- 1. Tube Benders (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Bartlett" <billbartlett@WingnutRacing.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 18:29:00 -0400
- I am about to embark on fabricating an improved roll bar for my GT6, and I was wondering if anyone knows of a supplier with a good tube bender? Also any and all tips or advice would be appreciated. I
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- 2. Re: Tube Benders (score: 1)
- Author: Mark J Bradakis <mjb@autox.team.net>
- Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 16:46:03 -0600 (MDT)
- Gee, funny you should ask. I've been considering getting a bender for some winter work on various roll cages. One option is this one: http://www.lowbucktools.com/hydbender.html The one I've been thin
- /html/fot/2003-09/msg00048.html (7,224 bytes)
- 3. RE:Tube Benders (score: 1)
- Author: "Aaron Johnson" <fpspitfire37@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 17:42:04 -0700
- The tubing bender I used to build my cage can be found at http://www.tricktools.com it's the model 3 with the hydraulic attachment. My first suggestion would be to use 1.5" DOM tubing rather than the
- /html/fot/2003-09/msg00050.html (8,447 bytes)
- 4. RE: Tube Benders (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 01:54:13 -0700
- My only suggestion is that unless you are a really great welder, or know one--don't use chrome moly. It's very difficult to do right and if you do it wrong you'll have a weaker cage than if you used
- /html/fot/2003-09/msg00058.html (7,220 bytes)
- 5. Re: Tube Benders (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
- Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 03:55:02 -0600
- As Bill suggests, 4130 requires annealing after welding (with some fairly accurate temperature control), and that's difficult to do with something as large as a roll cage. Welded joints in 4130 must
- /html/fot/2003-09/msg00059.html (8,450 bytes)
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