OK, been a while since anybody posted anything so I'll get something in here.

I bought a bender after crushing some 1.5" DOM on the $5,ooo bender we have at work. Pissed me off - so I bought one I can use at home. Got it Tuesday and assembled it that night. Then the fun began!!! I don't have room inside my shop to bend a 10' stick. What to do, what to do ... :-|

Then I remembered the "Battle of the Bug Empire" and remembered I had a long piece of 2x2 square tubing under the shop :t: and I had some left over 3x5 1/4 angle iron from the rock slider project :-| Quick design some time with the band saw and I made a couple 'L' shaped plates that fit the 3x3 square bender stand. A quick shot with a 1/2 drill, some grinding and welding (and more grinding :oops: ) and VOLIA!!! A bender stand that fits in my trucks trailer hitch!!!

Here's my April FOOLs bodge job on the bender stand ...

5' piece of 2x2 square tubing with some modified 3x5 angle iron welded together

Fits the hitch fine =D>

To make it easy to get in and out and clamp it down so it doesn't wobble, I drilled a thru-hole for a 1/2" bolt and put a crush sleeve on it. Well that's what I had available and it's a bit short right now, but you get the idea :sa:

Hey!! LOOKIE Here!! It WORKS!! :t: :t:

Whatcha think of the idea?? :idea:

Mudrat :mrgreen: