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03-14-2007, 11:10 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Denver
Posts: 28
|  Made my first cage
Well, I have started my first 2.2 maybe scaler depending on how it looks and such. I just finished my first cage ever. Its not the most complex and I want to add a little bit more to the rear but yeah. I used 3/16 brake line, and a mini pipe cutter, and some crappy brake line bender I had for my 1:1. I MIG welded it all together on the lowest setting. I got the joints to come out not as clean as a braze but looking nice. I still didnt like the hard corners of the joints so I bondo'd those up. Like I said its a pretty simple cage, no triangulation and good stuff like that but I think it looks cool and could withstand a roll real well. Onto the pics! Here are my two mock ups   And here is the finished deal, I will try to get a few more pics of the cage in some better light and such.     I dropped the cage before paint thats why it was a little tweaked, I will get a side shot tomorrow of the cage on the D90. |
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03-16-2007, 11:04 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Jose
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Can you give me any suggestions....I am starting to build a tuber....
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03-17-2007, 12:29 PM
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| 20K Club   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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very good looking cage, yes simple but looks clean. I think you will get some good complements on it. I think you should have put it in the 2.2 scaler section. Ask a mod to move it for you, you will get a lot more people to view and comment.
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03-17-2007, 02:12 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Near Pittsburgh, PA
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Nice job. I tried to use my welder but it doesn't seem to go low enough...I have a Lincoln too but can't remember what size now. I'm going to try the Safety-silv and my torches. You've got the hard part done now so if you wanted to add some crossbraces it would pretty easy for you. Keep it up! |
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03-17-2007, 03:28 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Central NY
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Looks nice, pretty scale, too.
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03-17-2007, 04:47 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: DH
Posts: 406
|  Looks good for a first time build
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