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JD squared tube bender, swag HF air over hydraulic ram

Keys5a said:
A Jeeper buddy near me bought a JD2 bender about 12 or so years back. He bent a couple cages and a couple rock sliders, all in manual mode. 2” 0.120 DOM was tough to bend. We’d each take turns pulling on the bar. In the end, every usable bar bent had 3 or 4 rejects. Those were some expensive learning mistakes. I still have a 20+’ stick of 2” DOM in the garage for the Defender cage, but my buddy sold off the bender because he wasted so much tubing. I bought the 2”die, so at least have that for when I buy one of these.
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I think I made the right decision buying the hydraulic ram and associated parts.
 
Jeepenstein said:
Yeah you did.. I had no problem bending 2" .120 wall, but I can't say it was easy. I made a handle that was 5 feet long.
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Yup. I have a Pro Tools bender ( JD2 and ProTools are twins, dies interchange or did) and I’ve bent a lot of tube manually including a 12 point cage. I’ve since purchased the SWAG hydraulic mount and HF air over hydraulic unit. Haven’t used it yet as I need to drill and put anchors in my
Floor to mount the bender base. Manual mode is a LOT of work.
 
Those look stout.. My Jeep project has stalled again for a bit. Between work and keeping up around the homestead I just never seem to get there.. Things slow down in the fall, I hope..
 
sterlclan said:
still shooting that old school imron? and water wont affect the durability just the finish...
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No, PPG fleet stuff. I LOVE it. Aside from the fisheyes on some tooling I painted, the stufff is amazing for the kind of coatings I need. Thick, sticks to it self and builds without sagging.. I used a 2k primer that is rollable! Mixed it up in the 2 gallon pressure pot and blasted it on. Love that too. Single stage paint. I will never be a car painter, but tooling and jeeps.. yup.
 
47v6 said:
The paint don’t match, got fisheyes, tub ain’t straight, got rust and so what?
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This is the right attitude to get out there and use that junk!
 
Warloch said:
And your step isn't stock... but I like the way you smoothed that out :D
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That part of the body along with most of the rest didn’t come with this jeep..

I saw some old school builds that did the step thing like this, so why not?

Maybe this is old school build now… 20 or so years since I dragged this heap of junk home in many parts.. 12 years since I made the frame.
47v6

Thread '2X4 frame for my CJ2A'

My present frame is in very bad shape. I got it for free, it had rusted out parts which I patched in other sections from other random frames and spliced in 12" in the center to give me extra length. It works ok, but I think in addition to all that it might be twisted. Drives fine, but I am over it. Time to get started on this if I want to be done by mid spring next year.

I have purchased 2 sticks of 24 foot 2X4X3/16 wall rectangular steel tube.


My measurements for my frame will not match...
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Made a test bend. Didn’t help me…IMG_1799.jpeg
Bent up a hoop
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It’s not right as I expected my first to be. It’s too narrow and my measurements are incorrect. However, it is in the same plane and almost square, so that’s a win. Tomorrow maybe I can make a hoop that’s right.
 
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