Metal Fabrication Shop (Tube Bending)

[antt]

Does anyone know of a metal fab place in south brissy that'd be able to bend up some 2in tube for me? I've really gotta get it done by the end of this week.

[Area54]

Does it have to be pretty or strong? Muffler shop on Moss st will do it for ya out of exhaust tube.

A place down in Chetwynd st can mandrel bend - can't remember the name though, they were pretty pricey though and very busy (prolly didn't want the little shitty work)

[antt]

strong would be good, but its not really structural, so i spose exhause pipe would work. its just for spottie and uhf aerial mounts

[Area54]

yeah exhaust will be plenty strong. Last bit of tube I had bent there cost me about $35, did it there and then with me checking the angles. When you paint the tube use some etch primer first as the tube they use is aluminised. Use a 1.6 rod on the stick (grind off alum coating on the tube) and you'll be fine. This was for the snorkel on my old daihatsu.

[antt]

which muffler shop did ya go to area54, there's about 20 of em on moss st

[Area54]

Forget the name, right on the S bend, next to the camping shop, opposite the tile shop.

[antt]

that'd be lee's exhaust's

[Area54]

That's them, One thing I almost forgot - go down there with a bent piece of wire in the shape or angle of what you want bent, this makes it easier for them to match, and the guys will be more willing to take it on when they see you know exactly what you want. Saves them time and you money.

[antt]

well, tried a few exhaust places in slacks creek, noone wanted to do it, reckon that exhaust tubing isn't strong enough to hold 2 spotties

the engineering joint didn't wanna know bout it either, told me about a place that 'might' do it at sheldon

farken pain in the ass

[Area54]

Okay, I've also had work done by Midas on Kingston road, near the corner of compton road. I had them bend up a quick spotty/nudge bar for the mav in the pre bullbar days. They were pretty helpful and happy to do the work, they just charged the normal hourly rate instead of saying it was too hard to do. Failing that , get some tube from Brisbane scrap metal supplies at the top end of moss st (next to moss st motor wreckers), and hire a tube bender from kennards on the service road on the way home. All up prolly cost about 50 bucks.

[mud4b]

come to the sunshine coast and ill bend it for nothing......

[antt]

hmmmm, dunno what to do. where abouts on the sunshine coast are you mud4b? it might be worth the drive, cause everyone round here is sh*tting me [/list]

[mud4b]

eudlo.when are you looking at getting it done

[antt]

i was hoping to get it sorted before christmas, cause i'm going away just after for new years

[mud4b]

cool....what size tube.

[antt]

2in, i'm not that worried bout the wall size, i'll just grab whatever i can. i just need 2 bends about 75 degrees, would yours do that and maintain the tube shape?

[mud4b]

yeah it bends past 90deg.the only thing with mine is that it does squash the pipe where the rollers touch it......

[antt]

yeah it bends past 90deg.the only thing with mine is that it does squash the pipe where the rollers touch it......

thats no worries. when would i be able to come round? i can come any time apart from saturday morning, or monday. i'm actually going up to beerwah to go 4wdriving on sunday, so sunday could be a goer, or whenever you prefer.

[mud4b]

sunday is fine........

ill send a pm with my addy.

[antt]

cool, send a phone number as well in case something happens

[mud4b]

done.