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Old 23rd July 2010, 10:25 PM
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Have a search on t'internet for a free utility called tubemitre. It's a simple program that allows you to input the diameter of the tube you are profiling, the diameter of the tube it mates to, the tube thickness and the angle at which they meet. you can then print out a paper template which you can stick to your tube with pritt stick. It will show you exactly how the tube needs to be profiled, works every time.
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That's what i used, haven't planned on how i'm going to do the front upper ones yet though (they meet at 2 angles)
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Old 23rd July 2010, 10:25 PM
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The program is tube mitre.

However I used a hole saw, vice and drill to do my roll bar. Would prob been quicker to use the program.
My setup was a bit like this:
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