ckouba wrote:
terryjr wrote:
I'm actually using it from the subaru. All i have to do its tie in the rear of the control arm to the chassis which i have layed out in garage.
Even so, there appears to be a number of gratuitous bends in your sketch. You will be miles ahead following the advice of directly connecting of your hard points (think straight lines). The best example might be your main roll hoop to rear suspension. Why have the back to back 90° bends from the hoop lower leg to the rear cradle? Make a fixture to receive the cradle and then put a straight piece of tube from that to the main hoop. Hopefully that makes sense?
The straighter your connecting tubes are between your nodes, the more rigidity is achievable and it theoretically improves the ability to manufacture as well.
Chris
makes sense. straight lines will be more rigid than curves. I guess i was trying to get too cosmetic. The rear still has to be detirmined. It has a crossmemebr very similar to the front, and a large fuel tank that sits in front of it. Im now thinking of making it even more mini truck like with a small bed in the back. which should also give me the fuel tank cover the state might require
the bender is a 12ton HF style. I got it working much better as the day went on by grinding the dies down to make a better fit to the pipe.