TD5422 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Larry and I tried bending the boyscout backpack frame http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k260/tarim-rex/MEPD/P1010004.jpg[/img] http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k260/tarim-rex/MEPD/P1010008.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runJEDIrun Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 did you do it with the sand or was that all elbow and man grease? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theGreatSot Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 did you do it with the sand or was that all elbow and man grease? Man grease? I should hope not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runJEDIrun Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 did you do it with the sand or was that all elbow and man grease? Man grease? I should hope not! yeah..um that sounds all kinds of wrong. i will edit that to man power and just leave it at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD2802 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I just got the same frame... did you use some kind of jig after filling with sand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-1536 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 wow... looks perfect, maybe a little more of a bend. Let me know when you're available so we can bend mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SethB6025 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Cool, you didn't wreck it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD5422 Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 Filled it with sand (no man grease) and used a little heat. Larry's ended up with a sharper "kink" in it. Some of the sand fell out of his. I would have liked mine a little sharper, but I didn't want to get too greedy. Mike we can do it whenever you have time. See what you started Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-1536 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Sweet! Let's aim for Monday night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD5422 Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 I'll check with Larry, and he's only 10 minutes up the road from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arppegio Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Did your frame come with two canvas straps that ran across the body? I have a frame that looks similar that I've already painted and bent. Just waiting on my boxes and the time to pimp slap that bad boy together. Although in hinde sight I should've cut the tops off the side framing and took off the canvas straps before I painted but...oh well. I find that I tend to do things bass ackwards at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD5422 Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 I have another frame that looks the same, I'll get a picture. This frame had padded straps, the top stuck up another 5 inches or so on each side, and I added the skinny bar on the bottom, to attach the box to. those holes were from the mounting screws for the straps. I will bring it tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runJEDIrun Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Filled it with sand (no man grease) and used a little heat. Larry's ended up with a sharper "kink" in it. Some of the sand fell out of his. I would have liked mine a little sharper, but I didn't want to get too greedy. Mike we can do it whenever you have time. See what you started Phil HAHAHAHA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD5422 Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 Hey Mike, we could probably do it quick on Saturday, if Larry can't do monday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-1536 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Hey Mike, we could probably do it quick on Saturday, if Larry can't do monday On the way back from the Eastern Shore gig? Sure... Tracy and Glenn will be with me, but we can do it. Glenn, maybe bring yours on Saturday so we can take a look at it. And yes, you should've stripped the frame of all the canvas junk before painting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weiBes trooper Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Heres the frame i am using,Its a Highcountry backpack frame.the top half will have to be cut off to get it down to the rite size,but i think the bends in it are very close.also the top cross bar is adjustable which will help to get the over all length close for the box placement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I'll check with Larry, and he's only 10 minutes up the road from you.Lucky you. Maby ill should move to wasington d.c and join up the social unit. Second thought, ill can live every were in eroupe. But in the us, ill have to get a green card first ex. Damm... Have a nice time old line garrison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearden6521 Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 LOOKS GOOD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1970s Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Hey guys, I have a suggestiong for bending the Boy-scouts backpack frame smoothly. If you can get a very Thick PVC pipe 3" or 4" - a Wood Dowl around that thickness - you place it in the center of the backpack frame - across from right to left side. The top half of the frame will will have to secure to the table that it is lying on. If done on a work bench you could secure it down by nailing 2"X 4" across the metal fame tubes to hold it in place and secure. The Dowl or Thick PVC Tube across the center (below the frame) represents where the frame will bend and rap around the tube. At this point it will look like a Teeter Totter on you work bench - one end secured down and the other up in the air - with the Dowl or Thick PVC tube below the frame in the center spanning across from right to left. On the opposite side you can either try to force it down by hand slowly or secure a piece of wood on that end and hammer it down to make the bend. The Size of the Thick PVC tube or Wood Dowl represents the size of what the bend will be - Example 3" very Thick PVC Tube will make a 3 inch bend - so when you are finished the top and the bottom of the frame will be touching the table flat and the center would be 3 Inches up in the air making a somewhat pyrimid shape (for a lack of a better explanation). Thanks, Jack Vartuli RedFox@optonline.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weiBes trooper Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 What would be easier is to make one from half inch conduit and bend it with a conduit bender,i do this everyday at work when running conduit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD5422 Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 have you tried it with 3/4 " aluminum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weiBes trooper Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 No,i wish we had some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD5422 Posted August 1, 2006 Author Share Posted August 1, 2006 ended up cutting and sanding a 2x4 to the angle I wanted. This seemed to work really well. Mike you can be the judge tomorrow, as I'll have your frame for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorhawg Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Hello guys! I'm new, and not even in mepd YET, but couldn't you use brass waterline- say 3/4 inch to make the frame? You could then solder-sweat the lines together, and that pipe would bend easy with a lil' heat from a propane torch. I looked at all this stuff at Lowe's last night. Any thoughts?? TK6421 Dallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD4549 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Yeah, you are nutz - take that crazy talk somewhere else hoser. Actually that is not a bad idea. Wished you had mentioned it before I dropped $40 buck on a BS frame and carved it up!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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