roll cage

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:06 pm Post subject:

SavageBEING... That is AWSOME..! I am very impressed with that design.. I can tell that will hold up to some serious abuse.. I am suprised that I have not seen your work.. You should show that off. I think there is a lot of people that should see that.. Once again, NICE work and keep it up...!

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:21 pm Post subject:

Peak:

I sent you a PM

Twisted:

Thanks Exclamation

I have seen your cages and you did inspire my design with the plastics you where using. Little did I know I could buy it for cost from my job. Finally a small peark! I don't show it of too much. I just read threads most of the time. And beat on my truck!

I hope to help other people make their Savage's as tough as they need them, buy sharing these ideas. I took my buddy and I 12 hours to make these cages and they have been worth every second it took!

Bash On Twisted Evil

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 6:56 pm Post subject:

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:02 pm Post subject:

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:27 pm Post subject:

http://www.mcmaster.com/

i have been buying my machining supplies and materials from these guys. they will sell small amounts and do not have a min order. i bought some bearing-grade bronze and drill rod for a diff mod, some delrin for my own cage, and have designs for some other stuff.

i ordered a 4' section of delrin tubing and it was under $5 (granted it was a little smaller in dia than what you guys are using- but not much), the shipping was closer to $20, however.

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:49 pm Post subject:

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:37 pm Post subject:

yeah, a 4' heavy cardboard tube w/ wood plugs- i guess fedex saw me coming. one downside to this site, that i forgot to mention, is that they accept your order w/o calculating shipping. my eyes popped a bit, but it was already on the way.

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 6:09 am Post subject:

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:21 pm Post subject:

Hi Pete

That is your design to some affect. You sent me the e-mail with some advice on how to build it. THANKS MAN Very Happy

. I used UHMW for the side plates, as it has way more flex than the Delrin does. It has held up super well. Flexes like crazy on hard impacts.

Bash On.

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:41 pm Post subject:

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:47 pm Post subject:

Pete

It's called UHMW (Ultra High Molecular Weight or Weave) is what it stands for ... I think.

You should be able to buy it from the same people you got the Delrin from.

It should hold up better than the Delrin did!

Cheers Mate!

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject:

I am very impressed with the design of the halfback cages. I am not sure I like the look all that much but I have seen too many tweeked metal cages, and no damages to the plastic cages. So I will have to live with the look and give this stuff a try.

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:58 am Post subject:

Rooster B

Bashin before Fashion.

I don't really like they way the cage looks either. But I HATE the look of the 3 week old engine I killed before I had a cage on my truck. Evil or Very Mad

I was thinking of trying to build a nicer one now that I know it will hold up.... but you know how that goes. If it ain't broke don't fix it! Twisted Evil

Bash On!

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:00 am Post subject:

Very nice creativity guys! I agree that some type of plastic is the only way to go and as Twisted-Toys said it is the future and look for the big companies to do some molded plastic cages that will blow away any metal cage!

My Twisted-Toys cage is still going great!

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:22 am Post subject:

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:00 am Post subject:

Here is the cage that i made for my truck

www.rcpics.net/member/4x4monster

Its made from steel tubing. I have yet to bend it in any way.

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:39 pm Post subject:

i made these
http://photobucket.com/albums/y17/porsche930dude/cars%20n%20stuff/?action=view&current=IMG_1589.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/y17/porsche930dude/?action=view&current=IMG_1715.jpg

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject:

Nice pics, keep the ideas flowing guys.

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:50 pm Post subject:

but keep the ideas flowing with platic Very Happy

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:56 pm Post subject:


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