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Home Made Tube Doors (Part 1)

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Old 04-18-2009, 01:01 PM
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Tube Doors Part 1

I decided I wanted to build some tube doors rather than shell out the money for some premade ones.

Found a local Engineering student (Chris) with a bender and a great eye for angles, and we went to work!

Several different plans, different layouts but we thought this would look best. Ended up using 1 1/2" DOM tubing, so this thing is STRONG!

Nice little pneumatic/hydraulic bender!



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Tacked up and hung using a cargo strap



Chris checking the hinge lines



Chris checking it out from the inside!



Back in to the garage for welding



Latch plate



Finished Door #1



Next weekend, door #2, then finishing and paint...

Stay tuned!
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Looks great so far, looking forward to seeing the finished product.
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very nice. definitely wish I had greater access to a bender and welding equipment. i'd fab everything for my jeeps, lol
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Originally Posted by RiSK
very nice. definitely wish I had greater access to a bender and welding equipment. i'd fab everything for my jeeps, lol
Amen to that! Next some some killer sliders, then we'll have to talk about bumpers
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Looks great so far!
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lucky you! looks great. paint that bad boy up
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looks great!

i like the creative DIY mods that the forum members come up with!
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