The post whore thread.

[Grant H.]

If you can bend 2" aluminum tubing, and can weld aluminum...………I'm very interested.

Will be able to bend .75" - 2" whatever the heck you want. Tube. Not pipe. (Just a clarification)...

I'll be honest, I am teaching myself aluminum tig, and I'm not an expert yet. In a couple weeks, once the bender is up and running, maybe.

[Grant H.]

Correction....1-1/2 aluminum tubing. I looked at the drawing again.

What kind of radius' are you looking for in the bends?

Depending on that, I may or may not already have the right CLR die, but I can usually figure out a reason to buy more tools...

It's just money, right?

[Great-Kazoo]

It's just money, right?

LIKE!

Interesting factoid. Money is ALWAYS Tier 1 . Using it to buy tools is even better.

[Mazin]

I don't know the guy from CSC personally, but I remember him talking about it.

One of the custom fab guys from the CO4x4 built one into the ultimate Broncos Tailgating mobile...

You know I think I remember that (yea I'm mazin on thier too just not active)

[Mazin]

OBC I know of a guy that's getting a pipe bender in and......oh nvm

[Mazin]

LIKE!

Interesting factoid. Money is ALWAYS Tier 1 . Using it to buy tools is even better.

All about the tier1 cash!

[OtterbatHellcat]

Hey, welding steel is an art, welding aluminum is a skill beyond welding steel.

I envy that you're taking that stuff on and learning to do it. I wish I knew how to weld aluminum, or steel with tig. Some of the stuff I've had to have done or wanted to do, involved tig skills if you want it done as strong as it should be. Rock it, brother....more power to ya for sure.

I just want a project done, and fabricators that I've visited with personally, listen to what I'm asking for, tell me they can do it...…..and then don't call me back. WTF?
I think if I don't want 500 or 1000 of them, they just don't care. I'm just a dude that wants one little project here and there to finish my truck the way I want it.

Brutal really helped me with someone he knows that might be able to make my nerf bars, I gave them a test piece of the tubing I have, and I'm hopeful that they can do what I'm looking for. Thank you again, Brutal... this is the closest I've been to actually maybe getting them built...

[Mazin]

Shit I've never welded anything beyond J&B

[OtterbatHellcat]

What kind of radius' are you looking for in the bends?

Depending on that, I may or may not already have the right CLR die, but I can usually figure out a reason to buy more tools...

It's just money, right?

Whatever the closest to 90 that you can get. Less is okay if the light tabs can still be welded at the same height, or close to the same height as the center two. I think the overall length was near 38 inches...and tab height needs to be at 3 or so inches from the mounting point I believe. I do have the drawing I made if you'd like to see it.

[Fentonite]

I had a tent stake (ok, a spinal needle) shoved into my hip joint today. Second time in two weeks (first for an MRI with contrast in the joint, today to squirt some steroid in there). It wasn’t fun when it happened, but certainly not terrible. Now it’s a little uncomfortable. Not really worth whining about, I just have nothing welding-related to contribute.