tutorial, making an exhaust hangar bracket from scratch

RedFish said

The problem with this tutorial is your having a sample to work from where others do not. If you really want to help me and others.. hammer the OEM bracket out to flat. trace it on paper, add all dimensions. Then anyone can copy it to 16 gauge ( OEM might be 11 gauge ) sheet metal, bend it up and be done. No welding. No possible cracked welds.

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Give him credit for getting the job done. Nice job Matt.

He did what he can with what he has to work with (and with what he's good at - Matt's great with welding). I think that welding the pieces together like he did would be easier to make more accurately, than trying to do it by cutting a flat pattern and bending it.


It is not easy to bend metal very accurately with what most of us have in our garages (maybe a vise). Probably not a big metal bender like in the shop at American Chopper. (but I would LOVE to have one) :D

The radius of each bend will add variation to the part. Not everyone will have the same radius on each bend. (I couldn't do it by hand with my vise and a hammer).