The Chopper Compendium

nice lookin build lets see more!

looks like you got it off jimmy johnson's car!

cool!

i think i read somewhere that Jesse James came out with that style first and let Billy Lane use it. i could be wrong though

I'm really pleased to hear your progress with the Gottrikes style bender Gary, I modified mine to my own design just as many more experienced garage builders do. I have also noticed here that there is an upsurge in garage building as folks discover they can access the tools and equipment they need ...

thanks for the help

not sure if i'm in the right area but i'm going to ask anyway. i'm going to machine a set of neck cups out of stainless and i was looking at the drawing that is in the download section and my question is are the measurements that are shown in the drawing for neck cups or for the bearing races ? thanks

i just looked and it must have gotten lost when the site was down a while back but if you post a thread and ask someone i'm sure will get it for you

Thanks sleepyonthree, hard to tell from the pic how it attaches and mounts to bender. I will figure it out one way or another, i do have lots of pieces of scrap that i could possibly try to make my own mounting bracket for the 8 ton air/hydraulic ram. :clap: :think: there is one on here that was se...

great info thanks for posting

man i would love to have that shop!

Maz what did you use for a die to bend up that frame ? that's pretty cool!

some good info here on these springer threads. I'll have to make sure i go thru them when i do my final springer for my build