Thanks for the advice Tamjeff. I will sure try the furniture polish trick. I am a newbie to tig welding aluminum but not to welding. It has been fun learning so far and I have been pleased with some of my results. I have a friend who is a small boat builder that want me to do his aluminum work for h...

I gave the tape a try with the soapy water and it worked like a charm. The only bad part was getting the tape off! Had to break out the adhesive remover. I am also going to sand down and polish the dies when I get a chance. I am using brushed anodized and have a considerable "frosting" eff...

I spent some time last week running some anodized pipe through my bender. It left a fine line right at the center line radius from the forming die. I talked to JD2 and they said to work the forming die at the edge. I did and it made the problem worse. Talked to them again and they are sending me a n...

Sorry, that last post was from my phone. My model 32 is manual and can easily handle schedule 40 pipe up to 1 1/2". I haven't tried anything bigger than that. The bender is not expensive but the dies with the larger radius do get pricey. As far as bending alum, the follower block has Delron ins...

My model 32 bends alum easily and with the Delron dies, it doesn't leave any marks that paint would cover. The anodized coating is harder and will run some of it thru the ended tomorrow.

I have a JD2 model 32 bender now with a couple dies but I am not sure if this is the most effective way to bend alum.... Much less anodized. Delron follower block doesn't scratch but I would think the steel round portion would. I'll have some anodized in the shop tomorrow. Gonna give it a try.

Does anyone out there bend anodized alum pipe on a regular basis? What kind/brand of bender do you use?