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12-17-2005, 03:48 AM
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did anyone come up with a good rollbar? i know i saw all the links everyone suggested but they all still seemed to fall short in some way or another. i was at the lhs the other day and was looking at the roll cages they had for 180$!!!! i couldnt believe they were just thin wall steel poorly welded together and then to make it worse it doesnt even cover the cooling head on the savage. thats about the dumbest thing i ever saw. then there was those plastic ones you guys either made or bought but were really really ugly.theres the carbon fibre one but thats to easy to break in the cold for me. so, im gettin to point i was standing around at work and happened to have some scrap stainless .060 heavy wall tubing with i think 7/16o.d. well in about 10 mintues i had a perfect roll bar and it looks good also. i did have to cut truck body slightly but to cover cooling head you have to regardless. now that i have a template i will make a pretty refined one. im new to welding stainless tubing with stick so welds were kinda ugly. but the work. so if anyone is interested ill post a pic.
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RE: roll bar
ORIGINAL: the dog
did anyone come up with a good rollbar? i know i saw all the links everyone suggested but they all still seemed to fall short in some way or another. i was at the lhs the other day and was looking at the roll cages they had for 180$!!!! i couldnt believe they were just thin wall steel poorly welded together and then to make it worse it doesnt even cover the cooling head on the savage. thats about the dumbest thing i ever saw. then there was those plastic ones you guys either made or bought but were really really ugly.theres the carbon fibre one but thats to easy to break in the cold for me. so, im gettin to point i was standing around at work and happened to have some scrap stainless .060 heavy wall tubing with i think 7/16o.d. well in about 10 mintues i had a perfect roll bar and it looks good also. i did have to cut truck body slightly but to cover cooling head you have to regardless. now that i have a template i will make a pretty refined one. im new to welding stainless tubing with stick so welds were kinda ugly. but the work. so if anyone is interested ill post a pic.
did anyone come up with a good rollbar? i know i saw all the links everyone suggested but they all still seemed to fall short in some way or another. i was at the lhs the other day and was looking at the roll cages they had for 180$!!!! i couldnt believe they were just thin wall steel poorly welded together and then to make it worse it doesnt even cover the cooling head on the savage. thats about the dumbest thing i ever saw. then there was those plastic ones you guys either made or bought but were really really ugly.theres the carbon fibre one but thats to easy to break in the cold for me. so, im gettin to point i was standing around at work and happened to have some scrap stainless .060 heavy wall tubing with i think 7/16o.d. well in about 10 mintues i had a perfect roll bar and it looks good also. i did have to cut truck body slightly but to cover cooling head you have to regardless. now that i have a template i will make a pretty refined one. im new to welding stainless tubing with stick so welds were kinda ugly. but the work. so if anyone is interested ill post a pic.
You should TIG those if you have access. Welding stainless is a pain no matter what you use but TIG yields the best looking welds and is more durable.
I am interested, please post some pics.
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12-17-2005, 11:11 PM
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i would have tig but machine wasnt set up and i dont have much experience with a tig machine. i can run wire or a rod no prob but neverreally done much tig. im working on a pic. problems with computer.
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ORIGINAL: the dog
i would have tig but machine wasnt set up and i dont have much experience with a tig machine. i can run wire or a rod no prob but neverreally done much tig. im working on a pic. problems with computer.
i would have tig but machine wasnt set up and i dont have much experience with a tig machine. i can run wire or a rod no prob but neverreally done much tig. im working on a pic. problems with computer.
