Maertz

Yeah i luck out, its pretty offroad heavy out here and LOTS of people here race, and alot that dont probably could... We all help each other out a ton tool wise and i hook them all up with the supplies they need for them. Down the road I would love to slowly start getting all of these tools for myself, but i just don't have room here and need to sell my old house back home before I can go to crazy..

AaronJK

Yeah, if I need to bend anything important like tubing for a cage I'll just take the drive to Austin's house and use his neighbor's machine. It's just over an hour drive and I've got no time lol.

Maertz

Yeah he only has a 1.75 die and it sucks, but o well ive just been using all 1.75 instead of mixing it up on the little cage work ive done so far. They are very pricy. That bend-tech software he has is also pricey...

Ringer

Agreed, I think I've got close to $1500 in dies alone!

TheDirtman

i have a 1/8" aluminum floor/cover that goes from the tailgate to behind the seat. I have not got all the pretty things done to it since our move to Reno and building a house got in the way. My coil holes are still open.

AaronJK

Ha! That's what I was planning on. Right now the aluminum is a makeshift table laid out over two saw horses.

Maertz

lol i need to do the "pretty" things eventually aswell, but I have tons of other stuff to do also. The next 2 nights and the hole weekend i plan to knock alot out.. I hear you on the moving, within the last year and a half ive lived in 3 different places...

ABENDX

Yep... the dies are expensive. Hell, the bender can be as well. I've got a JD 52 and can't say enough good things about it. Also have their Beast notcher, which also earns high praise from my experience with it. I've bent tube with my expensive bender and bent tube with el cheapo models... most will get the job done just fine, it's more an issue of time, ease, and repeatability.

And Ringer has a good point... the hydro is what you want to shoot for if you can budget it. I have an electric setup and it wasn't able to bend my thicker pieces, luckily I have a buddy that has the hydro setup for his and I was able to borrow it to complete the job.

JKG33K

This build looks bad A$$! Nice work!

Maertz

Ha true, i used the harbor freight one to do some on my first little setup and it did ok but was a pain in the ass... After using this one i was amazed how quick and how little work it was. Especially with the bend tech software telling me where to mark and how/wich way to insert the pipe and such.

I need a notcher, using a flap disc is getting very old...My neighbor also has a basic hole saw notcher that works ok, but im sure that beast notcher is 10x better.