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01-03-2014, 08:31 AM | #1 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Paw Paw, MI
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| How-To: Making a simple metal bumper
Anyone else tired of plastic bumpers? Here is how I make a bumper on the quick and cheap. Take 1/2" square stock and color triangles onto it Cut out triangles Use a rock to smash it together (like in top pic), then weld edges and grind flat! Done! (drill vent hole before sealing up the ends or the air will heat up inside the tube and blow away the shielding gas or possibly blow out the weld) Feeling crazy? Add a stinger for even more bling! I built that bumper in 10 minutes from the time I grabbed stock to welded it onto the chassis. I do not know much about brazing, but I would imagine you could do the same thing by brazing instead of welding. Quick, easy and a helluva lot better looking than a big ol glob of plastic hanging off the front. Boom! Plastic is for RTRs!!!! |
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01-03-2014, 12:19 PM | #2 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Queensland!
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| Re: How-To: Making a simple metal bumper
Very neat old trick. And yes it does look heaps better than a big ole blob of plastic.
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01-03-2014, 02:21 PM | #3 |
No idea what I'm doing Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Underground, CO
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| Re: How-To: Making a simple metal bumper
Very cool, but can I use a hammer instead of a rock? |
01-03-2014, 04:06 PM | #4 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Paw Paw, MI
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