Frame build

[Fourtogo]

I am starting a new project, I bought a Shopsource frame jig kit and a JD Squared Model 32 tubing bender .

 

[Fourtogo]

I am starting a new project, I bought a Shopsource frame jig kit and a JD Squared Model 32 tubing bender .

Top tube has 10 bends in various degrees that’s on stick of 1” 0.95

 

[ole4]

Nice! Is shopsource the company that sells the jig?

 

[Studeman68]

Nice! Is shopsource the company that sells the jig?

here you go @ole4

https://www.chopsource.com/full-frame-jig-kit.html

 

[ole4]

Thank you! That is a nice setup and for what you get seems very reasonable.

 

[Fourtogo]

Thank you! That is a nice setup and for what you get seems very reasonable.

Yes it is nicely thought out piece/kit . The DJ Model 32 bender is also great piece to have . When can find a good deal , on a gridded steel top I do that . I haven’t regretted buying ether of them . The bender mechanical is a easy pull , for the 1” 0.95 tubing I am using . That top hoop has all together 10ea bends In it . I do have a tip for multiple bends on one stick . Clamp a piece of angle iron on with hose clamp on the tube Use a 2-3” magnet level to keep side to side bends lined up and concentric and same .

 

[Ministry Of Mud]

I am starting a new project, I bought a Shopsource frame jig kit and a JD Squared Model 32 tubing bender .

A jig, wow, ...some of us novice builders just have to settle with the 'bio-peep method'.
"YUP, looks about right"....?

 

[desert rat]

Get this one it clamps on the end of the tube. We use them to bend electrical conduit. https://www.lowes.com/pd/IDEAL-3-5-...a8oDh6eLGv-haZcHCdBoCbpEQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[Fourtogo]

A jig, wow, ...some of us novice builders just have to settle with the 'bio-peep method'.
"YUP, looks about right"....?

This was my first heavy frame mod just saw horses and double layer 3/4” plywood and hand levels angle iron sections plumb bobs . This time around i made it a lot easier for my self . a good tube bender is a must

 

[Ministry Of Mud]

This was my first heavy frame mod just saw horses and double layer 3/4” plywood and hand levels angle iron sections plumb bobs . This time around i made it a lot easier for my self . a good tube bender is a must

Tube benders have crossed my mind...yes.
And I gave thought to the jig idea as well.

 

[Fourtogo]

Tube benders have crossed my mind...yes.
And I gave thought to the jig idea as well.

Tube benders allow you to do more . Make what you want to make/bend . You get to pick wall thickness radius leg length. A lot kooler than just another DB Coleman mini .you can set right height wheel base .