cegusman
3/4 ton status
I am finishing up my anti wrap bar. Were the bottom tube meets the top tube it is close to a 22 degree angle. What is the easiest way to notch this?
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notching tube at a steap angle
- Thread starter cegusman
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I do 90% of my notching with an assortment of chopsaw or plasma to get it close.. then hogging out the fishmouth more as needed with carbide burrs, 4 1/2" grinder, etc..... grind, fit, grind, fit, rinse, repeat, till right...
i rarely used notchers anymore... only on the simplest of joints.. which for some odd reason, I rarely get....
i rarely used notchers anymore... only on the simplest of joints.. which for some odd reason, I rarely get....
Yeah I had a couple of those like 17* on my rear cage bars. I actually used the program I found online. I just searched tube coping or tube notching. It makes a template then I used a sawzall and angle grinder to finish it.
hmmm, link to that would be cool.... I know the bend tech stuff has the label printing gig, but a free program would be cool for that.. tho my sorry arse still doesn't have a printer yet...
most of the time, i just take a piece of scrap, eyeball it next to the piece, make some hash marks with a sharpie and connect the dots...
most of the time, i just take a piece of scrap, eyeball it next to the piece, make some hash marks with a sharpie and connect the dots...
cegusman
3/4 ton status
Yep Metalgeek is the one I used.
DieselWarrior
1/2 ton status
Hey, THANKS for the link, very helpful!
I use this..... 
where's my drool smilie?
It is insane the amount of stuff that little guy can do....
every angle you want, and it just munches it out in a second
it isnt cheap though.... at all lol
oh, i know.. i dreamingly have shopped end-mills before... it'll never happen.. but it reminds me that i would like to get my lathe up and running at some point...
dirtygoat
1/2 ton status
This... ^^^
I also keep a bunch of cut off pieces that have already been notched and sharpie the angles on them... That way I can grab ones that look close and test fit, then fudge it a bit on the notcher...
But, on the extreme crazy notching, it's usually what ryoken said...
