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'84 K10 The Animal- Now on Forty Two's

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I’m taking notes. Bend Tech has been a real eye-opener for me. Really curious to see how it works for you in a confined space. I’ve just been using it for bumpers and sheetmetal stuff.

David
 
AgDieseler said:
I’m taking notes. Bend Tech has been a real eye-opener for me. Really curious to see how it works for you in a confined space. I’ve just been using it for bumpers and sheetmetal stuff.

David
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I’ve used bend tech in previous projects... great time and tube saver. Not necessary but a nice tool to have.
 
skunked said:
The plan was for the tubing under the seats to tie into the A and B pillars so I'm not sure how I would mount the seats first. I did dry fit them to get an idea but my plan was to bend the B Pillar, cut the floor and temp mount the seats so I know where the B Pillar bracing and harness bar will be. Then I can bend the halo, tilt the B pillar forward for welding including any bracing in the halo. Lastly cut the A pillar tubes and weld them, hopefully having enough room with the glass out but I'll punch holes for the A pillar tubes if necessary. The dash will be cut out and reinstalled after the cage is done btw.

Let me know if you think there is a better approach to this.
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Just so you know pretty close where the seats will be. "Mounting" occasionally consists of 2x4s on the floor.

The whole welding thing evolves as you go along. A bunch of different ways to do it. As long as it gets you to fully welded doesn't matter much how you get there.

Just don't get stuck on one plan. Don't be afraid to toss something if it's just not gonna work.
 
skunked said:
You have to keep in mind that the software is calibrated for a particular die, a different die will change the locations you bend at.
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I have bendtech too so when you send me the file it should correct everything to match the numbers for my die set when I open the file. Lol
 
blazinzuk said:
Just so you know pretty close where the seats will be. "Mounting" occasionally consists of 2x4s on the floor.

The whole welding thing evolves as you go along. A bunch of different ways to do it. As long as it gets you to fully welded doesn't matter much how you get there.

Just don't get stuck on one plan. Don't be afraid to toss something if it's just not gonna work.
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Thanks for the insight.

F.S.F.W said:
I have bendtech too so when you send me the file it should correct everything to match the numbers for my die set when I open the file. Lol
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Here ya go, try this and let me know how it works :D
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Yesterday I bent the B Pillar, went pretty smooth however there was a little learning curve dealing with spring back.
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Trimmed the legs to fit.
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Cut the floor
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With the seat in this location I have 7" between my head and the roof and 5.5" to the halo (with my head against the headrest). However with the seat in this position I cannot run a simple X design in the B Pillar because of the seats being so close to the back wall/rear window. Any suggestions here from you guys is appreciated. The harness bar running horizontal between the B Pillar legs looks doable, there is a nice little pocket for that to run.
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I think the horizontal bar, then another bar coming forward towards the A pillar (kidney bar)

For the back I’m not sure. Was wondering about something Y shaped but that leaves dead nodes
 
If it were me . . . I would do your harness bar straight across. Do another horizontal bar at the cage plates and optionally support it in the middle with another cage plate. Go from the middle of your harness bar diagonally downwards to both outside intersections of the b pillar and that lower cross bar i mentioned above. Then go upwards diagonally from the center of the harness bar in an upwards V fashion but with whatever spread you can get with the seats as the limiting factor. Upper part is same idea as a windshield bar. Not as strong as a going to corners but better than nothing and converging joint at harness bar is reinforced by the lower upside down V I've already mentioned.
 
truck-oholic said:
If it were me . . . I would do your harness bar straight across. Do another horizontal bar at the cage plates and optionally support it in the middle with another cage plate. Go from the middle of your harness bar diagonally downwards to both outside intersections of the b pillar and that lower cross bar i mentioned above. Then go upwards diagonally from the center of the harness bar in an upwards V fashion but with whatever spread you can get with the seats as the limiting factor. Upper part is same idea as a windshield bar. Not as strong as a going to corners but better than nothing and converging joint at harness bar is reinforced by the lower upside down V I've already mentioned.
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that's basically how I had the lower section planned out going into this. I was just really hoping to brace those b pillar corners better.

In the halo I will brace that corner.

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