two day brush guard

on_the_fly · 12-26-2010, 05:37 PM

hey though since i didnt get any help with the home made lift measurments i desided to build a brush guard for the front. i like the factory bumper so i wanted to keep and i didnt want just a tube bumper and didnt want it to turn out baha looking either so i went with a pickup truck kinda look. i think it looks good and will look even better after i add the light kit. first day(yesterday) was design, cut, fab, tac and today was weld, clean, raddel can, mount.

jlhog · 12-26-2010, 06:06 PM

Looks nice. How did you make the bends?

on_the_fly · 12-26-2010, 06:19 PM

Bends were made with cheap harbor freight pipe bender. You can see the bender in the background of one of the pics I posted

jlhog · 12-26-2010, 06:22 PM

What type of tube was it? I have been looking at the HF bender and just got a 25% off coupon today!!!

on_the_fly · 12-26-2010, 06:38 PM

the tube i used was 1/8 thick because thats all i had left. i can get 90* bends with 1/16 tubing but you have to fill your tubes with sand and tape your ends off. its not too bad for mr because i have a blast cabinet so i just use the sand from there and put it back. the bender i got from HF came with dies for 3/4, 1, 1 1/2, 2, 2 1/2 tubing and the only tubing i've ever been able to bend in it with out filling with sand was 2 inch di and 3/8's thick.(that is for a 90* bend, will bend any tubing to bout 35* with out filling with sand

pachanga90 · 12-26-2010, 06:50 PM

The bender from Harbor is a pipe-bender,pipe is measured by ID(inside)Tubing is measured OD.Thats why it crushes the tubing.If you buy some black-pipe(like stuff for gas-lines in homes at Home-Depot,Lowes,etc..)You can bend it without worrying about it crushing(keep the seam on the inside of your bend radius),and its' fairly cheap.Its' more than strong enough for stuff like brush-guards.You can also buy schedule 40 pipe from a steel-supply.That will give the same bend results,but is much better pipe.They are a decent bender if used properly,everyone i've talked to that has one either says it bends great(pipe)or it just crushes it(tubing).Like always,use it as it was designed,instead of trying to make-do and you will be happy with the end results.Hope this helps.

jlhog · 12-26-2010, 07:26 PM

Is the gas supply type pipe easy to weld? I may go that route.

56servi · 12-26-2010, 07:57 PM

Look at your HF 25% off coupon. I got one by email last week & it is only good for Jan 1.

jlhog · 12-26-2010, 08:10 PM

yep, mine says that also!!!

SpoiledRotten · 12-26-2010, 08:13 PM

You did a good job on that brush guard!

12-26-2010, 06:06 PM	#2
jlhog Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Dorr, MI Posts: 210	Re: two day brush guard Looks nice. How did you make the bends?

12-26-2010, 06:19 PM	#3
on_the_fly Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: centural kentucky Posts: 241	Re: two day brush guard Bends were made with cheap harbor freight pipe bender. You can see the bender in the background of one of the pics I posted

12-26-2010, 06:22 PM	#4
jlhog Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Dorr, MI Posts: 210	Re: two day brush guard What type of tube was it? I have been looking at the HF bender and just got a 25% off coupon today!!!

12-26-2010, 06:38 PM	#5
on_the_fly Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: centural kentucky Posts: 241	Re: two day brush guard the tube i used was 1/8 thick because thats all i had left. i can get 90* bends with 1/16 tubing but you have to fill your tubes with sand and tape your ends off. its not too bad for mr because i have a blast cabinet so i just use the sand from there and put it back. the bender i got from HF came with dies for 3/4, 1, 1 1/2, 2, 2 1/2 tubing and the only tubing i've ever been able to bend in it with out filling with sand was 2 inch di and 3/8's thick.(that is for a 90* bend, will bend any tubing to bout 35* with out filling with sand

12-26-2010, 06:50 PM	#6
pachanga90 I Refuse To Get Stuck!!! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Hilton,NY Posts: 5,427	Re: two day brush guard The bender from Harbor is a pipe-bender,pipe is measured by ID(inside)Tubing is measured OD.Thats why it crushes the tubing.If you buy some black-pipe(like stuff for gas-lines in homes at Home-Depot,Lowes,etc..)You can bend it without worrying about it crushing(keep the seam on the inside of your bend radius),and its' fairly cheap.Its' more than strong enough for stuff like brush-guards.You can also buy schedule 40 pipe from a steel-supply.That will give the same bend results,but is much better pipe.They are a decent bender if used properly,everyone i've talked to that has one either says it bends great(pipe)or it just crushes it(tubing).Like always,use it as it was designed,instead of trying to make-do and you will be happy with the end results.Hope this helps.

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12-26-2010, 07:26 PM	#7
jlhog Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Dorr, MI Posts: 210	Re: two day brush guard Is the gas supply type pipe easy to weld? I may go that route.

12-26-2010, 07:57 PM	#8
56servi Gone Wild Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Walled Lake MI Posts: 332	Re: two day brush guard Look at your HF 25% off coupon. I got one by email last week & it is only good for Jan 1.

12-26-2010, 08:10 PM	#9
jlhog Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Dorr, MI Posts: 210	Re: two day brush guard yep, mine says that also!!!

12-26-2010, 08:13 PM	#10
SpoiledRotten Conservatively Wild Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Below the Mason Dixon Posts: 3,610	Re: two day brush guard You did a good job on that brush guard!

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