Bumpers off.

[Paul1566]

Stainless handrails......



or for that steam punk look some nice brass handrail with copper rivets........



I can imagine Matt from the darkside with brass ones and some nice barley twist door handles.......

[gary-r]

i bend 2mm wall 316 dairy pipe on a hand bender. i use hilmor formers and guides on 1" 11/2" and 2". the benders fixed to the floor but i must admit i use a 3m long handle for the 2" stuff and lots of grunt.

the bends come out pretty good but i cant get as tight a radius as the bought bends.

the frames are 1' tube and the exhausts are 11/2" and 2' in the pics

[shokenore]

What welder is that in the background ?

[gary-r]

What welder is that in the background ?

ac/dc tig - cebora

[Black Sheep]

I removed mine back in Feb due to the rust.I picked up a bumper from a mitsibushi that fitted using the same fixings as the tow bar. It could do with end caps but I'm happy. I got stopped by a taxidriver a couple weeks ago asking where I got it from as he wanted to do the same but I've not got a clue what mitsi it came off

[yoshie]

i bend 2mm wall 316 dairy pipe on a hand bender. i use hilmor formers and guides on 1" 11/2" and 2". the benders fixed to the floor but i must admit i use a 3m long handle for the 2" stuff and lots of grunt.


the bends come out pretty good but i cant get as tight a radius as the bought bends.

the frames are 1' tube and the exhausts are 11/2" and 2' in the pics

Gary that is lovely work.

What welder is that in the background ?

A very expensive one

[shokenore]

Gary that is lovely work.



A very expensive one

I thought I liked it ,slightly out of my £300 welder budget ....

[yoshie]

I thought I liked it ,slightly out of my £300 welder budget ....

Sorry you won't buy a decent AC/DC TIG for £300 mate and as for the make Cebora are in the top flight and have been there for decades.

Had a quick look and this is probably the best AC/DC budget one out there at the min. Free pedal which is very handy and all for 650

http://www.r-techwelding.co.uk/TIG_WELDER_OFFERS.php

[BUSHWHACKER]

This is mine......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-tVo2nvM6U

[yoshie]

The DC only is in your price range Shoke

http://www.r-techwelding.co.uk/weldi...Tech_Tig160PDC

[shokenore]

Could not justify spending that type of money for just occasional fab work.(The cebora one)

Those frames are awesome all hand bent . I love engineering you can see.


This all gives me a few different options than just machine mart .

Back to comparethewelder.com.

[yoshie]

This is mine......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-tVo2nvM6U

Nice, and next on my need to buy list.

Did you get a pedal Vince they are very handy especially when doing the likes of exhausts

[BUSHWHACKER]

Nice, and next on my need to buy list.

Did you get a pedal Vince they are very handy especially when doing the likes of exhausts

No pedal, but there are more fine tuning knobs on it than a space shuttle!

Got an arc reactive mask though.

[yoshie]

Could not justify spending that type of money for just occasional fab work.

Those frames are awesome all hand bent . I love engineering you can see.

A TIG will do all jobs just slower than a MIG on mild steel hence most hobby guys use MIG. TIG is also a little trickier to get good at but if you are doing detail work like roll cages and exhausts where you don't want to dress the welds then TIG is ideal. I am a little bias as I used a TIG every working hour for 7 years before a change of career.

[yoshie]

No pedal, but there are more fine tuning knobs on it than a space shuttle!

Got an arc reactive mask though.

I am sure you will love it mate TIG runs can be so neat. You can always add a pedal later if you feel the need.

Looking forward to seeing the projects you get up to now.