making a cage out of delrin rod or tube?

[badhoopty]

i searched and didnt find much, anybody ever try this?

i know dirk used delrin for a stinger and bumpers on his bushwacker project, but how about taking that further and making a cage or exo out of it?

i have a hilift project that i want to put a combo flatbed/cage on the rear and some sort of cool stuff on the front...

i was thinking of using a combo of both 1/4" delrin rod and tube, depending on the structural need of the area, and using glued dowels and screws to hold it all together. kinda like an evolution of how i built my old pvc crawler.

is there some painfully obvious reason this cant be done or would suck?

i would honestly prefer plastic than brakeline or rod for something like this, thats why i'm asking. and delrin is sooo much easier to work with using simple simple hand tools...

[badhoopty]

nobody?

[Kranberry]

well...it would be expensive as hell, and if you screw up with the drlin it just cost ya quite a bit of money but with brake line if you screw up you can buy another 6 ft peice for 6 bucks or so my $0.02

but if you had an unlimited buget go ahead post pics when your done

btw, i dont think you can braze derlin like you can steel.....my $0.02 agian

[Thorsteenster]

i just bought some 3/8" delrin rod to make some links, it really wasnt all that expensive at all. got it at us plastics. i was going to try it awhile back before finding out about brazing but with butyrate tube from plastruct.

[badhoopty]

i was and still am considering just learning how to braze brakeline and building a flatbed/cage doohicky with that. i just wondered about using delrin since its argueably easier to work with and pretty cheap. not to mention its lots lighter and stuff.

i would use dowels, screws, and junction boxes to hold it all together. i need to read more on what glues it together.

i can get a 50 pack of delrin dowels and 5 feet of both solid and tubular 1/4" delrin for pretty darn cheap.

[braceysdad]

Originally Posted by cjkranwinkle@cableone.net

well...it would be expensive as hell, and if you screw up with the drlin it just cost ya quite a bit of money but with brake line if you screw up you can buy another 6 ft peice for 6 bucks or so my $0.02

but if you had an unlimited buget go ahead post pics when your done

btw, i dont think you can braze derlin like you can steel.....my $0.02 agian

I just paid $0.48 per foot for 1/4" black delrin rod and $0.36 per foot for 1/4" black delrin tubing.

It's pretty cheap too!

You mentioned it but, Dirk is the only one I can think of that's done it. He did a delrin cage too

[badhoopty]

Originally Posted by braceysdad

I just paid $0.48 per foot for 1/4" black delrin rod and $0.36 per foot for 1/4" black delrin tubing.

It's pretty cheap too!

You mentioned it but, Dirk is the only one I can think of that's done it. He did a delrin cage too

where from? do you have it yet or have you just ordered it?

i read in one post dirk made his bushwacker cage out of delrin and then in another post it was scored from a toy truck and just the bumpers and other bits were delrin.

[Harley]

JWCustomwurks (Jeff) did it on the back of his Flatbed clod bodied TLT (I want to take credit for it, I can't remember if I actually suggested it or not but he isn't here to say I didn't so...................).

[Kranberry]

Originally Posted by braceysdad

I just paid $0.48 per foot for 1/4" black delrin rod and $0.36 per foot for 1/4" black delrin tubing.

where?

[Thorsteenster]

i got rod here
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pro...uct%5Fid=11291
but they dont have tube, all they have is bushing stock.

[braceysdad]

Originally Posted by cjkranwinkle@cableone.net

where?

A plastics supply shop out of Memphis TN

[badhoopty]

Originally Posted by braceysdad

A plastics supply shop out of Memphis TN

you gonna play with it soon and post results?

[braceysdad]

Originally Posted by badhoopty

you gonna play with it soon and post results?

Not anytime soon, just making some links...

pm me your addy and I'll send you some. I got 40' of rod and 40' of tubing!