Cage Work

BMan · Mar 15, 2012

Cage work I'm finishing up for the wife's little TJ. yeah I know some of the welds look like bubbble gum. Don't buy chicago electric flux core wire! :****: Upgrade to gas coming soon.

This is the first big project with the new bender.

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skipnrocks · Mar 15, 2012

Cool to do some custom gussets! I like the shape of the cage.

BMan · Mar 15, 2012

Thank you.

I forgot to mention the wife's requirement is to have the top fully functional like OEM and it is along with the speaker bar similar to factory.....

hmtrunner · Mar 16, 2012

What Bender are you using? I want to get a decent but cheap one for a project later.

BMan · Mar 16, 2012

hmtrunner said:
What Bender are you using? I want to get a decent but cheap one for a project later.

ProBender 4LE kit, vertical, air over hydraulic and it uses ProTools dies. I love it! :****: Robert Gaskins the owner is very helpful too.

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Details of it and their other offerings can be found here: http://www.probender.com/probender/drupal/product/pro4-le-hydraulic-tube-bender

jordan7118 · Mar 17, 2012

Looks good! What trim was used where you went through the dash?

skipnrocks · Mar 17, 2012

how many deg can you bend without resetting the ram/pin?

BMan · Mar 17, 2012

jordan7118 said:
Looks good! What trim was used where you went through the dash?

Thanks! It's door edge trim. I picked it up at one of the Auto Stores a while ago when I trimmed my XJ fenders. I'm sure they all carry it. It's a pliable plastic with adhesive in it to hold it on. Tight circles like this are not a problem for staying on though of course.

skipnrocks said:
how many deg can you bend without resetting the ram/pin?

I'll have to measure the exact degree for ya. I haven't tried it past 90 degrees yet. I"m not sure how much more throw the ram a has.

skipnrocks · Mar 17, 2012

The bender I made for building my project with can only bend 65 degrees at a time so I try to design using angles of less than that to keep me from having to reset... LOL I can bend 180 but I have to move the pin 2x to get it done. I wish it would go 90 without moving the pin though.