Want to know how I bend 2 x 3 tube with 2 x 4 tooling?

I go through how i modified and made new wear plates to adapt my 2 x 4 tooling to bend 2 x 3 tube to save big money instead of having new tooling dies made

[@yt650]

You get an A+ from me, people have no idea how expensive tooling is for these kinds of machines.

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Thanks, people have no clue

[@jayinmi3706]

I certainly didn't, but considering what dies for a round tubing bender cost (Like a JD Squared type), I knew it would be a lot.

[@pamdunn8454]

where there's a will , there's a way - hats off my friend saving big money on tooling , means extra speed equipment

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Exactly

[@brettjohns9320]

Great stuff. I really appreciate your detailed dialogue on mandrel bending.

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Thanks for watching

[@montwolfman]

That bender is amazing.

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Thanks its awesome to have in the shop for sure

[@phillipball-reed8071]

Very well thought out! Also enjoy how budget minded you are.

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Thanks, when dealing with expenses that high budget minded goes a long way

[@ypaulbrown]

holy smokes, this was a great video....cheers from Florida , Paul

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Thanks 👍

[@chrisbrown2174]

I'd say most jobs 2x4 is just fine... No problem with a little overkill. Nice to hear you found a work around for the few times you might need it.

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Yep personally i dont see much use for 2 x 3 but i get a good amount of requests for it

[@daveanderson2316]

Thanks Mike.

[@bobgaylord8883]

Yet another GREAT video !! Thank you.

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Thanks for watching

[@gregpiecuch3802]

You do amazing work. I hope to order some frame rails from you when I get a new project.

[@paulthompson8642]

Thank u

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Welcome

[@SWResto]

Great work !

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Thanks a lot!

[@joell439]

👍👍😎👍👍

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Thanks

[@DavidJenkins-m6n]

Hi again . I watched a vid of your shop your 2017 you seem to have changed a lot with your work . I don't see so many projects on the go now in your new videos ..

[@cornfieldcustoms]

In 2017 and a few years before I had a handful of employees so I had a lot more ongoing projects in the shop. In 2018 I went back to just me in the shop so I have taken on less

[@DavidJenkins-m6n]

@@cornfieldcustoms I know the feeling there o too had 6 employees but now back to myself much happier less hassle .👍

[@MrBlackbutang]

Could you use 1/4” Teflon sheeting as wear plates? Thanks for your service 😊

[@jayinmi3706]

So, if you wanted to do 3/16 wall or 1/4 wall 2x3 you'd need to order appropriate mandrels, but tthe rest would stiill work, right?

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Correct it would new new mandrel to match the internal dimensions

[@dennisschickling2249]

Nice Work.
#STAYSAFE
#PHILLYPHILLY🇺🇸

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Thanks

[@DavidJenkins-m6n]

Hi Mike , love your work and the explanation how you go along .Great job modifying your tooling .
Do you just work out the bends yourself ..

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Thanks. Not sure what you mean by work the bends out by myself

[@JustinPaul1st]

​@@cornfieldcustomsmaybe he wants to know where the calculations are worked out to the get bend at a specific measurement...
You did mention that in a previous video

[@DavidJenkins-m6n]

@@cornfieldcustoms sorry Mike should have been more clear . When you set up for bending do you work out the measurements your self or do you a library of measurements already stored in your pc ..

[@cornfieldcustoms]

@@DavidJenkins-m6n there is no library for all chassis dimensions. I draw the frames up in CAD then send over to bendtech software to create bend layout

[@manga12]

20 grand sounds like a lot for tooling is there that much metal and componants that go into the machine to curve and bend some thick tube steel, um how many pieces go into each set up for each size tube and die mike?

[@cornfieldcustoms]

For each tube size and direction you have the female die with is about 250-300 lbs and made of 4 pieces, the wiper die which is a large chunk of aluminum bronze, pressure die assembly, clamp die assembly and then you add in the mandrel cost. large dies for stuff like this get expensive. I paid 100K for the bender to start with

[@manga12]

@@cornfieldcustoms thanks, so thats 8-9 parts yea thats quite a bit more then just the male and female dies I was thinking and didn't know they were severl hundred lbs for the mandrels, thought was quite a bit lighter like a hollow tube like a thick box didn't know it was solid

[@cornfieldcustoms]

@@manga12 the mandrel is only around 10 lbs of aluminum bronze the main femal die is whats a few hundred lbs

[@manga12]

@@cornfieldcustoms ah yea bronz is kind of heavy

[@mattvelardes8072]

Great video.
Were did you order the mandrel from?

[@cornfieldcustoms]

Bend tooling