General Fabrication

Awesome! Thanks guys, gives me a good starting point to look at!

 

Also check out Rogue Fab's bender kit. I've had mine a couple years now and happy with it.

 

I have the JMR Bender with Air/Hyrdo with JMR notcher and also sometimes use a Pro Tools Brute with the 105HD with Baileigh TN-250 notcher, both benders work well.
The TN-250 is nice because it lets you notch in radius bends if you ever need to.

 

I dig mine, haven't used it a bunch but it's been great to learn on so far.

 

Awesome, thanks again guys! I guess I'm sold on the Baleigh notcher and a JD 2 model 3 bender with the Swag offroad hydraulic conversion thing. Holy die prices lol!

 

Yeah the dies are pretty expensive. I got s buddy that wants me to bend some 1.25 stuff up for him, but all I got is 1.75. Told him I'd split the cost of the die and bend anything he wants

 

Yeah I'll probably grab a 1.75 to start and maybe a 1.25

 

Seems like 1.75 is the most common for bumpers/ sliders/ cage n what not. But yeah, 1.25 would be good for maybe a roof rack or other accessories that don't require such big material

 

I use 1.25 to make secondary shock hoops, nerf bars, gussets, and upper a arms, comes in handy

 

1.25 for a roof rack !? isn't that usually just like 1/2" ?

 

1.25 X .090" is good roof rack material IMO.

 

fixed

 

Just depends on the span of the tubing I guess. I use 1.25 for my racks but it's 48"-50" runs. It's like a 5 lb total difference and I think it looks nicer too.

 

Chop saw and a flapper. I'd rather spend the money on more dies

 

http://thefabricatorseries.com/build-blogs//video-how-to-notch-tubes-without-a-tube-notcher

 

Almost done with these. Just need to get some 1/2 or 3/4 tubing to go around the plate, drill the holes and mount the quick release mud flaps and do all the finish welding and grinding.

2016-08-07_04-18-16 by Harrison M, on Flickr

20160810_113613 by Harrison M, on Flickr

20160810_113638 by Harrison M, on Flickr

 

Gettin the hang of this tube notchin thing

 

Took me almost a month but I've finally read through this thread! Love all the information and am definitely going to start saving to get a bender

 

Once you get one you start making tube stuff for everything!!

 

Haha, ya I've got plenty of projects I'll need one for... Steel bed for the truck (flat bed but with tube sides), redo my sliders cuz I just don't like the ones I made, add hoops to the front bumper. Then the really in stuff: wanna build a mini sand rail of sorts. We've got an engine sitting around that would be perfect for a suped up go cart big enough to be fun for grown-ups but still slow enough to be safe for my niece and whenever the day comes that I've got rugrats