New stand awaiting its new home

[jsodwi]

How did you bend the tube uniform like that? Tube bender? Or the good old marking your radius out and bend it to the rad.

After trying a few times to get it perfect the old fashioned way of using trees, tires, jacks and notching. I took my template to the steel yard and they put it in a monster roller and made the curve almost perfect to my plywood template. Well worth the few bucks I should have done it in the first place it would have saved me lots of aggravation and 10 ft of steel I ruined

 

[millerkid519]

Ya it's a pain. I work with a machinist who was a blacksmith for 15 years so I have learned alot of little tricks.
I was thinking that you would have to build alot of stands to buy a roller big enough to do that lol

 

[jsodwi]

Ya it's a pain. I work with a machinist who was a blacksmith for 15 years so I have learned alot of little tricks.
I was thinking that you would have to build alot of stands to buy a roller big enough to do that lol

Yea. Definately. The yard only charged me 10 minutes or shop time. Less than $20 to roll one piece.

 

[millerkid519]

Can't beat that at all.

 

[jsodwi]

96x24x35 tall a little extra support along the top as per the acryic tank builders request.

 

[wednesday13]

looks plenty strong to me... i usually dont even throw in the 45's u do lol... never had a problem with 1.5" racking.

 

[jsodwi]

looks plenty strong to me... i usually dont even throw in the 45's u do lol... never had a problem with 1.5" racking.

Yea I know not nesessary but looks good I should start leaving them out to save on time
Thanks for looking

 

[Fishy-Botany]

Wow, you're pretty talented, all of the stands look top notch.

 

[jsodwi]

73x25x36 tall

 

[jsodwi]

I've been slacking on posting new stands but here are dual 36x18x30 stands awaiting pick up