08-24-2008, 11:52 AM
69bronco Wrote:Very nice. Now I need to get a welder and bender. Wonder what wife will say???
hehehehe...
Our bender started out as the Pro-Tools "Budget" Bender Package. I can't figure out what part of it was "budget" friendly. It did not take long to figure out that the manual bending was a time killer so we added the air over hydro to it and made it MUCH easier and faster.
At that time we could not figure out how to make a standard ram from northern or harbor freight work since the end had to be threaded - since then I've found that there are some guys on Pirate that sell a kit allowing to use a standard ram in order to avoid Pro-Tools outrageous price.
Our 2 dies to begin with has grown to 4 dies now - 1", 1.5", 1.75", and 2". Dies alone are in the $200-$250 range.
Bottom Line .... Just start hinting to your wife early!!!! :xyxthumbs:
'74 Grocery Getter, '73 Project Buggy, '77 Parts Rig
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