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Miller 301 G w/suitcase feeder
Millermatic 251
Miller spoolmatic 30 Lincoln Ranger8+Diesel, Lincoln SAE 400 amp
Lincoln SP-125, Lincoln SW 175, Lincoln Pro Cut 55
Smith O/A, Edwards 75 ton ironworker,
Grob Brothers Band saw, Hougen magnetic drill
It sounds like the technique that I used to fab up the frame rails on my car.
you just cut partway through the tube from one end and cut out a triangle with the angle that you want the bend. Then you just bend the tube and weld the butt joint, and you have a bent square tube at the exact angle that you want.
This technique could be a little tricky to do on slow radius bends though, but I'm sure it could be done.
I'm into year 4 of my shop build out, and what I hope will be my part-time retirement income.
Year 1 - Millermatic 135
Year 2 - Miller Dynasty 200DX
Year 3 - Miller 625 plasma cutter, TorchMate 4X4 X-Y CNC plasma cutting
table
Year 4 - pipe, metal, and scroll working tools
(http://www.shopoutfitters.com/)
Year 5 - Lathe and/or lathe/drill/mill
My point being - yes you can buy pre-bent metal at a premium, or you can buy a tool to do it - look at long term Return On Investment (ROI).
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This technique could be a little tricky to do on slow radius bends though, but I'm sure it could be done.
Kerf bending? Common woodworking technique to get slow bends. Would leave a poorly prepared joint for welding, 'though, and probably a slightly faceted bend.
I bought a bunch of 1” 90 deg (I have an inventory of 1 “sq. tubing won’t go to waste) Arranging them (see pic) you can make things you can’t with a bender. I’m not connected to this company, just sharing info with the brethren.
Miller 301 G w/suitcase feeder
Millermatic 251
Miller spoolmatic 30 Lincoln Ranger8+Diesel, Lincoln SAE 400 amp
Lincoln SP-125, Lincoln SW 175, Lincoln Pro Cut 55
Smith O/A, Edwards 75 ton ironworker,
Grob Brothers Band saw, Hougen magnetic drill
they could defenetly speed things up for many aplications if you dont mind MIGing them up and dont want pointed corners. cool idea though.
thanks for the help
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hope i helped
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I bought a bunch of 1” 90 deg (I have an inventory of 1 “sq. tubing won’t go to waste) Arranging them (see pic) you can make things you can’t with a bender.
I would love to see some pics of things you make with the elbows.
Thanks
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