Dillins Build Thread
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Dillins Build Thread
ok here we go my last thread ever...hahaha but i didnt have anything to do tonight so this is what i made, tomorrow i plan on going to pick up the metal and start to do some welding. what you all think? 
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kris, the only problem i got with them bad mama jamas you showed me is that steel is very thick, which is very good for strength, but there going to hold heat very good also? correct or am i stupid
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good question...
I doubt Id ever build one myself. You have to be very very careful with heat - a good mig or tig is a must, you really need a break or lazer to cut the pieces - a torch or plasma would probably be a little sloppy, there are a crap load of little pieces that need to fit precise for it to look decent - I dont have that kind of patience and you really need the ring machined flat after its done to makes sure its flat and the cover doesnt leak like sive.
Its really too much work for a $100 cover.
An old body man told me something a long time ago that Ive never forgotten.
"Value your time at $10/hr even when working for yourself." If you can buy something for $100 that takes you 12hrs to do then you are money ahead. He told me this after I spent 6hrs polishing out a piece of chrome on my 79 150 that I couldve bought new for $40. Some things arent worth the time spent on building....especially if you dont have the equipment to do it correctly.
I doubt Id ever build one myself. You have to be very very careful with heat - a good mig or tig is a must, you really need a break or lazer to cut the pieces - a torch or plasma would probably be a little sloppy, there are a crap load of little pieces that need to fit precise for it to look decent - I dont have that kind of patience and you really need the ring machined flat after its done to makes sure its flat and the cover doesnt leak like sive.
Its really too much work for a $100 cover.
An old body man told me something a long time ago that Ive never forgotten.
"Value your time at $10/hr even when working for yourself." If you can buy something for $100 that takes you 12hrs to do then you are money ahead. He told me this after I spent 6hrs polishing out a piece of chrome on my 79 150 that I couldve bought new for $40. Some things arent worth the time spent on building....especially if you dont have the equipment to do it correctly.
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ya real good thought, well i plan on buying a real nice cover down the road, so im gonna give this a go head and see what comes out of it, my truck wont be ready for the road till about summer anyways, so by then i should have extra money laying around to buy a sweet one. but im excited to do this, so i guess ill just post some pics tomorrow.
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^^truf! A steel cover is not going to disapate heat nowhere near what an aluminum cover would. All that extra material will do nothing bu make it heavier. If it's for cooling purposes, save the money and get the aluminum cover. If it's for strength, there are better rock guards out there.
On another note, glad to see you make a "build thread" instead of starting a new thread with each thought. Now if we can get the mods to move everything to here would be better.
On another note, glad to see you make a "build thread" instead of starting a new thread with each thought. Now if we can get the mods to move everything to here would be better.
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Yeah dude, don't listen to those pickle lickers, go for it for the experience building something like that. Assuming you have a spare cover for when you warp the hell out of this one :flipoff2:
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