square tubing rock sliders

You guys think you can throw a 10 inch cutoff wheel onto a to get your angles?

 

They are both 5/8" arbor so the redneck in everyone has said "i should try that"

Cutting metal on your miter saw is going to kill the miter saw. resistance, temperature, metal slivers, etc. Chop saws are cheap. and a cheap chop saw is still really good for cutting metal. I think you would be better off buying a cheap chopsaw than killing a mitresaw.

(EDIT: although for the 4 cuts in that design that needed compound angles cut and few chopsaws do that... i mean... 4 little cuts... that isn't going to hurt it... besides the tool gods must have wanted us to use our neighbor's festool miter saw to cut metal if he made them all at 5/8" arbor)

 

Awesome!!!

 

Hey @Cadmus, will shoot some pics of how it attaches to the frame. I believe the L brackets are welded all the way around. No gussets, and these puppies are super solid.

One thing though, it was my preference to have them very tight to the truck and not stick out too far. As I've used the hi-lift, it's a bit too close to the body of the truck, so I've got to tuck a t-shirt or the neoprene cover for the jack in between the jack and door- or else it will dent/scratch the body. Will shoot a pic of the door after one of the uses. It seems the hi lift angles a bit toward the truck when I use it.

Going to get one of those hi lift mates and off road bases to see if I can not damage anything if I need it again.

 

Just for the hell of it- going to whore out some pics of my rig where you can see the sliders. I continued them as I built my rear bumper, so I'm stoked how they go together.

 

Thanks. I look forward to them.

Yeah, hi-lifts are just awkward on a taco's body no matter where you put it. I hope the sliders help, but not holding my breath. I too want to keep the truck narrow. That is why i didn't buy a gen 2 or 3.

 

Thanks

 

I'd also make sure you're wearing some serious protective gear in case your wheel shatters - mitre saws spin a lot faster than chop saws and the cutoff wheels probably aren't rated for the RPMs. I have an old Milwaukee chop saw and haven't cut anything but 90s yet but I bet I could get a 45 degree cut on square tubing with it by changing the angle of the stock while it's clamped to the saw base - no need to tilt the wheel left or right.

 

Haha this made me laugh. I know old post but got a chuckle.

 

I am gland you bumped it. Sliders are on my winter project list note the quote below

I will make popcorn in anticipation.

 

Cool, me too actually. I'm fantasizing on solidworks right now but will get a little more serious near winter time when I'm on break.
What type of tubing are you going to use? Round or square?

 

I had square tubing before on my old truck, my new ones are round. Much much stronger.

 

I wonder if that's because of design or tubing. I thought square tubing itself was stronger.
I'll look into it.

 

damn nice job, hard to make square ones look that good