Demonstration homemade DYI metal tube roller on 2" square tube

[@FranklinBallowe]

Your a skilled man! Great idea, very well executed and delivery! You should be very proud! God Bless. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@gordonfrank]

Frankie, thank you for your kind comment. Hope the video helped you out with your project.

[@TheRitchieLeeShow]

I like your bender, and really great use of the pipe threader.

[@wayne251975]

I bought one of those threaders years ago. Damned thing caught fire right after pulling the trigger. The angry pixies and magic smoke just rolled out and the fire right with it.

[@TheRitchieLeeShow]

I really don’t think much of that harbor freight Chicago brand stuff….

[@stashostigin9927]

Chord would actually be where the radius starts and stops. A chord is any straight line across the a circle including the diameter. But extremely impressive and I’m here for your advice. lol 😊

[@nicrobison4487]

Ok man i need to build my self one of these. Do you have a video of parts list and maybe some build info? I have all the tools to build it

[@richardsprojects]

Great job , I would have spaced the underside rollers further apart , easier to roll then

[@gordonfrank]

True. You can see I made it adjustable, but if I had to do over I'd make it longer.

[@NeoNack]

You sir are a genius.

[@cporter1775]

Great idea. Be nice to see the end product

[@connorearon344]

Could you run the tube through sideways to give the tube a helix shape?

[@trevormckay4249]

Thats cool couple questions First have you tried 2x4 1/8 wall on the hard way? and How much of a distortion on the square is there?

[@gordonfrank]

I have not; only the 2x2 with 1/16th wall. I think it would struggle to bend 1/8" the hard way. This machine is not rigid enough.

[@37yearsofanythingisenough39]

Nice copy of a SWAG Off Road/Horror Freight tubing roller. I milled my hex long enough to fill the drive hole completely on the power head because I did not want just part of the hexagon hole bearing all of the torque.

[@mediocreman561]

Nice. Now can you make something that would turn a round pipe to square tube?

[@fishhuntadventure]

Personally I do that with a credit card or checkbook and a trip to the supplier…

[@valveman12]

Did you get the motor idea from Swag off-road? Looks like a strong tube roller.

[@tiennguyensi4776]

Wow! Wonderful. I your brain! Love you.

[@joedukes9760]

I wonder if lubricating the bottom rollers would put less stress on your motor

[@gordonfrank]

They are have bearings. A little lube wouldn't hurt. I'm guessing the tube was getting pretty near top end of what the machine could handle.

[@fernandohernandezn.5763]

UN APORTE SANO, ESTÁ FORSANDO ÉL MOTOR, HAY QUÉ BUSCAR SOLUCIÓN, ASÍ NO CONVIENE.

[@davidcrumrine1165]

You don't have to tighten the jack every time and it wouldn't be so hard. You should put pressure on it run it one way and run it back the other way before putting more pressure on it, especially if you are getting so much spring back. Got the smarts to build it and machine everything but don't know how to properly use rolls for rolling.

[@MonstroLab]

Excellent. So what were you making with the tubing? a quonset-hut type pole barn or something?

[@elfamosomiguel3964]

Man I’m trying to bend 2x2 square tubing but it’s bending so ugly , do you have any tips on how to bend ?

[@gordonfrank]

How thick are the side walls on what you're trying to bend? The 2x2 I'm bending in this video is 14 gauge. 14 gauge is .08" of 1.62mm.

[@shuaibibrahimbhugaloo]

Informative 👍🏽

[@chandrashekhargaderao34]

Genius products Grate

[@Arek_R.]

Why not put some scale where the top drive wheel is to measure how far down it is? This way you will know how far to push it down to get specific radius (obviously also depends on spacing of the bottom wheels so idk 5 scales needed?)

[@gordonfrank]

Good idea. Flex in different pipes/ tube might have small effect on that.

[@nickgates7869]

Does this work with metal tubing?

[@gordonfrank]

Have not done it but i'm sure it would.

[@gordonfrank]

Would probably want to make a roller that matched the tube diameter to keep things aligned.

[@topchoppers7980]

Nice video of this in use but please a build video on this

[@villageblacksmith9982]

How did you bypass the switch to change direction? Mine won't allow the direction to change if the trigger switch is pressed..

[@gordonfrank]

Not sure why it wouldn't. I bot the pipe threader in April. Maybe they've added a safety feature....hard telling. I kept mine triggered the whole time. If you zoom in you can see I put a velcro strap around the trigger. Then used a footpedal control from Harbor Freight to power on/off.

[@richlararich]

Smart guy, thanks

[@abdulaziza]

Side plate thickness of your machine please?

[@gordonfrank]

1/4" high tension steel. It was left over from a tree spade build project.

[@abdulaziza]

Thank you

[@jeremylakenes6859]

Any video or pictures of your finished structure? I built a bowshed a while back from wood. I’d like to do it in steel.

[@gordonfrank]

Nothing to post yet. But you could curve 16 gauge square tube enough to make a bowshed similar to pictures I found when searching Bowshet in Google.

[@speedlive75]

Merci, mais c'est quoi la machine manuel. Bravo 👏 de France 🇫🇷

[@gordonfrank]

Thanks for watching. When you say manual machine. Which machine are you referring to?

[@allochris]

Tube roller

[@meslayemdeer]

How far apart are your bottom dies?

[@gordonfrank]

Don't recall, about 18" but it's adjustable depending on what radius you are shooting for.

[@jackies8538]

would be great if we could hear you you should play this video back before you say it to the public so you know that you can't hear it

[@BroSamA]

I would really love to pick your brain about this build. Is there any way I can contact you without having a conversation via KZbin comments?

[@patrana2222]

Preferible meterle un motoreductor ese esmeriladaptado se puede quemar tanto esfuerzo ala firme pero si es para solo rolar unos tubos puede ser pero amas diámetro o radio más fuerza usa esa máquina esmeril o como le digan ustede

[@jrhattenstein]

Why thoes specific measurements

[@gordonfrank]

To get the curve/bend just right to match the project specs.

[@spacetimeworm]

An eighth of an inch? I believe you needed a half of an inch. ☝️

[@finessedplays5980]

Hey come here

[@gernblanstien4968]

I'm sure you found out that those pipe thread motors are loud and garbage.

[@gordonfrank]

Yes fairly loud. An extended warranty is a good idea on the Pipe Threader. It's a Harbor Freight model.

[@miguelonuribelaura3357]

Muy baja calidad del video

[@ВячеславСысоев-о9н]

Кака

[@mperhaps]

That was nearly useful. Using a pipe threader is brilliant but since the design requires parts that don't exist and have to be fabricated from a lathe it is not useful to other people.

[@gordonfrank]

Only useful if you have the tools to build. Otherwise, you'll need to buy one.

[@fishhuntadventure]

…buy a small lathe, or use a drill press to hold the workpiece and a 4-1/2” angle grinder to shape dies or whatever. What I’m confused over your comment is that this is a vid about FABRICATING STUFF so your comment doesn’t make any sense. I don’t have a machine lathe myself, but I have a wood lathe with a three-jaw chuck, die grinders, angle grinders, files, sandpaper….. I use basic tools to make more sophisticated tools, and the sophisticated tools to make even better tools. Sometimes I buy tools like vises, wood chisels, wrenches, cordless drills, a shop press, welders, and other stuff. I’m thinking you just aren’t a fabricator. Just because you don’t understand something doesn’t make it stupid.