So, I got a great deal on a tubing bender setup from Quicktree. But I'm thinking of asking for my money back. I think he might have sold me the mini bender.

Just kidding. Quicktree gave me a great deal on a Pro-Tools 105HD setup. Built a practice roll bar that I am going to use as a display piece and try to drum up some local business. Thinking through all of the measurements and bending on the right side of the hash marks is something that will take some getting used to. Tomorrow, I will play with some C/M and see exactly how tough this stuff is to bend. At least I found a local shop that will sell me tubing at the same price as Summit without the "Overlength" surcharge, and has even longer pieces than Summit carries.

Started at 10 AM. By 1:30 main hoop is bent, trimmed, tweaked and tack welded in place. Final bends to get the legs to meet the frame rails took the longest, I didn't want to overbend. Keeping tube level is the biggest trick, but very necessary. Came out straight as an arrow. Measuring, and remeasuring made the final product worth it. The bending was the easiest part.
Now, on to the door bars...

Didn't have as much success with the door bars. After tweaking angles several times, determined that I made the window length too long. Cut the lower portion off and made a duplicate, so now I have 2 upper half bars. Still not sure if I like the idea of multiple pieces for the door bar, even though I know everyone says it is fine. Have to think on this one.

no problem, i'll just have to charge you for each bend

wow you are doing a great job, not sure I like the angles in on the bottom. I would have made them straight but it probably wont matter once you get the cross bar in. didn't take you long to figure things out

Happy birthday Quick................

Happy Birthday, QT.
There will be plenty of bars. Building it to certify to 7.50.
Calculating riser bars in the front of the cage to meet up with the lower dash crossbar. Upper door bars will weld to these, also. The riser bars will have a bend outwards to weld tabs in place to support the scattershield.

thanks guys

Upper half of the door bars is done. Fabricating lower bars. Getting pretty good at being repetitive. It's amazing, no matter how much you measure and adjust, measure and adjust, something always ends up screwy. Never realized that the right side of the door frame is about 3/16" shorter than the left. Not a big deal on a universal fit cage, but when you are building for precision, it's annoying. Anyway, starting to make some progress.

I have new Alston pedals and steering column w/mw quick release for sale.
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Sorry sgcuda i ment to add a quote from a previous post by you about eliminating stock column.

If anyone saw my other posts, you know that there was a lot of concern about my main hoop. This is the second design, and I'm sure everyone will agree, a lot more in line with acceptable design parameters.

FINALLY!!! Making some progress. This is a lot of work. Of all of the operations, making the bends is the easiest part. Getting dimensions right is intense. Truthfully, I settled on the roll cage. I could probably build it 10 times over, and each time get a little closer to what I really visioned. Fitting the tubing properly has been time consuming, but worth it for the end results. Still a long way to go, but I'm happy with this weekends work. I really need to get a better camera phone!

Haven't made too much progress. Cut the firewall out last weekend after the storm. Only had Sunday afternoon this week. Bent and notched rear rails. Tried the tubing notcher I got from Quicktree. What a nice piece of equipment that is. Makes this job so much easier.

Made some progress this weekend. Got the rear bars tacked in place, cut, bent and tacked the snout tubes in place. Lots of number crunching on the front bars. Trying to allow for proper strut location going by numbers from Strange, and desired wheel tracking width. Haven't purchased the struts yet. Also have to allow for mounting tabs for the engine plate at the same time. I think I got them in pretty close.

That is damn sexy there Kenny G...............

Saturday afternoon after raking up 15 bags of leaves.

Got the body back off. Lot more work with the cage in it. Got it at ride height. 5" in front. 7" at rear.

My new Quicktime scattershield will not clear my custom flywheel and Ram clutch setup. Only fits with 130t flywheel and 10.5 plate. My modified flywheel has too high a deck and brings the clutch counterweight arms in contact with the shield, even after 1/2" spacing. Looking for someone that wants to swap for their Lakewood shield. Doesn't have to be new, but not as old or beat up as me.