home made shop tools etc?

[theastronaut]

I needed a tubing roller a few years ago when buildig a Targa top for a 1978 Camaro. I didn't want to pay what Eastwood or similar companies were wanting for a roller so I built this one. It's adjustable for different size tubing and has a bottle jack for tension on one of the outside rollers. I wanted the outside to push up instead of the inside wheel pushing down like most rollers are; this way the tubing curls up instead of down towards the ground. If you're making long, broad curves, the tubing will hit the ground if the roller curves the metal downward, mine doesn't have that problem.








Here's my homemade air drier. Used a dorm fridge, a 5 gallon bucket, and 20 feet of copper tubing coiled inside the bucket. It has a water trap on the outlet side and quick release fittings so it can be unhooked and moved easily.