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12-14-2008, 08:37 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spanaway, Wa
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|  1st attempt at a tube chassis
Spent the day out of the cold building this tube chassis. Kind of a sandrail lookin', rock racer kinda deal.... I drew up a few patterns, even made a jig for the sides, but in the end, I just eyeball bent the majority of it. 3/16 brake line, 20ga sheetmetal, MIG welded. Not finished, as I still need to make a few more body panels, fab up some front shock hoops, and drill attaching points for the links. Not bad for a few hours of work.....will most likely be runnin' an Axial trans and either TLT of AX10 axles with 2.2 tires.    |
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12-14-2008, 09:40 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Canyon Country
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Nice! good job! I like the design you got going. are you going to paint or powder coat it? I used a home powder coating kit and it came out great and was super easy. I want to do another tuber after having fun building my first one but I am still trying to come up with a design...it's good to see what other people are doing to give me some ideas. not trying to hijack but does anyone know if there is a thread of just tube chassis rigs? |
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12-15-2008, 09:15 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spanaway, Wa
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I'll prbably just paint it with an airbrush.....powdercoating would be nice, but it's thicker than I'd like.... I'd like to see a tube chassis only thread too. |
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12-15-2008, 03:07 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lemont, IL
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looks good, hope my first attempt at a truggy turns out as well as your tuber
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12-15-2008, 03:20 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: trying to find out what a TVuPer is.....
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looks good. I will tell you however, speaking from personal experience, a chassis with welded on panels sucks to work on. it seems as though everything is a chore, every little screw and nut becomes a major PITA. good luck with it. p!nK |
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12-15-2008, 04:18 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spanaway, Wa
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Yeah...I debated whether or not to weld em on. It'll be "interesting" getting the trans and motor installed. I'll be building another one soon, different configuration, using lexan panels. |
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12-15-2008, 06:45 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2004
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Looks like a very good start on your tube chassis. I've got a silly question and I don't mean to get off topic but what's in the back ground in the last picture you posted, almost looks like the firewall of an old Ford model A.
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12-16-2008, 08:23 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spanaway, Wa
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12-16-2008, 01:22 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Red Deer,Alberta
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That's pretty nice for a first attempt  My first attempt is still in the garage 1/2 done....
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12-18-2008, 08:58 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spanaway, Wa
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A few mock-up pics with the axles from my Axial.....   |
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02-18-2009, 03:02 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: GUAM
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that is sweet,how long did it take on bending the tubes? keep it up,should be a fine tuber once completed. |
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02-18-2009, 08:56 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spanaway, Wa
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I guess I have about 4-5? hrs. into it....total. I've got a few bucks comin', so I'll be getting parts to get this sucker going. |
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02-21-2009, 08:11 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: GUAM
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don't forget to keep us posted  |
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02-22-2009, 09:36 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Gunpowder, MD
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Looking good!! |
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02-22-2009, 12:37 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Blue Jay
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I like it! Scott |
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02-23-2009, 11:26 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spanaway, Wa
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I just ordered an Axial SCX-10....to part out towards this rig. I'll use the trans and axles on the tuber and the rest on my homebuilt 1.9 scaler frame. | |
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03-02-2009, 02:12 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spanaway, Wa
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Here it is all together. I bought an SCX-10 kit to use for parts. Tekin FX-R, Novak 55T, RC4wd shocks, MIP drivelines, 3S LiPo, etc..... Going to be doing testing to get it working good, then back apart for paint.     |
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03-03-2009, 06:25 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dallas, Ga
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Very nice! I love tube crawlers and yours turned out great. Keep us up to date on how it performs on the rocks.
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04-01-2009, 12:28 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spanaway, Wa
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Thanks....been messin' with it a bit. Weather here has been crappy, but it does work pretty good, even in the wet. It's coming apart this week and getting paint! |
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04-02-2009, 08:32 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: hawaii
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just curous, what is the length of your chassis? im tryin to make one and just trying to see what a good lenght is?
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