LSK 4x4 Long Travel Build

I most certainly am not.

I don't build things, this was a big stumbling block for me honeslty. I have the imagination to design, not the ability to actually build it.

I am not making any of these cuts/welds myself. I am doing this through a fab/metal shop outside of town. I would much rather make myself look stupid here, than there.

Whats life without taking on new challenges?

 

Much thanks to you as well.

I just appreciate the help regardless.

The size of my circles were only for illustration purposes, I would like to use the same size tubing for everything.

So I was on the right path, just the depth of the notch is to watch for.

Jen knows, but anyone else maybe know if all the tubes on her bumper are all the size?

Shit its late. Going to sleep. Anyone, please add anything you can provide. It would be appreciated.

 

i know the tubes are suppose to be the same size haha my drawing was bad sorry but wat i was trying to show is that when the one tube is welded to the frame, the notch of the tube isnt straight out, its at an angle so the other tube will lay in it perfectly. u get what im sayin/ trying to draw? haha

 

So I'm really confused and didn't get to ready everything so all I can respon to is yes all tubes are exactly the same diameter.. 3/4 if I remember correctly

 

now i know my circle doesnt fit flush into the notch! its hard to line it up perfect, bit this is wat i was trying to get at when i said the tube has to sit in the notch like this

 

Once again no, pretend the green is the skid plate, you just created a gap between the main tube and skid. You want the center line of the tube to line up or the outer edge will not line up. Take the first picture I made and turn your screen 45* and thats how it should line up

 

If the tubing is the same size the centerlines need to intersect. The only time you offset the notch is when your making tubes like the two center ones that he didnt circle. And even then you offset the depth of the notch in the other direction than what you are thinking. Exaggerated angle to try to make it 3D, the one to the right is turned 90*

 

im mind fucked! haha my drawing is not accurate like urs JD but if it was , there wouldnt ba a gap in the skid

 

Im an MSPaint pro lol

 

haha ya u r! i stared at this like WTF??? and then i finally saw it in 3D and get wat ur saying, but i think mine are notched a little different. ill check tomorow. like just a slight angle on the notch, not perfectly notched like ur picture. but thats because i tube notched it myself with a grinding wheel ha

 

Thank you very much JD for the help. Kaleb I appreciate the efforts as well man!

Sorry to junk your thread up with my stupidity Jen.

 

No worries dude I hope you got your answer! Im sorry I couldnt follow along better and contribute more

 

Holy shit did we just lose a whole page to MS Paint fab?!?!

 

I should have been clearer. The paint pictures helped a lot, shoulda just gone that route from the beginning. Mucho progress got made when we started posting those.

 

fuck yeah u did.

Think of the children though....THE CHILDREN!!

 

hehe me and JD had a MS paint battle! i of course lost that but damm him and his computer painting skills!

 

MS Paint Fab TT

 

4 linked! niceee well JD is probulay gonna make a canti one just to 1 up u! haha