Finished building Got Trikes Bender!

mjp1080 · Jan 31, 2010

I know this bender has been put on here before but thaught I would share my results with you guys. I baught the drawings from GotTrikes.com and was pleasantly surprised at how well they were done. They were very complete, with a great bill of materials. I only put out 110 dollars on steel and another 80 for the cylinder and that was it. The die is most definatly the most expensive part, but all in all I was really pleased with the results. Now I need to build something with it.

mjp1080 · Jan 31, 2010

and the finished product....

NotMatt · Feb 1, 2010

Very nice. xraidedj has this same bender (one built from the same plans) and it works real good like. :awesomework:

dirtyhall · Feb 1, 2010

What dies are you going to use?

mjp1080 · Feb 1, 2010

I'm going to use a 1 3/4 and a 1 1/4

traildemon · Feb 1, 2010

:awesomework: will those pull 180 bends or only 90. turned out nice.

mjp1080 · Feb 2, 2010

It will bend 180 with a 240 degree die.

Mallcrawler83 · Feb 2, 2010

So, 80 for the ram, 110 for the steel, how much for the 1-3/4 die and the plans? Looks good.

traildemon · Feb 3, 2010

mjp1080 said:
It will bend 180 with a 240 degree die.

cool thats a nice setup, you going to run pro tools dies or jd2. you wont have to move pin half way thru the bend like jd2 will u

mjp1080 · Feb 3, 2010

mallcrawler85 said:
So, 80 for the ram, 110 for the steel, how much for the 1-3/4 die and the plans? Looks good.

The die is $300 and the plans are $20. So for about $500 bucks I got a hydraulic bender that I could have spent upwards of $1500 on. The dies are Pro Tools 105 dies. Unfortunately the tool only bends about 70-80 degrees per stroke. But, its better than using the Harbor Freight pipe kinker I had before.

blackcj71 · Feb 4, 2010

:corn::corn:Niiiiice duude now its time for a full tube buggy ehh:awesomework: What have you been up to man its been awhile!?:beer:

traildemon · Feb 4, 2010

mjp1080 said:
The die is $300 and the plans are $20. So for about $500 bucks I got a hydraulic bender that I could have spent upwards of $1500 on. The dies are Pro Tools 105 dies. Unfortunately the tool only bends about 70-80 degrees per stroke. But, its better than using the Harbor Freight pipe kinker I had before.

Hell yeah thats like a budget tube shark :awesomework:

wilbilt · Feb 4, 2010

where did you get the cylinder?

mjp1080 · Feb 4, 2010

blackcj7 said:
:corn::corn:Niiiiice duude now its time for a full tube buggy ehh:awesomework: What have you been up to man its been awhile!?:beer:

We already have a new 99 S-10 race truck in the works. For right now I am going to replace the half assed exo cage and go with a full internall cage, and back half the chevy with new trans and two more coilovers, I'll post some pics soon.