[tonka_zook]

hey
i need to make up some armor for my zook n would like to know if any one as made some up for there zook

[Zook_Fan]

where do you want to put it? what sort of armour? and where have you found in town to get cheapish checker plate?

[tonka_zook]

i want it on the back corners.
haven't found any cheap checker plate but i got a old checker plate tool boxs i got give. i'll just make it out of that

[Mike]

checkerplate corners that you can buy have a section cut out of the middle and welded up i think its to make it fit the corner better
you might have to do something similar

[Zook_Fan]

which would be hard to do well unless you are handy with a tig

[Mike]

you can mig weld alloy?

[Zook_Fan]

yeah but for looks purposes tig would be much better

[tonka_zook]

how hard is to weld

[ODA1]

maybe you can see opposite lock and order some pre made corners from Pirahna Off Road, i think they were $40. ( memory blury!! )

[Scrawny]

Mike wrote:

you can mig weld alloy?

You sure can. Mig is the butchers welder though. Tig is the artisans welder

[Pubic]

any mig over about 200 amps can weld ally.

tigs need to be ac/dc to do it.

ally is great fun to weld seeing that the inside of the alluminium will melt before the outer layer, thats what makes it harder to weld.

[Mike]

ODA1 wrote:

maybe you can see opposite lock and order some pre made corners from Pirahna Off Road, i think they were $40. ( memory blury!! )

i'm pretty sure the pirahna ones are around $130 a pair

[Fatzook]

ScrawnC wrote:

Mike wrote:

you can mig weld alloy?

You sure can. Mig is the butchers welder though. Tig is the artisans welder

Thats true to a piont but for most companies that produce large amounts of fabricated aluminium products the TIG is too costly and time consuming. Most will use a Pulse MIG, which is in many circles argued to be better than TIG on ally anyway. I personally don't have one, but I do want one.

Pete

[tonka_zook]

i'm not welding any thing i just want to make some checkerplate corners

[Zook_Fan]

then cut and roll them how hard is it? Yes they have been done before heaps of times here is one from outers http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic141 ... sc-150.php
she isnt bad either

[Mike]

Zook_Fan wrote:

she isnt bad either

isn't she a bit young for you?
those ones are the bought welded ones from somewhere like snakeracing, pirahna etc.

[Zook_Fan]

not really she is like 1 year younger then me