homemade cage
05-03-2007, 12:02 AM
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homemade cage
I started to make my cage today, then I had a problem. How do I get the
part of the pipe that attaches to my frame on there. Tried welding washer to
end of pipe so bolt would hold it tight and weld wouldn't stick to round pipe before it blew a hole it washer? Got any tips or other ways how to do it. Also do I use stock bolts or should I get longer ones? I am using 3/4 pipe.
part of the pipe that attaches to my frame on there. Tried welding washer to
end of pipe so bolt would hold it tight and weld wouldn't stick to round pipe before it blew a hole it washer? Got any tips or other ways how to do it. Also do I use stock bolts or should I get longer ones? I am using 3/4 pipe.
05-03-2007, 12:10 AM
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Re: homemade cage
try thicker washers and grind an bevel on the end of the pipe for better weld penetration. your pipe may not be thick enoff / high enoff quality if it wont take the heat from the welder.
05-03-2007, 12:19 AM
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Re: homemade cage
instead of washers, use some flat steel no thinner than 1/4 or maybe even as thin as 3/16 drill your bolt hole in it and then center the hole in the pipe before you tack it. and make sure you got enough overhang on your homemade "washer" to be able to weld around and have it stick
05-03-2007, 12:38 AM
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Re: homemade cage
washers arn't the best becouse its hard to find ones with the proper alloy mix but it is the easyst way. Mikes way would be the best but a lot more work. What ever way you go make sure to bevel the pipe before welding for a strong weld
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Re: homemade cage
heres mine ,works awsome
it's about 120 years old .....
it was updated in 1914 to an electric motor ,it ran off an over head pulley system that was powered by a water wheel ........and i still have the motor [still works but i wanted to save it so i have a 1990 motor on there now]
it's about 120 years old .....
it was updated in 1914 to an electric motor ,it ran off an over head pulley system that was powered by a water wheel ........and i still have the motor [still works but i wanted to save it so i have a 1990 motor on there now]
05-03-2007, 07:05 AM
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Re: homemade cage
heres mine ,works awsome
it's about 120 years old .....
it was updated in 1914 to an electric motor ,it ran off an over head pulley system that was powered by a water wheel ........and i still have the motor [still works but i wanted to save it so i have a 1990 motor on there now]
it's about 120 years old .....
it was updated in 1914 to an electric motor ,it ran off an over head pulley system that was powered by a water wheel ........and i still have the motor [still works but i wanted to save it so i have a 1990 motor on there now]
05-03-2007, 08:36 AM
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Re: homemade cage
I started to make my cage today, then I had a problem. How do I get the
part of the pipe that attaches to my frame on there. Tried welding washer to
end of pipe so bolt would hold it tight and weld wouldn't stick to round pipe before it blew a hole it washer? Got any tips or other ways how to do it. Also do I use stock bolts or should I get longer ones? I am using 3/4 pipe.
part of the pipe that attaches to my frame on there. Tried welding washer to
end of pipe so bolt would hold it tight and weld wouldn't stick to round pipe before it blew a hole it washer? Got any tips or other ways how to do it. Also do I use stock bolts or should I get longer ones? I am using 3/4 pipe.
heres my cage i built at home.
05-03-2007, 09:11 AM
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05-03-2007, 11:42 AM
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Re: homemade cage
heres mine ,works awsome
it's about 120 years old .....
it was updated in 1914 to an electric motor ,it ran off an over head pulley system that was powered by a water wheel ........and i still have the motor [still works but i wanted to save it so i have a 1990 motor on there now]
it's about 120 years old .....
it was updated in 1914 to an electric motor ,it ran off an over head pulley system that was powered by a water wheel ........and i still have the motor [still works but i wanted to save it so i have a 1990 motor on there now]
here's pics of the homebuilt cage I did for my f4I. the cage had a previous life as a jeep roll cage and was left in a junk pile. I saw it and I was like "THAT'S MY CAGE!!!"
