Thanks
The bender is an Ideal bender meant for 3/4" rigid conduit and 1" emt conduit. It has the factory handle which is a fairly stout piece.
Since conduit measurements are for I.D. and tubing measurements are O.D., 3/4 inch rigid conduit has an o.d. of 1.05" and 1' tubing has an O.D of 1.002 " there is only a difference in O.D of .048".
So the bender works good to bend this tube. It does not flatten it out at all.
It takes a bit of grunt to bend this tubing. It is pretty thick. The hardest part of the bending is keeping enough foot pressure on the heel of the bender so the tubing stays seated in the saddle of the bender throughout the 90 degrees of the bend.
Any bend less than 45 degrees was no problem
Mark