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Title: ideas on homemade skids?
Post by: allian on June 12, 2006, 10:10:53 PM
i have a 3ft x 3ft 1/8inch thick stainless steel sheet, i want to make a front skid plate. just wondering if any one has any ideas or tips on how to cut out a mold of a skidplate?
pls post pics if ya have any.
thanks for looking!
Title: Re: ideas on homemade skids?
Post by: wildgoody on June 12, 2006, 10:37:42 PM
Laser or plasma is the best way, it would
be miserable to try and cut that with a sabre
saw, and no a cutting torch will not work on stainless
Title: Re: ideas on homemade skids?
Post by: allian on June 12, 2006, 10:38:49 PM
Quote from: wildgoody on June 12, 2006, 10:37:42 PM
Laser or plasma is the best way, it would
be miserable to try and cut that with a sabre
saw, and no a cutting torch will not work on stainless

hahaha... my old man said the samething.
Title: Re: ideas on homemade skids?
Post by: wildgoody on June 12, 2006, 10:43:25 PM
So you got a good second oppinion too  ;)

Stainless would be cool looking for a skid
Title: Re: ideas on homemade skids?
Post by: cwilkinson on June 12, 2006, 10:54:11 PM
and if you need to put a nice straight bend in it bust out the poor mans brake :P angle iron and a sawhorse  ;D
Title: Re: ideas on homemade skids?
Post by: beerman on June 13, 2006, 03:07:05 PM
before:
(http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4749/bilde0091xj.th.jpg) (http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bilde0091xj.jpg)

(http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/6807/bilde0140dp.th.jpg) (http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bilde0140dp.jpg)

this skid plate is made by a nice guy in Denmark :D
(http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/233/bilde0167hr.th.jpg) (http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bilde0167hr.jpg)
(http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/1199/bilde0174xa.th.jpg) (http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bilde0174xa.jpg)
i'm sorry for the poor qality on the pictures :-[, they are taken on a old nokia cell phone

my best friend installed it this afternoon, luckily it uses some existing holes.

we used 2x M8x25 bolts +2 external torx bolts, i think they are called T-10 (or whatever)
(http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4706/bilde0127ji.th.jpg) (http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bilde0127ji.jpg)
Title: Re: ideas on homemade skids?
Post by: allian on June 13, 2006, 03:35:45 PM
Quote from: beerman on June 13, 2006, 03:07:05 PM
before:
([url]http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4749/bilde0091xj.th.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bilde0091xj.jpg[/url])

([url]http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/6807/bilde0140dp.th.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bilde0140dp.jpg[/url])

this skid plate is made by a nice guy in Denmark :D
([url]http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/233/bilde0167hr.th.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bilde0167hr.jpg[/url])
([url]http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/1199/bilde0174xa.th.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bilde0174xa.jpg[/url])
i'm sorry for the poor qality on the pictures :-[, they are taken on a old nokia cell phone

my best friend installed it this afternoon, luckily it uses some existing holes.

we used 2x M8x25 bolts +2 external torx bolts, i think they are called T-10 (or whatever)
([url]http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4706/bilde0127ji.th.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bilde0127ji.jpg[/url])


looks good.. i was thinking of a simlar idea, but you just cleared it rite up for me. thanks for the pics.
keep'um comming.
Title: Re: ideas on homemade skids?
Post by: beerman on June 13, 2006, 03:49:26 PM
i got no more pictures, but i guess sombody else has it?

other solutions maybe?

guess i did forget so say that it's a GV..