with getting things together, to fab up a new hull, i have been looking at a few different styles of tubing benders, every since i looked at Dan's Build, where he had all bends on his bottom channel looking so uniform and pre-bent. it just looked a lot cleaner of a build, than notching the bottom channel to make the curve coming up the bow.
so this has been something that has been in the back of my mind, and have been watching craigslist, to see if anything would be posted in my price range,
i never gave much thought about building my own.
but the other day, i came across a few Utube videos, about building homemade tubing benders.
man, how simple of designs are out there. and looking through the the material needed, all i was needing was a couple of pillow blocks for the shafts. and a couple odds and ends.
i still need to finish up the upright supports for the middle shaft, but it is starting to take shape. when my pillow blocks get here, then i can get the height and spacing for the center shaft dialed in.
then later turn out some dies on the lathe for the tubing. but all in due time.
and if nothing else it is giving me time to play on my new welder.
hope that most of you that are on the east coast are getting through this cold spell. 30 miles up the road it was a -45 below today, but here by the ocean we had just a plain flat 0.
it makes it kind of nice to stay inside and sit by the fire, but nothing gets done then.
so the finished picture is on the design that i am coping, and the rest are where i am at in putting it together.
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