New tools in the garage,....

Well,......
I'm in need of a true 10pt roll CAGE for my truck, instead of a 6pt roll BAR that I've had for several years now.

I contacted a couple of different shops about doing a turn-key job, BUT,..... most of them were several months out (time wise)

SO,.....
I decided to buy/build my own bender and do the fabricating myself.  


It's a combination deal that consists of a JD Squared (Model 32) manual tubing bender, http://www.jd2.com/p-67-model-32-bender-manual.aspx that I converted to air/hydraulic system and a Harbor Freight (Pittsburg Tool), Tubing Roller # 99736. http://www.harborfreight.com/tubing-roller-99736.html

Here's a short video from John Bailey, guy that designed the frame assy,....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wB53s7F5Lw

http://www.dbtindustrial.com/#

I bought the blueprints from Ebay for $9.99
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Air-hydraulic-bender-frame-PLANS-JD2-tubing-bender-HF-tubing-roller-/261537750451?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ce4dd5db3




I did a couple of test bends on some scrap tubing and it did great. Can't wait to start using it to build a new roll cage for my truck,......and other projects that come along.

Cool deal.

You may want to check out SWAG offroad as they offer some upgrades that you might be interested in.
http://www.swagoffroad.com/Metal-Fabrication-Tools-_c_7.html

looks like some cool stuff. I like the control of manually doing it though.

How big of a shoe can you use?

...Thanks for the share.

bbf-falcon wrote:How big of a shoe can you use?

13 1/2 2ww...

whatbumper wrote:..........I like the control of manually doing it though.

^^^^This.

The powered stuff is 100% perfectly fine to use. But doing it manually gives you the added ability to do stuff like giving the pull bar a series of very small repeated tug/release pulls (in a row) at the end of a bend. This can help to "set" the bend & better control the amount of possible spring-back.

whatbumper wrote:looks like some cool stuff.  I like the control of manually doing it though.

That's not really an option for me, due to the fact that if I used it manually, I'd have to bolt it to the floor.  
My garage is only a 24x24, so my space is REALLY limited.  

bbf-falcon wrote:How big of a shoe can you use?

2-1/2" is the biggest round tubing it will bend.
Way more than I'll ever need.

The dies are EXPENSIVE though.

SandHillsHillbilly wrote:You may want to check out SWAG offroad as they offer some upgrades that you might be interested in.

Yep,......
Already familiar with them.  They make some cool stuff.    I have one of their porta-band stands and it's awesome.  
I'm going to get a couple of sets of dies to work with my tubing roller. I want to be able to roll specific size tubes in a smooth radius,...if need be.

bbf-falcon wrote:How big of a shoe can you use?

The reason I ask is, you might need a header tube bent.

bbf-falcon wrote:

bbf-falcon wrote:How big of a shoe can you use?

The reason I ask is, you might need a header tube bent.

Sadly,......
It won't bend material that thin.