The Chopper Compendium

Thanks Maz, real nice machine for under five hundred Canadian dollars. Welds so smooth and easy to setup for proper settings, making welder cart for practice. Made welder build thread in projects.

Hey guys and gals, making a nice welder cart for my new eastwood mig 135amp welder. 2ft wide and 3ft long. Made extra space for big gas bottle, I got some big tires to use on it. Want to make sure it can roll all over property with ease. Coming along great, awesome practice to dial in new welder. ha...

Some more progress pics on the hardtail frame build.

Hey guys and gals, purchased eastwoods mig 135amp welder. Has gas setup and also can use fluxcore wire, also can purchase aluminum spool gun for it later if wanting to. Total cost $470.00 with shipping, duties tax and brokerage all together. Going to be great to do all my heavier welding with this q...

Hi guys and gals, my old welder broke down so I had to order a new one. I purchased eastwoods mig 135, it can be used with gas and comes with gas setup. Also can use fluxcore wire. Should arrive in about 10 days and I will post some pics of it and more progress.

Hey guys and gals, purchased a new quality drill press. Its a trademaster, 16 speed 1/2 horsepower with 5/8 chuck. 200-3680rpm ranges. Total cost $316.00 with free shipping, now I can really get some work done on my springer build etc.

More progress fabing up my ram mounting bracket,

Hello maxthegardener, hope you are doing well on your build. Been working today on more fabrication of ram mounting, all takes time.

Hey guys and gals, my 8 ton air hydraulic ram has arrived. So back to finishing the mounting brackets to set it up on my jd2 bender .

Hey guys and gals, more progress. Got seat area and wishbone fabed up and welded real good, trimmed tubing to axle plates closer to size needed. Here is a picture. Also a picture of slow fabrication of seatpost and upper plus lower rear engine mounts.

Thanks maz, I will post up a picture of the ram all fabed up on bender. using thick wall tubing for mounting ram plus half inch thick plate. I will make sure it is all welded up real good and solid. hahaha

Forgot to add picture hahaha

Thanks maz, I borrowed my neighbors tube bender, I got the lower frame rails bent up to axle plates. Twenty degree bends, soon as my air hydraulic 8 ton ram arrives then I can get it mounted on my jd2 bender and learn how to use it. Will it be strong enough to mount on my worktable now I will have t...

Glad you are keeping busy maz, good luck on all your projects. Waiting for my new ram to arrive from Toronto, should be here by Friday. Then get my darn bender up and running.

Thanks guys, have not given up on the chopper build stuff. Been so busy with other projects and life. More to come on the bender conversion real soon.