Howdy,

So I don't know the name of this tool but it goes around a steel tube and has about 300 little steel rods around it so when you want to attach a tube to another tube, like a roll cage or whatever, it allows you to put the tube at the angle desired then slide all these little steel rods against the part and then slide it back and trace out the profile it made on the tube so you can cut it with... whatever means and tig it/weld it?


Name that tool!


--Aaron

 

Tube template. trick-tools.com

 

thanks!

 

I know its a stupid question , but at 42$/44$ for 1 inch and 1.25 inch PipeMaster's

Granted they look like solid tools to use but humor me I guess what do you all think? any cheaper solutions?

--Aaron

 

How about cutting out a piece of paper?

http://www.gottrikes.com/Tube_Bender.htm
scroll down to the bottom there is a template you can change the size and use

 

They are worth the money

 

Absolutely. Time is money folks. How many paper templates can you cut in $40 worth of time? It's not really that much. Honestly though, they might have something cheaper on e-bay if you look. Might find something $10 cheaper.

 

spagetti and an elastic?

 

Yeah yeah point taken, I thought id toss it out.

I mean I already spent 3400 on a Miller 200dx and a water cooler! hahaha
Currently working on a stainless steel X brace/bar something rather for the back of my EG for ***** and giggles.

 

I'm usually a fan of having the right tool for the job but... I've had good luck finding straight contours by sticking multiple pieces of welding rod in the edge of corrugated cardboard and pushing it against the desired surface. I used to use that trick to find the shape of the underside of the hood when it was closed to build heat shields. I've done it with plastic coffee stirrers too. I don't see why it wouldn't work if you wrapped it around a tube. Ghetto, I know. But it worked pretty well! =P