Make your own tubing straitener

needed a tubing straitened, didn't want to spend a pile.

$40 in parts from the orange box store.

1.5" x .75" rectangle tubing, two 9" sections (have a few pieces lying around).

Draw a line 3/8" off the edge:


Lay out some wheels:


Measurements...


Drill some holes and weld a nut or two:


Add some all thread:


Shake and shoot, test it:



Success!!

 

Dane, Awesome write up. I saw the build for one of these on another site, and wanted to do it. I am glad you did it, looks fantastic with the green paint.

 

And here we are all trying to bend tubes and you go and straighten them... Haha.. Looks great man.. I have to do brake lines on the CJ one day soon.. I'll have to make me one of those..

 

As a note, I used nylock nuts, not ideal but what I had. They catch fire when you weld them and cause splatter.

the bolts are 1/4" dia, 1" long.


i put a bolt thru the nut about 1/8" or so, when I clamped it for welding, the bolt centered the nut over the hole I drilled.

the wheels I found in the hardware section and are for closet doors I think. They are metal and have a nice bearing in the center.

I used a 3/8" drill bit for the all thread. With the set nuts, you get the alignment right. Welded nuts to the end of the all thread, then welded that to one side as seen.

was able to practice my grinding skills with a 120g flap disk before painting.