Eat your heart out!!:flipoff2:







Anyone have pics of the handle or base mount that they made?

duh, whats that:D

looks to me like you have to put it together, thats no fun.:D

COOL, new traction bars and wheel weights, congratulations!!

Looks like some kinda cheap-ass pipe bender parts to me. You get that from Harbor Freight??

:flipoff2: Just kidding... :D:D:beer: Congrats on your new toy. We know where you will be for the next few weeks. In the garage, bending stuff up... :D:D

Dustin made his own mount. Took a piece of 6 or 8 inch pipe, about 3 or 4 ft, welded on a base plate and welded the base mount to the other end of the pipe. Drilled four holes in the base plate, 4 matching holes in the concrete and installed bolt inserts from Ace Hardware so the base could be bolted to the concrete yet easily removed when not in use. Worked really nice. He went down to the steel place and got a length (5 ft or so) of square tube that fit pretty neatly over the short handle and it worked great for pulling the bender. The height was good for leverage too... Have fun... :D

those are some nice hi-steer arms ya got there... :D
have fun bendin'

All the cool people have one, it's about time you ordered one. :flipoff2: Good luck putting it together I threw out the instructions and just used a picture. Throw that degree ring in the scrap pile and read, print and put this in a 3 ring binder next to the bender: http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/bendin_tube/index.html
The “angle-o-meter” will become your best friend. :D

At least I put mine together before taking a pic.

http://pirate4x4.net/mstevens/uploads/BENDER.jpg

yup...I like mine.....its a heavy fucker

I wish I had more than one die set:flipoff2:

I didn't even have to throw my degree ring away.....it did so itself by breaking off the other day. Good thing you didn't get the harbor freight notcher cause I've broken mine twice already. Good luck

I made a poor mans hydraulic bender. The stand is made with 2x2 legs and 2x3 top. The bender is mounted hanging over one end and a air/hydraulic ram on the other. I got the ram from Harbor Freight for about $89.99 http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=43227 . I mounted some wheels on the bottom so I can move it around and it works great.

I got the idea from the board. I'm sure you could find the post with Search.


I have pics but no way to post them sorry.

Originally posted by TB76Bronco
I made a poor mans hydraulic bender. The stand is made with 2x2 legs and 2x3 top. The bender is mounted hanging over one end and a air/hydraulic ram on the other. I got the ram from Harbor Freight for about $89.99 http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=43227 . I mounted some wheels on the bottom so I can move it around and it works great.

I got the idea from the board. I'm sure you could find the post with Search.


I have pics but no way to post them sorry.

Sounds like somebody needs to fork out 20 bucks!:flipoff2:

first off fork over your $20 and support the board...

Second e-mail them to me I will post them. JUST THIS ONCE!

GloNDark@pirate4x4.com

Here's a pic of how I mounted mine.

I didn't have room in my little single car garage so I built a receiver hitch mount for my truck.

It's an 'L' shaped peice of 2x2 braced on the corner. I have also added a triangle support that slides in the end to support the weight better. It's got a flat plate that is mounted to a 2.5x2.5 that slides down (in 90* increments) onto the 2x2 'L'.

Just have to make sure to park on fairly level ground. Works great and I can bend anywhere.

http://home.attbi.com/~marvinmartian/pics/bender1.jpg

A few more pics here (http://home.attbi.com/~marvinmartian/bender.htm)

Originally posted by M.Martian
*snip* Works great and I can bend anywhere.

A few more pics here (http://home.attbi.com/~marvinmartian/bender.htm)

Great! How 'bout my house?:D

TB76Bronco, glondark post those pics! if ya can mail them to me

Originally posted by M.Martian
Here's a pic of how I mounted mine.

I didn't have room in my little single car garage so I built a receiver hitch mount for my truck.

It's an 'L' shaped peice of 2x2 braced on the corner. I have also added a triangle support that slides in the end to support the weight better. It's got a flat plate that is mounted to a 2.5x2.5 that slides down (in 90* increments) onto the 2x2 'L'.

Just have to make sure to park on fairly level ground. Works great and I can bend anywhere.

http://home.attbi.com/~marvinmartian/pics/bender1.jpg

A few more pics here (http://home.attbi.com/~marvinmartian/bender.htm)

What size box is that for your handle?? I didnt measure last night and need to pick some up today!

This is what I have mine on, old pic.

Originally posted by RudeZuk


What size box is that for your handle?? I didnt measure last night and need to pick some up today!

The handle is 1x2. It's 6 feet long (which is more than long enough for the 1.5" that I usually bend).

Hey Mark,

I really like your setup, it's the direction I was heading with mine. For the legs, you might want to consider what I've been looking at.

One suggestion: use trailer tongue jacks instead of fixed legs. You can come out of the end of your tube with a Y setup, and use a jack on either leg for levelling. This also allows you to use it on multiple vehicles of differing heights...

http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/images/147390_lg.jpg

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=6970&langId=-1&catalogId=4006970&PHOTOS=on&TEST=Y&productId=292440&categoryId=0

Originally posted by ubjammin
TB76Bronco, glondark post those pics! if ya can mail them to me


I ain't got no pics to post. He never e-mailed them to me. :D

Originally posted by M.Martian


The handle is 1x2. It's 6 feet long (which is more than long enough for the 1.5" that I usually bend).


Is that .120 wall??

Nice I guess I'll bring the beer this weekend.

Originally posted by REDNECKSDRVCHEVY
Nice I guess I'll bring the beer this weekend.

lol

We are going to set it up tomorrow night....

6 of us chipped in together and picked this up....All of us need tube work done and this was alot cheaper then paying someone to do it!!!



Oh and I drink Icehouse!

Originally posted by RudeZuk


Is that .120 wall??

yes.

I just sent the pics to someone to post for me. They should be up soon.

Originally posted by RudeZuk


Is that .120 wall??

It was 1/8th wall

here is TB76Bronco pic #1

here is TB76Bronco pic #2

It still needs some paint and cross bars to hold dies. I think the ram needs a little more fluid since it's on it's side. I don't think it's going all the way out. I've only used it on 2" x .120 so far but it bent that really easily.

Here is a pic of mine. I used an old grinder stand.:D

I just got a Model 4 recently. I threw this together real quick. It is working great. I like being able to spin it around as I bend for tight quarters. The bender is a beast. It bends 1.75" .156 wall DOM no prob. With a die installed and the cart, It think it is pushing 300lbs.

I still need to add die storage and a lip on the base to keep the foot pump from sliding off when I roll it around.

Closeup on bender

Just put it all together last night!

Time to start having fun!!

Shane,

I thought you said you got rid of the boggers.

Originally posted by REDNECKSDRVCHEVY
Shane,

I thought you said you got rid of the boggers.

Oh no!!! Got rid of the boggers on the dodge.....I love these 37's on the zuk!

Ok sorry. Hey you know anyone getting rid of some 15 x 10 or x8 6lug wheels?
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