ihatejoefitz Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 http://www.mouthbreather.net/chriscage/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-Noob Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-Noob Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Im not a cage expert, but I do know that those welds need some work. Im curious as to how much penetration you got...If those pictures are of the finished welds, it is FAR from complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Ouch. Cut it out and start over, or consider paying someone to do this job for you. Your pipe fitting skills look like they need work, and the welds are really not sufficient. Your welds also need to be all the way around every tube, which is part of what makes building a cage such a PITA. Your welds also look very bird poopy, makes me wonder if you're using a stick welder or something. When you have a plate like you do in the back next to the shock tower, connect to the shock tower, don't almost connect to it. You only need .100" thick plate. Looks like you used 1/4" or 3/8" there. I can't tell what kind of tube you're using, but I'd guess that it is wrong too. I'm sorry to say it, but this one is a complete do over. Cut that thing up and practice practice practice before you start again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I'm not a cage expert, but I definitely agree with what's been posted. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatejoefitz Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 This was meant as a joke, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted December 4, 2008 Administrators Share Posted December 4, 2008 This was meant as a joke, btw. Whew.... Thank goodness... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatejoefitz Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Whew.... Thank goodness... Ha, I thought putting it in non-tech would be a clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 This was meant as a joke, btw. Ya got me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Is that even a Z? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatejoefitz Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Not a z, but not sure what it is either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I think it might be a foxbody. Thats what gave it away. :) I sure wouldnt ride in that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srbigbutt Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 That was funny!! Had me fooled. You know what they say; its not how good you can weld but how good you can use a grinder thats important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Sadly... not the worst I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Well, it was UNBELIEVABLY bad. I guess I should have figured... So where did the pics come from? This was someone's failed abortion of a cage, I assume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatejoefitz Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Well, it was UNBELIEVABLY bad. I guess I should have figured... So where did the pics come from? This was someone's failed abortion of a cage, I assume. There is a link to the rest of the gallery in my original post. It turned up on a local (to me) site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globerunner513 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 when i saw the thread when it first came up, but wasnt quite sure what to say. I figured it was a joke...but thought maybe not? lol Im no cage expert, and I havn't welded in years...but those welds would scare me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 fast z Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Looks like the took down the horse stall at the farm to use the fence pipe for the cage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNkEyT88 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 C'mon guys, you can tell thats not a Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie-GNZ Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 jmortensen is dead-on when he says building a cage is a PITA. I just finished upgrading my 6-pt to a 10-pt, with lots of help, and not sure I would want to do anything like that again. I did, however, discover something extremely useful in helping with one of the areas most amateur "cage-builders" struggle with, and that is the fish-mouthing necessary to neatly join 2 tubes together. For me it was even more critical since I have chromoly, requiring TIG welding. Google "tube miter" and download the program. You plug in the tube diameter and wall thickness of the tube to be joined, the diameter of the tube it will be joined to and the angle at which they will be joined. It prints out a template that you cut out, wrap around the tube, scribe the tube, shape the tube and VOILA, it butts up perfectly if you did a neat job. Hopefully someone finds it useful, not just for cages, but for joning tubes for anything. Just used it yesterday to join a 1.75" aluminum tube to a 3" aluminum tube for a BOV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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