deere_x475guy
Well-Known Member
Hi gang, I started Mcgyver's tube bender this weekend. Here are some pics to date of the build.
I didn't take step by step pictures. I am just posting a few to show some the steps.
There are several bolts that I made up and I used my 6 sided 5C block to help this along.
This set up allowed me to hold the part so I could drill, ream, counter bore and tap. And the DRO guided me to my hole locations.
I needed to reduce the size of the head on my 10-32 screws so I used a collet set up in the lathe.
Here is a shot of some of the parts laid out.
and here is where I ended up for the weekend. There are still a lot of parts and I hope to finish this up by the end of next weekend so I can at least bend the 1/4" tubing.
Many thanks to Mcgyver!!!
I didn't take step by step pictures. I am just posting a few to show some the steps.
There are several bolts that I made up and I used my 6 sided 5C block to help this along.
This set up allowed me to hold the part so I could drill, ream, counter bore and tap. And the DRO guided me to my hole locations.
I needed to reduce the size of the head on my 10-32 screws so I used a collet set up in the lathe.
Here is a shot of some of the parts laid out.
and here is where I ended up for the weekend. There are still a lot of parts and I hope to finish this up by the end of next weekend so I can at least bend the 1/4" tubing.
Many thanks to Mcgyver!!!