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01-08-2015, 11:54 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: New orleans
Posts: 51
|  Q for the cage builders
Id like to start fabbing up my own custom cages and was wondering what kind of welders do you guys use and also what kind of tube bender do you guys use when making a cage?
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01-08-2015, 02:15 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Charleston South Carolina
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| Re: Q for the cage builders
Welders: MIG Flux Core TIG Silver Solder brazing (easier with brake line) Tube bender: Hand bent with a vise Machine bent BAC Industries rod bender Brake line bender that you can find at an auto parts store |
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01-08-2015, 02:48 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Victoira,BC
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| Re: Q for the cage builders
or way cheaper route brake line and mapp gas and a small hand held brake line bender
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01-08-2015, 03:46 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: New orleans
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| Re: Q for the cage builders
Thinking about the brazing route. So silver solder brazing, brake line and brake line bender, i want it to look legit and hold up and not bend like tin foil if ya know whatbi mean. Is brake line tough stuff?
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01-08-2015, 03:52 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: New orleans
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| Re: Q for the cage builders
Mapp torch good as well or should i use something else?
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01-08-2015, 09:15 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Charleston South Carolina
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| Re: Q for the cage builders Quote:
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MAPP gas will allow the brake line to heat up the quickest so that the silver solder can flow into the joint easier. | ||
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01-09-2015, 07:05 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wayne county. PA
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| Re: Q for the cage builders Quote:
my tube bender........... what I built with my bender.... finally started build............ the tigress is born.......... PRO 4 build........ just to get some ideas  ....my tigress was 10lbs and landed on it's roof a few times without bending anything....
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01-09-2015, 06:38 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2008 Location: Baltimore
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| Re: Q for the cage builders
I use an Oxy/Acetylene torch with silicon-bronze filler rod.
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01-10-2015, 01:04 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: New orleans
Posts: 51
| Re: Q for the cage builders
Got mapp gas and torch, tube/rod cutter, bronze solder and will be usinga vise as bender. I went to check out 3/16 brakeline but didnt really feel it so i went with some 3/26 solid rod i got for cheap at home depot. Now will i still be able to braze the metal rod using flux coated bronze? Or should i really buy that 15% silver braze?
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01-10-2015, 10:01 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: under a rock and a hard place
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| Re: Q for the cage builders
Solid rod will take a bit more heat to get the bronze rod to flow for you as it "the solid rod" acts as a heat sink. Be patient, get the joint up to temp, then add filler rod. You may want to pick up a can of powder flux from the welding supply store. That precoated rod can be a pita when the flux is melted off the rod and leaves you with bare rod. I prefer to use uncoated filler rod from the supply house and dip it in the powdered flux as needed. Just warm the tip and dip it in, it will adhere to the filler rod just like the precoat but will always be on the end of the rod where you need it.
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