great job!
Build Thread: '49 F321
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I never bent a piece of conduit in my life!
I would never have tried this without the guidance and visuals from guys like
ROCKCRLN and others on here.
I don't have the skill level or tooling to do it perfectly, but can make do with what I can afford for now.
There is more than one way to skin a cat, my knife isn't very sharp, but I will get there. Sorry Kitty...
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My dad always said, "If you can't do it with conduit, you can't do it."
He used conduit for many, many projects. I can bend conduit fairly easy, I have to do it occationally for my type of work, but my dad was an electrician and seemed like he look a situation, take a rough measurement, grab a piece of conduit, bend it up and it fit right in. I fairly good, but not that good.
I used a piece of 1/2 conduit for make a bead on my '37 Buick. First I bent the conduit to the shape of the lip then split it in half so I had two mirrored pieces, one for each side.
He used conduit for many, many projects. I can bend conduit fairly easy, I have to do it occationally for my type of work, but my dad was an electrician and seemed like he look a situation, take a rough measurement, grab a piece of conduit, bend it up and it fit right in. I fairly good, but not that good.
I used a piece of 1/2 conduit for make a bead on my '37 Buick. First I bent the conduit to the shape of the lip then split it in half so I had two mirrored pieces, one for each side.
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Jeff I just though of a great idea -- why don't I bring my bed and rear fenders to truckfest and you can show us how to do such good work!!! I could be great practice with out any worries. Good idea??
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Bob, I am curious - how did you "split" the conduit in half? My axe just isn't that sharp. Seriously, how did you split/cut it?
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I drew lines.with a permanent marker down the center, top and bottom and cut along the lines with an air angle grinder. I then used a flap disc to remove.the galvanized coating inside and out.
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Thanks, nice job, it looks perfect!
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