I dont usualy pop over to this forum much but figured I would share a few pics, of the cage we finished for a friend, Everyone likes bent tube right...... 1.75 HREW .120wall
The start of the ne wb-hoop
http://www.4play4wheelers.com/B-hoopbottom.jpg

http://www.4play4wheelers.com/B-hoop1.jpg

http://www.4play4wheelers.com/partial_together.jpg
details
http://www.4play4wheelers.com/plate_welds1.jpg

http://www.4play4wheelers.com/Dion_cage2.jpg

http://www.4play4wheelers.com/Dion_cage8.jpg

http://www.4play4wheelers.com/Dion_cage6.jpg
Finishing the welds
http://www.4play4wheelers.com/Dion_cage14.jpg

I tried to Google Pro-Tools M105 bender but they must not have a website. All I got was some BB posts from another board, yours I think. Please tell me where to get one of those benders. They seem to work great judging from some of the work I've seen here.

TIA

Go to www.rockbuggysupply.com and ask for Scott. He can set you up with the pro 105 bender and dies for a great price. I have purchaced all my bending stuff from him. other then the software which I deal.

Damn, looks good. How many feet of tube do you have into that? I am planning one almost the same for mine so it would be nice to know. How are you going to connect yours to the frame?

There is about 15' of 1.5 .120 wall for the seat tie in area and about 70' of 1.75 .120 wall in the main cage. The owner is doing the frame tie in. I have 4x5 plates under the main hoops that he can atttach too. for the frame tie in

looks nice, clean lines, the only thing i might add would be some bracing angling down from the b hoop to the seat tie in, but otherwise looks good

I like it... and I think I just figured out how to mount my seats.

Thanks!

Thanx, you can run flat stock between the front and rear tubes laying one side on top and the other underneath, give the angle of the seat you need to have.

Hey RockRat, what are you using to do the notches. They look like fit up great. :cool2: I'm guessing it's not a chop saw.:flipoff2:

Originally posted by MossMan
Hey RockRat, what are you using to do the notches. They look like fit up great. :cool2: I'm guessing it's not a chop saw.:flipoff2:

Hmmm... Maybe a notcher?? :flipoff2:

Looks good.. the only thing Id add would be an X behind the front seats... and some diagonals...
Scott

Not trying to steal your thread here, but I am looking to do something like this on mine.

http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/9/web/345000-345999/345242_127_full.jpg

The red lines are the standard pieces for the harnesses and to triangulate the hoop.

I don't know how much the Blue pieces will strengthen the cage, but they are required by most of the rock crawling association rules for cometition.

Any idea how much a piece added between the front hoop and the dash bar in the center of the windshield would strengthen the front hoop. Or am I adding dead weight at that point without triangulating it somehow.

Overall, the cage you have there is built about the same as I have been planning, including the section behind the B hoop. Hope to see some pics when it is finished and everything is mounted up.

Originally posted by Po' riggity


Hmmm... Maybe a notcher?? :flipoff2:



Yea but what kind dickhead:flipoff2: :D

I use the pro tools notcher and if that dont work there is always the mill. LOL As far as the added rear X and front a-b hoop diag. I agree. Customer didnt want it.. who am I to argue. as far as the brace on the a-hoop I would make small upsiedown V in the center....Iwould tube a 10spd if thats what some one wanted..:D

Why did you do Parallel bars on the front part of the roof?

You could have continued that Rear V brace on the roof to the front making an X?

Originally posted by ashmanjeepXJ
Why did you do Parallel bars on the front part of the roof?

You could have continued that Rear V brace on the roof to the front making an X?

Yes agree, i could have done the x there but
I bent it the way the customer wanted it. thats the only reason

Yup, you gotta do what the customer wants.. Mine would have door bars, and X behind the front seats, Id do the rear like you did, and an X above the front seats... Looks good man.
Scott

Originally posted by Rockrat


Yes agree, i could have done the x there but
I bent it the way the customer wanted it. thats the only reason

Maybe your payed in full already....... but could you talk Him into letting you weld a piece of sheet metal between those two Parallel roof tubes?

That little bit of sheet metal would really help keep the roof square, without the "V" he chose against.

Just another thought.

Pro Tools has their website at www.pro-tools.com. You can check the info their and then talk to Scott. I ordered mine factory direct when I got it a couple of years ago.

Originally posted by ashmanjeepXJ


Maybe your payed in full already....... but could you talk Him into letting you weld a piece of sheet metal between those two Parallel roof tubes?

That little bit of sheet metal would really help keep the roof square, without the "V" he chose against.

Just another thought.

I think I must have been on crack earlier yes he is incasing that area top and bottom for cb, switches, and other electronics,, that why he dint want the x

Originally posted by stocker75
Pro Tools has their website at www.pro-tools.com. You can check the info their and then talk to Scott. I ordered mine factory direct when I got it a couple of years ago.

Problem with buying direct with them for some reason is they charge more then most of there dealers :confused:

nice looking work

Originally posted by 1badmudderfudder
nice looking work

Thanx we try to build it with the If it were mine attitude.

Originally posted by 1badmudderfudder
nice looking work

badmudderfudder,

Is your cage "Rusty"?

:D









Joke Hint: Soundgarden's song "Rusty Cage"...From the Bad Motor Finger Album.

I am interested in a cage like that. How much do you charge for the labor?

Originally posted by squirriljeep
I am interested in a cage like that. How much do you charge for the labor?

p/m'd ya

Well it looks like I will be adding side Diag bars between the A and B hoop...

Ok we added door bars and 2 little supports behind the seat to the b-hoop. more for harness tie in then anything. the owner has kids and didnt want them having to crall throuth an x to get to the back seat so heres how we finished up.
http://www.4play4wheelers.com/Dion_cage15.jpg

http://www.4play4wheelers.com/Dion_cage19.jpg

http://www.4play4wheelers.com/Dion_cage17.jpg

http://www.4play4wheelers.com/Dion_cage21.jpg

Looks very good, I love tube.:D

I love tube.

Does your wife or girlfriend know about this:rainbow: :flipoff2:

Looks like a nice and safe cage... What about adding a bar between the rear hoop and middle hoop just above the fender wells? It'll help if you ever get smacked from the rear. If your not going to run a top angle them out about an inch outside the tub and they work great as rock rails. It's saved alot of body damge on my junk..


Flatfenderman

Looks good man...........:usa:

looks good man, do you have that 63 or so CJ with some diamond plate in the back? I think I've seen you around wellsville about 4 or 5 times.

did you bend that by hand or does your bender have hydro

Originally posted by mark.bales
did you bend that by hand or does your bender have hydro

All by hand I have not done the hydro yet on the bender I use a m105 pro tools