Looking good Bob...had to replay the outdoor night time shot a few times with my eyes closed. Haha, listening to the crickets with that country silence. Brings back childhood memories
Hey Bob, good job on them here machining the chopper hub and bearing and bending the frame with the old Harbor Freight pipe bender. You have lots of shop skills and plenty of smarts to figure all that out! Thanks for sharing. I’m a big fan of Bawb and Red.
Hey Bob. Looking good. You must have spent a lot of time in your thinking chair with pad and pencil. This is a true labour of love. when you play with it till night time. Thanks for sharing..
Yea man! That thinking chair has been one of most favorite tools to have in the shop. I have no clue what I'm a doing other than having a blast carving on some metal and making something that looks cool and hopefully serves two purposes ..... to be eye candy ... and haul my ass to the mail box every now and again.
@@RatRodBobBuilds I know for sure it will be eye candy, but I don't know about hauling your ass to the mail box and back. I don't know how far your mail box is from you house. Ha Ha. Looking good my friend. 👍👍
She's looking good, Bob! Something I've used rather than a wood block & shim, and I really like it, is an old scissor jack that I pirated out of a junk Honda Civic. You can stick it in your frame, turn it open and let it rest till the springrate of the steel relaxes. It also gets ya a pretty precise push inside the tubes.
Great tips on bending pipe. Really look forward to seeing how take on the front end. I have an 8 yr. old grandson and am thinking about building him something like this.
Im glad you got them lights so I can see how they look cause im gonna get me some too. I have had to use the board and shim trick a few times my own self. lol Bending two pipes just a like is a beeatch to do. You done pretty good on yours. I like it.
Looking preeeeeetty !!! Dang you done a nice job with that bender, i had one of those for pipe but sold it and bought a tube bender from JD2 best purchase i made when i built my chrome molly chassis for my drag car.
That’s pretty cool. Here in Iowa if I left the doors open after dark all they find in the morning of me is a few bones left behind from the mosquitos and buffalo gnats
Bob I hope a lot of Younguns are subscribed and grabbing everything they can cause not many people use good ole common sense to fabricate, Yor Awesome results are proff that it works.....excited for your Springer build too,,,:)
You, sir, must have the patience of Job to get this all worked out. I see that your patience and diligence seem to have paid off! I've bent electrical conduit, used a hydraulic die tube bender and a small hand bender (for brake lines and such) but have never used a pipe bender. Guess I need to test my patience. No hydraulic die tube benders available here in the Middle East but pipe benders are pretty common... I've been balking at the thought of getting one... They don't know the difference between tube and pipe here, anyway... If it's round, it's pipe... If it's square, it's tube... What the hell, here goes! The Nissan Patrol build must go on... Once again, thanks for the inspiration!
If you search youtube for "pipe bender" you'll find a guy that shows you how to make jeep parts ... front guard ... nerf bars .... out of pipe with a bender ... but the key is .. bend a little then move a little and bend a little and so on. If you try to bend too much in one spot it will kink the pipe. Not good!
I'm surprised u didn't make the frame way more simpler and just make your rear axle a swing arm with a center shock absorber like a Quad uses. Woulda saved you a lot of bending..but it does look really cool!!! Can't wait to see it finished..
Bob you the man looks really good and the way you told us how to do it was, great,so now we should be able to do it aftersome practice.Its looking really good cant wait to see it all 3 done.
On your frame fixture (I beam) you could make sliding clamps out of c channel and threaded rod. It would allow you to hold and adjust the tubing in small increments.
Absolute 0 Tolerance for "Wampyjawedness" in Your Shop Sir and Your Work Shows It !! A Lot of Time and Patience n Cipherin Too. Looking forward Updates Bob, God Bless All.
Beautiful work! Great tips too. Harbor Freight wouldn't send me a complete 16 ton bender, so I had to go to their store. They sent me two, but both were missing the dies. The big one comes in two boxes, but the online people at HarborF don't know that.
i did a lot of conduit bending as an electrician....it is a skill than takes a while to get good at. i sure have wasted a good bit of pipe while learning.
Rat RodBob ya buddie here from Canada 🇨🇦 SK again man need some ideas on ya steering man ya got me hooked but so far got no idea in my noodle to make the angle if possible ya could send some ideas this way son would like to take a cruise on it we put 18 hp briggs on it and wide tire from our quad looks cool send ya some pics soon lost your email address he likes your front wheel lokin for one yet thks man ya got this as usual so hope to hear from ya Bob ya gettin paid for this master of the piece ya doin ok 👌in the project coming up been watching your fiber glass project sweet lots of time goin into that anyway send ya pics soon as ya say no time like present ya got it just goin to try little harder Later Bob with out pay is ok ya happy thats all that matters at our age Bob 😊
@RatRodBobBuilds no worries 👍 ya got a picture of it together so we got idea what we hav to do to ours thanks again Rat Rod Bob for all your help will send pictures of ours too ya if that's OK 👍 later for now
I'm building a really cool mini chopper I have a question on what I should do trying to fit a 1989 7 horsepower Briggs & Stratton in the bike frame it's close but just too tall by about a inch I can take pictures it's a really cool bike and I don't want to cut it up if there's a different way that I should be doing it I know I can cut a chunk out and make it fit but not sure if that's what I should do
How did he do the headset I can't find anything on weld on headsets for steering controls and the through hole for the tripple tree I want to start building bikes
Check this out" ua-cam.com/video/D3GNjqPE49k/v-deo.html And here is the complete build series: ua-cam.com/video/NBvhdu6kuWc/v-deo.html Or google "springer front end build" ... here's one example: www.custom-choppers-guide.com/build-springer-forks.html
Looking good Bob...had to replay the outdoor night time shot a few times with my eyes closed. Haha, listening to the crickets with that country silence. Brings back childhood memories
I hear ya ... it is cool. May use that audio on a future video.
You've inspired me to build my very first hand made springer forks, thanks brother! Beautiful job on the rat too
I love it! And I'm a 48 year old boy!
Thanks Bob I learn a lot from your videos
Cool Bill!
Thanks ,from an old guy in Illinois. Give me hope I’ll get my 68 ford f100 done.
It Takes heart!
Hey Bob, good job on them here machining the chopper hub and bearing and bending the frame with the old Harbor Freight pipe bender. You have lots of shop skills and plenty of smarts to figure all that out! Thanks for sharing. I’m a big fan of Bawb and Red.
You are a bad ass!! I know what a pain it is to get symmetrical bends with those hydraulic benders. Great tips!
Yes ... I screwed up a few pieces of pipe before learning how to do it!
Hey Bob. Looking good. You must have spent a lot of time in your thinking chair with pad and pencil. This is a true labour of love. when you play with it till night time. Thanks for sharing..
Yea man! That thinking chair has been one of most favorite tools to have in the shop. I have no clue what I'm a doing other than having a blast carving on some metal and making something that looks cool and hopefully serves two purposes ..... to be eye candy ... and haul my ass to the mail box every now and again.
@@RatRodBobBuilds I know for sure it will be eye candy, but I don't know about hauling your ass to the mail box and back. I don't know how far your mail box is from you house. Ha Ha. Looking good my friend. 👍👍
Hey Bob, thank you for walking through your process it was educational.
But wait .... there's more. LOL
@@RatRodBobBuilds your burning the midnight oil!
Well done, those pipe benders tend to want to compress the pipe, good work keeping the pipe round.
I hear ya ... that's why I bend a little hear and there to get it!
Professor Bob, great video as usual i saw red come strolling in after the work was done.
Yea don't expect a lot from Red ... he's a dead beat! LOL
Looking Good!!!!, looks like you need alot of patience to bend those pipes the same. Going to be a cool chopper when done
It's an all day job to do just those two bottom rails. For me anyways.
She's looking good, Bob! Something I've used rather than a wood block & shim, and I really like it, is an old scissor jack that I pirated out of a junk Honda Civic. You can stick it in your frame, turn it open and let it rest till the springrate of the steel relaxes. It also gets ya a pretty precise push inside the tubes.
Great suggestion. It could be mounted to a clamp that adjusts along the I beam top flange.
Cool ... I may have one around here somewhere. Didn't think of that. I'll have to update my thinking chair. LOL
Great job Bob, thanks for splaining how to go about bending that pipe.. Keep up the good work....
Yea .... I messed up a few pieces of pipe when I first got that bender but then learned real quick!
Looking great Bob.
Great tips on bending pipe. Really look forward to seeing how take on the front end. I have an 8 yr. old grandson and am thinking about building him something like this.
I'll be sure and video all the front end pieces .. it's gonna be really simple .... and really cool!
Your work is good
Im glad you got them lights so I can see how they look cause im gonna get me some too. I have had to use the board and shim trick a few times my own self. lol Bending two pipes just a like is a beeatch to do. You done pretty good on yours. I like it.
Them lights a bad ass! Much MUCH better than a four foot fluorescent!
Looking good Bob.
Looking preeeeeetty !!! Dang you done a nice job with that bender, i had one of those for pipe but sold it and bought a tube bender from JD2 best purchase i made when i built my chrome molly chassis for my drag car.
My Nephew gave me a tube bender kit ..but haven't built it yet and I will need the dies too!
Chopper Ink Billy Lane mate , look good Bob.
Very nice build! I am new here :) Already subscribed and waiting for the next video :)
Thanks for watching .... Springer Front End up next. Stay Tuned!
@@RatRodBobBuilds Great ,, curious to watch it as I have a similar video on my channel :)
Awesome looking rat bike so far, Bob!
If you fail to plan . Plan to fail. Bob your plans always work. Very nice job. Keep the videos coming.
Well ..... I cut out the part of the video where I screwed up and had to do it over! LOL
That’s pretty cool. Here in Iowa if I left the doors open after dark all they find in the morning of me is a few bones left behind from the mosquitos and buffalo gnats
No mosquitos in this here hills!
I'm glad I stumbled across your channel. I've been enjoying watching you and Red build hot rods. I'm in Smith County so not far from you.
Howdy Neighbor!
looking good bob !! cant wait for the springer thanks for the update!
Springer is coming soon. About half done with it.
The frame is looking great.. The fat rear end, wide tire look is popular today with choppers.
You sir, are amazing,as always God bless.
Looking good Bob. Your plan is coming together. Thanks for sharing.
God willing!
Bob I hope a lot of Younguns are subscribed and grabbing everything they can cause not many people use good ole common sense to fabricate, Yor Awesome results are proff that it works.....excited for your Springer build too,,,:)
Thanks Forrest! Working on the Springer as we speak!
"Whoppy jawed" crack me up🤣 Awesome video Bob keep it up🤙
Looking good Bob! Got to admit you got way more patience than I do to work all that out. But it will be worth it
It certainly is a hand full .... I'm hear to tell ya!
You, sir, must have the patience of Job to get this all worked out.
I see that your patience and diligence seem to have paid off!
I've bent electrical conduit, used a hydraulic die tube bender and a small hand bender (for brake lines and such) but have never used a pipe bender.
Guess I need to test my patience. No hydraulic die tube benders available here in the Middle East but pipe benders are pretty common... I've been balking at the thought of getting one... They don't know the difference between tube and pipe here, anyway...
If it's round, it's pipe... If it's square, it's tube...
What the hell, here goes! The Nissan Patrol build must go on...
Once again, thanks for the inspiration!
If you search youtube for "pipe bender" you'll find a guy that shows you how to make jeep parts ... front guard ... nerf bars .... out of pipe with a bender ... but the key is .. bend a little then move a little and bend a little and so on. If you try to bend too much in one spot it will kink the pipe. Not good!
Awesome work Brother Bob!! Thanks for putting the knowledge out there for all of us to see!!
Love the project,thanks for sharing Bob!
Thanks brother!
I'm surprised u didn't make the frame way more simpler and just make your rear axle a swing arm with a center shock absorber like a Quad uses. Woulda saved you a lot of bending..but it does look really cool!!! Can't wait to see it finished..
Ha ... yea it's a hard tail .... may name it "Rat Rod Bobber Big Hard Tail ". LOL .. just kidding!
Bob it is turning out very cool my friend nice walk through on your process and yes it is gettin there stay well and have a great day
Hey great video Bob. Nice tips on bending pipe to build a frame with. Looks like it is coming together nicely. 👍😎
Bob you are very nice.. you share all your work with us.. I am happy to see all your videos.. thank you .. by the way I love your accent.
Cool ... I've had a couple folks say they like my accent. Who would have thunk it!
Just remember Bob!!! The only thing a man needs in his life with a fat ass is his Hot Rod/ Scooter!!! Keep Rocking it out!!!
Bob you the man looks really good and the way you told us how to do it was, great,so now we should be able to do it aftersome practice.Its looking really good cant wait to see it all 3 done.
Thanks Frank. It takes a lot of work to make them dreams come true!
On your frame fixture (I beam) you could make sliding clamps out of c channel and threaded rod. It would allow you to hold and adjust the tubing in small increments.
Absolute 0 Tolerance for "Wampyjawedness" in Your Shop Sir and Your Work Shows It !! A Lot of Time and Patience n Cipherin Too. Looking forward Updates Bob, God Bless All.
I hate the cipherin part ... but stay tuned!
You Betcha 😎😎😎
Very interesting how you went about this. Thanks.
Thanks Richard. Glad you liked it. Your gonna love the springer!
Another great update Bob
Lookin' Great, Bob....
Thanks Moe!
Looking great. Nice work.
It's coming along nicely. Another great video 👍
Thanks for the word of advise...
Thank you bob this is very helpful
Makin the tubes mirror image gets confusing doesn't it Bob? Lookin forward to the springer.
awesome job
That's alot of complicated work that you've put into it. Nice thow. 👍
Nicely done thanks for sharing
Looking good.
Beautiful work! Great tips too. Harbor Freight wouldn't send me a complete 16 ton bender, so I had to go to their store. They sent me two, but both were missing the dies. The big one comes in two boxes, but the online people at HarborF don't know that.
love the lines of that chopper
I'm diggin it bob
The Ol' Wedge a Board and Shim trick... :-D
Pops keep up the killer work man love ur vids
Might not be easy but the planning you did is everything.
I'm having to upgrade the thinking of the design chair for this one! LOL
Love what ta doin
Bob you tha man
U Da Man!
I'm diggin it too!
i did a lot of conduit bending as an electrician....it is a skill than takes a while to get good at. i sure have wasted a good bit of pipe while learning.
Yea me too ..... screwed up a couple pieces. Learned real quick after that! Still learning!
Rat RodBob ya buddie here from Canada 🇨🇦 SK again man need some ideas on ya steering man ya got me hooked but so far got no idea in my noodle to make the angle if possible ya could send some ideas this way son would like to take a cruise on it we put 18 hp briggs on it and wide tire from our quad looks cool send ya some pics soon lost your email address he likes your front wheel lokin for one yet thks man ya got this as usual so hope to hear from ya Bob ya gettin paid for this master of the piece ya doin ok 👌in the project coming up been watching your fiber glass project sweet lots of time goin into that anyway send ya pics soon as ya say no time like present ya got it just goin to try little harder Later Bob with out pay is ok ya happy thats all that matters at our age Bob 😊
Thanks for that comment, but, My mini chopper steering does not handle to well so I'm not the one to ask about that.
@RatRodBobBuilds no worries 👍 ya got a picture of it together so we got idea what we hav to do to ours thanks again Rat Rod Bob for all your help will send pictures of ours too ya if that's OK 👍 later for now
@@521farmer Yea send me pics.
I'm building a really cool mini chopper I have a question on what I should do trying to fit a 1989 7 horsepower Briggs & Stratton in the bike frame it's close but just too tall by about a inch I can take pictures it's a really cool bike and I don't want to cut it up if there's a different way that I should be doing it I know I can cut a chunk out and make it fit but not sure if that's what I should do
Sounds like you got two options ... smaller motor or chop saw city.
How did he do the headset I can't find anything on weld on headsets for steering controls and the through hole for the tripple tree I want to start building bikes
Check this out" ua-cam.com/video/D3GNjqPE49k/v-deo.html
And here is the complete build series: ua-cam.com/video/NBvhdu6kuWc/v-deo.html
Or google "springer front end build" ... here's one example: www.custom-choppers-guide.com/build-springer-forks.html
Is that schedule 40 pipe stainless steel??
No .. just steel pipe!
Yep hole lot of been ding going on. Thanks for the time .
Speaking of ding .... I got the big hammer after it ... man that is some tough pipe!
How much would it cost for you to make me a frame
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Me and my pops built a mini tryke from ground up with one of those benders ,kinda a pain ...
But ... doable!
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can i make payments on this when your done making it =)
Just start savin up .... I wanta keep it a year or two ... then it will be like an old toy and time for a new one!
I like fat butts and I can not lie ;-) the mini choppers looking great !!!
Cool .. thanks!
Give me your number how much will you charge me to buld that same chopper bike