So I was borrowing my mates band saw but as its quite big it was taking up a lot of garage space. Ordered this last night for the tube cutting. Got super good reviews and it's relatively portable which is ideal. Can stack it on my shelving units now.
Last night I also designed the mandrel bends on cad that I've bought, printed them off overnight so I can have as many practise runs as I want on them.
The next step will be to receive the saw, check out the clamp area and model a jig/fixture to hold the mandrel bed at the angle I require for the merge collector.
The cost of this is racking up but at the end of it I will have a bandsaw and linisher machine for other stuff in the future.
Plus I'm getting so much f**king enjoyment out of it all which at the end of it all is what it's all about.
I'll get pics of it but I also created a cool little fixture that will hold the merge collector straight parts parellel to each other. The pipes just slide into it and are kept apart by 10mm.