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Please excuse my ignorance again. I have used several of these and the ones I recieved had a shoulder machined into ALL of the grooves...

That must be air over hydraulic. They use an air operated hydraulic pump. An air compressor can not make enough pressure alone. Nice...

I do most of the time. They have a Rogue Fab bender. Weld it yourself kit starts just under $800...requires a compressor to run.

Does anybody watch Carsandcameras on You Tube? They have what looks like an awesome bender that uses compressed air. I don't recall...

My thoughts exactly. I think the only tube benders I've seen were in muffler shops. The steel on that thing just doesn't look thick...

I worked in muffler shops for quite a while. We always had that big, hydraulic bender in the middle of the shop and we used it every...

Only the builder/operator can decide on what to use, obviously. We use whats we can afford, fits our needs and can be massaged into what...

Before I got a bender, I used a bandsaw and a MIG welder to miter quite a few offroad frames together using 1.5 inch mild steel square...

Plus, those in need can use all those threaded connectors from the local plumbing supply!

Hey Kartorbust, Why do you consider black pipe to be "completely wrong" for constructing a go kart frame? :unsure: Almost ALL of my...

I mean is it any worse than the previous design?

I never thought to use the plate like that. I assume we would put one bolt down into the frame and one up into the engine, in the same...

Spark, you are absolutely right about sprockets available with different shoulder widths ( as I pointed out in post #6.) That could fix...

I have used this plate for bolting on predator 212 and 224 cc engines onto large 2 seater karts that previously had engines with longer...

I have used those plates. I believe they are for bolting the small 79 and 97cc (DB30) engines onto a standard size frame, or bolting a...