Iron Duck Fab #8 my buggy build

BLGXJ · May 7, 2017

Jduck said:
yup, and its .188 wall. Its pretty damn tough to get both to match but bendtech helps a ton on the bending/rotating between bends. Hardest part is making the notch at the back, holding up/marking it and then figuring out how to support a 10' long tube while notching. Luckily I had some help here when I did those tubes on this chassis.

.188?

Is that because of what he did to the a pillar on that poor TJ? molaugh

halcat · May 8, 2017

Am I seeing a full length skid pan...hmmmm...... Not a bad idea......won't get hung on anything.

Jduck · May 8, 2017

BLGXJ said:
.188?

Is that because of what he did to the a pillar on that poor TJ?

Yup, after "the crash" that just helped me confirm that using .188 in the roof section is the way to go.

halcat said:
Am I seeing a full length skid pan...hmmmm...... Not a bad idea......won't get hung on anything.

Yes the engine skid ties into the belly pan creating a skid from the crank pulley back past the rear output

BLGXJ · May 8, 2017

Jduck said:
Yup, after "the crash" that just helped me confirm that using .188 in the roof section is the way to go.

Yes the engine skid ties into the belly pan creating a skid from the crank pulley back past the rear output

Makes sense, I remember Paul A saying he wished he had used .188 in impact areas on his buggy after denting a roof tube at Hale.

Chaz · May 17, 2017

Some super sweet shock mounts.

Jduck · May 19, 2017

Got the shock mounts all plated in and welded up

mdo817 · May 19, 2017

Re:

She is coming along nicely Jason

d9marko · May 20, 2017

Shock mounts are cool. I like the look of sheetmetal mounts. Buggy is coming along nicely! :smoke:

94xjsport94 · May 21, 2017

When you're boxing these mounts in, what's the material thickness? Just using a torch to form it to the shape of the two bigger mounts? Y'all hiring?

Jduck · May 22, 2017

94xjsport94 said:
When you're boxing these mounts in, what's the material thickness? Just using a torch to form it to the shape of the two bigger mounts? Y'all hiring?

It's 1/4" on the sides and top piece, the bottoms are 1/8". I bent it all in the brake just using a bunch of small gradual bends to make the arc. Sure, but the hours are terrible, boss is a jerk, no benefits and the pay is awful.