Pipe Coping

98XJLongBuild · May 17, 2011

Hey whats up everyone.

I've been searching around for some good right ups for pipe bending and coping. I was able to pull up a really good right up from pirate4X4 about pipe bending. But notching the pipe I believe is the hardest thing to do.

I am in the works (later down the road) to build a roll cage for my 98XJ. I have done some pipe work but nothing close to or as fancy as a roll cage. If there is a write up or anything that may help with notching pipe with fegearing out all the angles of the dangles with just some math and measuring, please post them up.

Thanks

.

old_man · May 17, 2011

Before you get flamed, tubing is for cages, pipe is for sh!t.

jmaxj · May 17, 2011

first off you'll want tube not pipe(search any off-road forum debates are everywhere)

second a good bender like the JD2 or protools helps a ton

and 3rd a good knotcher like this one http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200003774_200003774 help alot also, if you want to take the guess work out of knotching get the pipemasters http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PFR-P-T0875 takes a bit to learn how to use but once its figured out it takes the guess work out of knotching, they are a little pricey but well worth it.

also practice practice practice. make other stuff before you jump right into building something that needs to potentially save your life.

xcm · May 17, 2011

well said... it sounds like you need a notcher.

bails85 · May 17, 2011

the notcher does the hard part but its up to you to be able to learn how to set it. practice at different angles and such to get a feel for it. my hardest part when i was learning was to not notch my piece backwards. its all trial and error.

RCP Phx · May 17, 2011

There is a free program out there that will print out a paper tracing for notching tube.

RCman · May 17, 2011

If your only doing a cage or two save the money on a notcher and put it toward tube.
It makes life easier, but everything can be accomplished with some common sense, a few cardboard paper towel rolls, a cut off wheel, and a flap disc.

RCP Phx said:
There is a free program out there that will print out a paper tracing for notching tube.

http://metalgeek.com/static/cope.pcgi

Original_MudButt · May 17, 2011

Like most have said, the best thing you can do for yourself is practice.... A lot!

If you have little experience with notching/welding tubing buy a notcher. You can do it without, but one of the requirements of a good welded intersection is a good fit-up.

If you plan on relying on that roll cage some day, it had better be built right.

xcm · May 17, 2011

that northern tool notcher is exactly like the JD2 TN-100, except the tn-100 is about $75 cheaper... AND the tn-100 has the better vice block.....

thats $220 well spent.... i love my tn-100, the ammount of time it saves over conventional grinder/chop saw/handheld grinder notching is INSANE.... the holesaw notcher is awesome untill you get into the real difficult notches. which is where the tube masters come into play. i didnt use mine the first year i had em, but the first time i NEEDED them, they more than payed for themselfs.

i dont care how good you are at chop saw notching, it still takes too long, and isnt perfect. will it work? sure.... but its too slow, too inaccurate, and frankly, it annoys the shit outta me, having to do a bunch of work, to get a half ass result, because i dont have the right tool.

RCP Phx · May 17, 2011

RCman said:
If your only doing a cage or two save the money on a notcher and put it toward tube.
It makes life easier, but everything can be accomplished with some common sense, a few cardboard paper towel rolls, a cut off wheel, and a flap disc.

http://metalgeek.com/static/cope.pcgi

Also from Gottrikes.....
http://gottrikes.com/PDFs/Bender%20Updates/tubemiter.exe

bails85 · May 18, 2011

xcm said:
that northern tool notcher is exactly like the JD2 TN-100, except the tn-100 is about $75 cheaper... AND the tn-100 has the better vice block.....

thats $220 well spent.... i love my tn-100, the ammount of time it saves over conventional grinder/chop saw/handheld grinder notching is INSANE.... the holesaw notcher is awesome untill you get into the real difficult notches. which is where the tube masters come into play. i didnt use mine the first year i had em, but the first time i NEEDED them, they more than payed for themselfs.

i dont care how good you are at chop saw notching, it still takes too long, and isnt perfect. will it work? sure.... but its too slow, too inaccurate, and frankly, it annoys the shit outta me, having to do a bunch of work, to get a half ass result, because i dont have the right tool.

x100 this isnt the dinosaur era. get the right tool and put some pride in your work.

Pipe Coping

98XJLongBuild

NAXJA Forum User

old_man

NAXJA Forum User

jmaxj

NAXJA Forum User

xcm

NAXJA Forum User

bails85

NAXJA Forum User

RCP Phx

NAXJA Forum User

RCman

NAXJA Forum User

Original_MudButt

NAXJA Forum User

xcm

NAXJA Forum User

RCP Phx

NAXJA Forum User

bails85

NAXJA Forum User

Similar threads