The Chopper Compendium

Hi maz and curt, as soon as i get the mounting bracket built for the 8 ton ram i should be able to get bending tubeing . A little tweaking and learning what i am doing then get to work building the hardtail frame. Also blew up my new dewalt grinder, i am shocked all i was doing is cutting out the springer plate with cutting discs and i was not pushing to hard on it. Getting tired of crappy machines,

you might have gotten a bad one i have a dewalt thats 3 years old theyre usually good machines yake it back tou havent had it that long they should give you a new one

Hi curt, i have only had the dewalt grinder about 2weeks or so and i have the bill of purchase so i will go exchange it for another new one. I barely got about 4 hrs of use from it before blowing up with smole everywhere.

Dewalt tools usually last for years - take it back and complain!!!!!

Maz xx

Hi maz, got a makita grinder of equal value and it seems to be working well so far. Waiting for materials from my supplier to get the ram mounting bracket ready to build.

cool - soon have that bender working

Maz xx

Hi maz, i have been working on the ram mounting bracket slowly since i got a bunch of 1/4 inch thick plate to make it. I will more than likely need to bevel the plates so i can get descent weld penitration with my small lincoln mig, rest assured i will get this sucker finished so i can start learning the bending of tubeing.

Hey thanks for posting your pics, I'm in the middle of building my own and its quite helpful to see a closeup of one thats alredy put togeather.
Is your degree gauge home made? i was thinking there might be one online that could be printed out then transferred to metal, but i havn't looked around yet.

jonester123 wrote: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.

there is one on here that was sent to me and i think the name of the thread is printable degree ring i'll double check

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

Hi guys, i made my own pice out of 20gauge sheetmetal and cutt to shape. Then i downloaded the free printable protractor and wrapped it up with see through heavy plastic nothing fancy but will work for now. I will try to find a copy of the protractor for you guys and post it in my area here. Just follow the jd2 bender plans and you will be fine, i took a long time learning how to make this sucker with needing the proper tools etc. If i can do it anyone can, i am now working on converting it to a 8ton air hydraulic ram with mounting brackets so it will be easier to use and mount without busting up my worktables with all the pressure it uses.

Here is a picture of my protractor and mounted on some 20 gauge sheetmetal. http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac13 ... 0_0407.jpg

Hey man...your bender came out looking real nice.Im thinking about building one as soon as Im finished with my bike.Do you think you can send me the plans?....Just a thought about the degree wheel...If you have a home improvement store near you, you can get a thin sheet of plexiglass & hold it down with a couple small sheet metal screws.

Hi Jeff L, it took alot of work to get it done since i was learning as i went along. I will try and find my copy of the jd2 bender plans in my folders and post them in my area here for anyone wanting to copy them etc. Still need to paint it up again soon.

Okay i am going to try and post up all 6pages of the jd2 bender plans, they are in my photobucket account so anyone who wants them can just save them or copy them. Hope it helps everyone out who wants to build one. http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac13 ... 0_0411.jpg http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac13 ... 0_0412.jpg http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac13 ... 0_0413.jpg http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac13 ... 0_0414.jpg http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac13 ... 0_0415.jpg http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac13 ... 0_0416.jpg