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Post by jeepchipjones on Sept 12, 2006 16:38:38 GMT -5
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Post by rccolacc on Sept 12, 2006 17:44:04 GMT -5
Looks pretty sweet. Do you have a tubing bender?
-RC
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Post by danthemanx07 on Sept 12, 2006 21:07:23 GMT -5
looks awesome, where the heck do you get the time these days for the likes?
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Post by heath on Sept 12, 2006 21:17:26 GMT -5
those things look sweet mr autocad
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Post by jeepchipjones on Sept 13, 2006 8:16:07 GMT -5
no tubing bender, but i met a guy on the CMSJA board, and hes got a hydraulic bender, plasma cutter, etc. im trading him a short shaft dana 300 for him to build these. ill be working with him too though, so i guess its part labor, part dana 300 as payment.
i designed these in about 4 hours the other day.... at work
no autocad used here... yet
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Post by TrevRo on Sept 13, 2006 8:59:05 GMT -5
Looks good Chip.  Are they going to be one piece like in the picture? The reason i ask is becuase that might make the installation pretty hard. Also, are the rear holes in the rockers just for looks because it seems like they would attract alot of mud, rocks, etc. |
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Post by jeepchipjones on Sept 13, 2006 9:33:12 GMT -5
it will all be one piece, but it all slides in/out smoothly. the holes are for looks and are no different than the top of the rocker. lots of companys cut their logo into their rockers, like psc, but im not sure if im going to do that b/c ill probably need to get that done by a cnc.
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Post by TrevRo on Sept 13, 2006 10:26:05 GMT -5
I gotcha.
You gonna make it so you can use your stock inner fender or are you getting rid of the inner fender all together?
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Post by jeepchipjones on Sept 13, 2006 10:54:04 GMT -5
no, we're going to fab up some inner fenders with some thicker, more rigid metal
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Post by bcjeep on Sept 13, 2006 14:12:07 GMT -5
Man that looks great.Get to practicing ,cause any one with those kind of skills are going to get some requests.
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Post by jeepchipjones on Sept 13, 2006 15:05:51 GMT -5
thanks, i appreciate it. i was actually thinking about it, i wonder how much it would take to start a small business designing new components and fabricating them to sell? i think my imagination can take me a long way, but i need a lot more than a good imagination to start a company.
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Post by TrevRo on Sept 13, 2006 15:06:49 GMT -5
Sweet. I want to see how those new inner fender turn out. After I hit my fender on the HS trip I am needing get some tube fenders.
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Post by rccolacc on Sept 13, 2006 19:50:59 GMT -5
thanks, i appreciate it. i was actually thinking about it, i wonder how much it would take to start a small business designing new components and fabricating them to sell? i think my imagination can take me a long way, but i need a lot more than a good imagination to start a company. Just by looking at all the companies that make rock rails, I can tell you that they are making some money. 200+ bucks for a pair of rock rails on a Cherokee is REdiculous. It's prob no more than $40 in materials.... I mean how much could 8' of 2x4 tube cost anyway... If you want to start the business I could contribute some fab ideas. I'll even help weld if you want. That is if you pay me enough...  -RC |
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Post by jeepchipjones on Sept 13, 2006 20:27:18 GMT -5
we are going to record all the measurements and keep the guides for this build so that we will have some sort of a template in case there are more "requests"
if i did start a business out of it, i couldnt do it alone thats for sure...
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