http://www.tbucketeers.com/forum Technical articles on the special tools and tricks you use around the shop en Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:53:04 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.tbucketeers.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.tbucketeers.com/forum http://www.tbucketeers.com/forum/f48/square-tube-bender-2004/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:10:00 GMT One of the projects in the shop now is a '27 roadster body that has been channeled sometime in it's history. The present owner wants to build it as a hiboy. Problem; the body sub-frame is just a memory. Solution; build a new space type sub-frame from 1"x1" square tubing. Problem; how to shape 4 identical tubes to fit the body and frame. Solution; as follows,

[IMG]http://i215.photobucket.com/album ]]> Shop Tools and Tricks Youngster http://www.tbucketeers.com/forum/f48/square-tube-bender-2004/ http://www.tbucketeers.com/forum/f48/press-forming-tube-exhaust-flange-1976/ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:26:51 GMT I got my header flange from Hot Rod Chassis last night and it gave me an idea. I want to use 1.5" tube for my header, because thats what I can bend, and it matches my cones from Cone Engineering. As you can see, it doesn't really fit.



So last night I though I might be able to make a die to press the tube over and force ]]> Shop Tools and Tricks Twisted Minis http://www.tbucketeers.com/forum/f48/press-forming-tube-exhaust-flange-1976/ http://www.tbucketeers.com/forum/f48/deflection-formula-comparing-different-tubing-sizes-1884/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:03:12 GMT Hello All, I stumbled across a little math that allows us to compare the strength of different sizes of tubing. I thought it was interesting, so I am doing a write up in the hope that others will... Hello All,

I stumbled across a little math that allows us to compare the strength of different sizes of tubing. I thought it was interesting, so I am doing a write up in the hope that others will find it useful as well. Please remember to use common sense, and be careful when making important decisions about critical structural components. It's not my fault if you kill yourself!

The idea behind ]]> Shop Tools and Tricks RexRod http://www.tbucketeers.com/forum/f48/deflection-formula-comparing-different-tubing-sizes-1884/