Oahu Members Thread

Decent ones start at $15K. We got a pretty big one at work.
Mike has seen it.

 

I think my sheetmetal shop has a small one...need to see about moving it into my shop hehe

 

Holy smokes. Expensive hobby.

 

I think ours is around $50K...

 

That's a lot of sliders and other stuff gotta sell to make the investment back.

 

I'll donate a pie


itd be sweet though.

if the offroading scene was more popular i think it could be a pretty decent business

"sliders protect your truck from door dings"

50,000 hawaiian tacos would be sporting sliders in 3 days

 

You can buy cheaper pipe/tubing benders, but those tend to crush the pipe. Ours has a bunch of brass dildo looking mandrels that get inserted right where the bend occurs and keeps the ID the same.
This is the machine we have at pearl.
http://www.ercolinacnc.com/bending-machines/nc-semi-automatic-mandrel-machines/030-mandrel-bender/

 

The website doesn't say anything about buying it only leasing it lol.

 

I would be!

 

How does it bend without wrinkling?

 

How much does Scottys charge for alignment?

 

Scottys is $115+. Aftermarket uca is more. I went/go to unibody tech in mapunapuna. The alignment guys name is ken and he does lifted trucks for recon. Flat rate of $99.95 no matter your mods. Make appointment.

 

I'm getting some camping withdrawls. Would love to do another Peacock flats soon. Hows everyone's schedule looking like. Maybe sometime in March?

 

I have lr ucas waiting to be installed.

 

Ken at Unibody is good. But, try and call Island Brake and Alignment and see how much they charge too. I paid $80+ tax w/LR UCA's not that long ago.

 

Same here. March is good for me. Any 3 day weekends in March?

 

It pulls hard, and the internal mandrel and radius clamp keep it tight and control the radius. Watch some YouTube vids of them in action. Pretty mean. We bend some thick wall pipe too.
This is the exact machine we have.
http://youtu.be/gmpS_99zCjc

 

I'm down for march

 

More like low demand. I was gonna make a bunch. Leo still has first dibs if I mass produce. Putting a lot of work in jigs and what not isn't worth only making 5 or so sets

 

Fill it with wet sand. That's how I bent mine. And a hydro pipe bender lol