Project: SR-2

[B NEGATIVE]

Good lord man! I love those pipes!!! I guess I will have to think about making some for my rig...

I will be doing a 'how-to' for pipe bending,should be up in a couple of days

 

[Goldskis45]

so do you just hand bend with a block, or use heat and air pressure to keep it from collapsing? I guess I get pretty aggressive with bends sometimes so I always pressurize my lines before I bend.

 

[FOX91]

I've heard that filling the pipe with sand helps but I'm not an expert so don't quote me on that.

 

[Goldskis45]

I've heard that filling the pipe with sand helps but I'm not an expert so don't quote me on that.

you are correct sir but in that situation, it is advised to heat before the bend to make it a little easier on ya.

 

[B NEGATIVE]

All you need is one of these.

 

[Goldskis45]

+1

I think I will stick to my old school methods, but that looks pretty handy for the small stuff (I'm usually bending tubing for off road 4x4s roll cages)

 

[B NEGATIVE]

+1

I think I will stick to my old school methods, but that looks pretty handy for the small stuff (I'm usually bending tubing for off road 4x4s roll cages)

Thats a different kind of fabrication and a different material,im a plumber by trade...this is what i do,you wont get a clean 90 using sand or a bending spring.

 

[B NEGATIVE]

Well.....it didnt go quite to plan,i was hoping to do all the cutting with the plexi and the alu together....


....i forgot how much i hate drilling/cutting plexi.

and i got the initial measurements wrong....

XD


So,on my second attempt we get this.

 

[Ru5ty_t00l]

u did well m8.
cutting acrylic is smelly and messy
I would wear socks and shoes when drilling , cutting etc if I were u

 

[wassupdoc]

Looks Great

 

[B NEGATIVE]

u did well m8.
cutting acrylic is smelly and messy
I would wear socks and shoes when drilling , cutting etc if I were u

:lol:

You saw my sexy compression socks eh?
I had a blood clot in my leg,now i have to wear them everyday for the next 2 YEARS!
I was on warfarin for 6 months prior...that was the worst experience of my life!! Horrible side effects.

 

[Ru5ty_t00l]

:lol:

You saw my sexy compression socks eh?

I've seen it in quite a few pics u shot.

 

[TheOneHalf]

this is such an awesome project, I love how things are looking. Can't wait to see more ^__^

 

[B NEGATIVE]

Made a start on some braiding...shrinkless of course.
Had to take a file to my ATX tool tho,works like a charm now.

 

[JDM_GT]

only way to go is shrinkless.. i did it with mine, looks so much better imo. looking good so far, gonna be a epic build when up and running, i didnt say finished because we all know why, hehe

Made a start on some braiding...shrinkless of course.
Had to take a file to my ATX tool tho,works like a charm now.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Braiding looks awesome, but please cut your nails

 

[B NEGATIVE]

Continuing from the plexi/alu cutting yesterday...

A coat of etch to the alu and we get...

You can see where i need to take more off the plexi....may make a change here and go for a true red instead of fluro.
The back of the plexi will be frosted to return more light and i have yet to drill the LED holes...

Not bad for a friday morning tho....

 

[B NEGATIVE]

Braiding looks awesome, but please cut your nails

I need the nails while im braiding,stops me burning my fingers!

 

[yassarikhan786]

I was kidding . Awesome work on the plexi by the way

 

[Big WigglyStyle]

Getting close! I really like the white fan in the back looks cool.