(18 days until the 2011 WHPSC)
I found a place that had a hydraulic tube bender with 2-inch dies. We tried bending the chromoly, but it kinked even worse than when I tried rolling it.
I finally realized what everyone else already knew - there's no way I'll be able to finish my streamliner in time for the 2011 WHPSC. Nothing left to do but binge on cereal...
(19 days until the 2011 WHPSC)
Rolling 2-inch diameter chromoly tubing through a Harbor Freight tubing bender was like wrestling a bear. The results were...
... disappointing.
(20 days until the 2011 WHPSC)
The streamliner subframe was designed with curved pieces of 2-inch diameter by .049 wall 4130 chromoly tubing.
I picked up a tube bending roller from Harbor Freight, and started rolling...
Notice the tubing is beginning to bend in the dies.
(21 days until the 2011 WHPSC)
I finished the profile for the streamliner based on the perpendicular stations. Here is a side shot:
Here's an angled shot that better shows the stations:
The canopy area:
The foot box: