Recent content by danssoslow

First two are the exhaust. The last two are the intake.

Update: back at it; but switching gears to focus on the engine for now. The garage is cluttered again (lol) with the things I gathered from the Ex’s. Add to that, I haven’t gotten the four pieces in f tubing back from the gentleman that was turning them down for me. Progress is still progress, I...

There are two things that affect me working on this that I must get done by the beginning of November. First, I HAVE to get this garage cleaned out and organized. not only to create the space necessary to mount and use the bender, but.. Two, the ex-wife has asked me to clear out the remainder...

Sorry for the hiatus. Although times may call me away, I am determined it to let this project linger for long. for the past couple months, I had been helping my now ex-girlfriend take care of things at her house while she recovered from a tendon tear in her elbow. Before that extended stay, I...

A bit of progress. The pipe arrived for the bender stand; and I was able to contact a machinist that will make the tubing inserts and widen the triple trees to accept the fork tubes I purchased. A small setback was caught. That 16” piece of tubing I purchased turned out to be 1-1/2” instead of...

I appreciate that. I’m doing my best to stay centered. On a good note, it appears the fork tubes showed up. I won’t get to mess with it tonight though. Pool league.

Guys, I am trying… Ordered a 48” stick of 1-1/2” iron pipe to use for the stand last Wednesday on my Home Depot app, and it still hasn’t come in. HD is now telling me tomorrow. Ugg!

I was actually hoping to find one of those on Facebook marketplace to do the same thing. The ONLY one I found is like 120mi away for $75.

Ha! That Vevor seller got back to me. Ladies and gentlemen, small PSA here: Check the location of the seller before attempting to bargain with them. I got turned down; but I imagine a seller in China doesn’t see much good in C-canning a bender stand because it happens too be lying around. As...

Shootyeah! Thank you! And that HF tubing roller is a joke to me. I tried a lot of stuff just to get it to bend 3/4” EMT straight, and couldn’t. I’ll admit, a tool is only as good as the mechanic; but mercy me! I’m convinced my last marriage needed less fixed to work out right! if I get hooked...

I’m not certain this is allowed; but if it isn’t, I’ll take it down. I’ve been purchasing my small tubing online, researching the best deals I can. I was in need of some 1-1/4od .250 wall dom to use as reinforcement of the axle to body joints. My welder friend said 1-1/2 on each side should be...

That leading link is such a cool idea; but I’m afraid that would take a major redo to account for the trail in my case. I really like the Monarch idea, too; but I’m, again, afraid that having the downtube welded already has limited my options. I don’t currently have a fork to say for sure; but...

Out of curiosity, sparkwizard, do you have pictures of the fork that failed on you? Have you contemplated on any changes that might make a second version successful?

Doggone, sparkwizard! What are you bending that needs that kind of leverage?!? I purchased the manual JD2/Woodward knockoff on Amazon. A YouTube video comment and a poster on a tube bending page on Facebook made me confident enough to purchase a die from Grizzly. We shall see if it worked out...

Ain’t nothing cheap anymore is it?!? Not much of an update; but the bender and die came in; but now my silly goose self has to come up with a pedestal. I ordered an Infinite mount from Swag Off-road, and attempted to make a low offer on a Vevor pipe bender to use as a pedestal; but it appears...