 1/4. Another review seemed to indicate it wouldn't work well due to slippage. But I tried it on some 3/16 bulk nickel copper from Canadian Tire and it seemed to do a good job. Maybe there would be more slippage with a stiffer line like steel or stainless. I checked the line with a micrometer afterward and the line (3/16 inch is 187 mil) was widened out by only about 6 mils across the plane of the bend, so it appears to be quite a safe bend radius too, no kinking.

Do we even need to doubt the tool? It's an OTC, good build quality, does what it is designed to do and does it well.