[Dan Dibble]

This is a friend of mine (Mark Phillips). This is his very first time using a tubing bender and he asked me to post up some pictures (this was the best I could do) and let the PBB pick it apart. I should have posted a picture of the misbent tubing pile.

I personally praise him because I didnt have the balls to do my own.

 

[TRD]

i see that he was able to get some tubes to meet at nodes, this is good however almost ALL the tubes should meet at nodes (unless there for appearance)

good fab work

 

[Dan Dibble]

i see that he was able to get some tubes to meet at nodes, this is good however almost ALL the tubes should meet at nodes (unless there for appearance)

good fab work

Ok Im stupid what (where) are nodes?

 

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[TRD]

a node is a point where many tubes come together

aka tubes should not intersect at teh middle of other tubes

look at this frame and see how everything mounts at nodes

the shocks especially need to be mounted at a node where there are other tubes that can support the vertical load

 

[Dan Dibble]

Heres a pic TRD sent me to show an example of nodes.

Thanks TRD

 

[elf_cruiser]

TRD is a NODE!!!!:flipoff2: :flipoff2:

 

[ToyFamily]

bseides what was already said I think its got good style. I like it

 

[LCOwner]

It looks dangerous to me. I think you should scrap it for your own safety. I would be willing to haul it to the recycle center for you no charge. :flipoff2: Looks good

 

[mudpup]

Glad to see Mark Phillips is still wheeling and building some sweet rigs...last time I saw him was several years ago at a 4xstore saturday afternoon ride.
edit - assuming its the same Mark Phillips

 

[Slagburn]

That looks sweet! Should be plenty strong too.

 

[lt1buggy]

thanks so much Dan for posting the pics. I'll take any and all advise you guys can give me. I researched as many photos as possible to base my design on. Of course never doing such a task as great as this before i probably made a few mistakes. Relying on spyder customs buggy THE MANGO was my final choice of design. It's almost identical other than dimenions. That I made up myself. Hopefully I'll work. Testing at the superlift comp on thew 29th of march . Real testing comes via EROCC april 24th.

 

[Peabody]

Looks good. Does he have an estimate to its weight?

 

[TaterCrawlin]

when do u plan on having that rig done??cant wait to see it done, looks great so far.:bounce2:

 

[rocraven]

Mark Phillips. where is he from originally? Went to school with a Mark Phillips in Tn. but, he seemed like a office boy. Can't be the same guy.