The BAD AST Project - Faze II

[craigs73]

lol i just got done digging a 30-40 ft 18" deep ditch.....it was for electric to my pool motor......now that was fun.....not

[astroracer]

Got out and finished the stand today. The first thing I did was cut down a Harbor Freight furniture dolly.
You can see it here, sitting under the stand from when I painted it yesterday. It's a little long

I pulled off one set of casters and cut 5 inches off the length.

I also removed the carpet and, once the frame was back together, I painted black.
B4 paint. I used 1 1/2" long #14 screws to bolt it to the stand from underneath.


All put together and ready for a test bend.




Ran a piece of thinwall 1" through the bender for a test. The jack cycles out in pulses. It doesn't shoot out real fast. it is slow and very controllable. I was concerned about how the jack would work but now have no issues with it.
About a 30 degree bend here.

Getting upwards of 90 degrees now. I had to reset the drive pin in the die at about 60 degrees. Not any real difference then if I was using the stationary tool post other then I am taking it easy doing it... This is going to be great. Being able to use the tubing bender at any time, without having bolt and unbolt the tool post, is going to make the bender a much more versitile tool!

Just an overall with a piece of tubing bent to 90 degree's without breaking a sweat!

I also tried out the Harbor Freight Tubing Roller on a piece of conduit. It rolled it like it wasn't even there. I got a little heavy handed with the "down" roller and kinked it but that was my fault in going to fast.