Any 2wd scale Trophy/Corr Trucks

[Tig]

sniper,
Are you Tig welding it or are you using a spool gun?

dotson,
I bet its a pain, the material is almost as big as the filler rod if your were to Tig it.

It is going to be a very sweet TT when finished."thumbsup"

Baby #2 is going to be joining us in a couple of days:mrgreen:. So, all of my projects will be on hold for a little while. Which are my Crawler and TT.

Later fellas

 

[sniper]

sniper,
Are you Tig welding it or are you using a spool gun?

its a spool gun I dont have enough coordination for the TIG I have a nice miller tig but could never get used to it. i am using .035 to weld with. good luck with the new baby.

 

[Tig]

Thanks buddy, I'm bringing my wife in tomorrow"thumbsup"
I wish I had a spool gun.
Tig welding aluminum and such small material can be a pain. I prefer steels, SS is my specialty:lol: I love Tig welding SS.
This is going to be my first attempt at building a tube chassis. I'll be using another chassis I have for a mock up, hopefully everything will work out.

What are you using to bend the tubing?

Later

 

[sniper]

I normally use a small hand bender but the aluminum is 3/16 solid rod so I am just using a vice and my fingers. it works good but only because its soild rod and not tube. You should make a tuber out of tig welded SS and polish the whole thing that would be cool, a work of art if it turned out good

 

[Tig]

lol, I was thinking about doing that.
Not to toot my own horn but, it would look insane. I am very anal when welding SS.
Now, where can I find some 3/16 SS tubing, hmmmmmm.
Oh boy, now you got me thinking;-)

 

[sniper]

I own a small machine shop , i am sure any metal supllier will have some or can get it . but you oughta look into a scrap metal bussiness you can get stuff alot cheaper from them if they happen to have what your looking for.
My welding is not so pretty so i add more on and them sand it off as long as its not cold. I would almost hate to roll something like that down the rocks to scratch it up though.

ohh here some updated pics i guess its time to start a build thread

 

[Tig]

OOOh a machinest, you lucky dog.
I'm looking at getting a mini milling machine for my garage. Trying to convince the wife:lol: .
I have a couple of suppliers that I get my material from. One is called All Stainless, great guys and great prices"thumbsup"

:shock: :shock: You chassis is comeing along quite well. Looks awesome.
I'm still waiting for mine to come in. Hopefully it will be here today.
I'm using a chassis that was made for a mock up of one that I am building.

Oh, I forgot to say, I use a small tubing bender to bend my tubing. Works great, pretty clean and accurate to.

 

[superelmer]

sand time!

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showpost.php?p=715161&postcount=79

 

[sniper]

superelmer that truck is one of my all time favorites
i really liked that video you have in the build thread
looks good in the sand"thumbsup"

 

[sniper]

Hey Tig , what do you think?? there is a build thread started over in the 1.9 section

 

[Tig]

:shock: :shock: :shock: daayyum Sniper that is look saweeeeeet"thumbsup"
I'm going to hop over to your build thread.
Great job."thumbsup" "thumbsup" "thumbsup" "thumbsup"

 

[Tig]

Wow, thats some nice material. I love SS
I have been practicing with some DOM tubing. I have a ton of it lying around. Thats what everything is going to be made on my chassis, all links and the complete chassis."thumbsup"

 

[MOCRAWLER]

that rig is gonna be sweet"thumbsup" lots of travel.

Hey Tig , what do you think?? there is a build thread started over in the 1.9 section

 

[bronco brother]

that's one badazz truck!