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Author: | bigDsmith [ Fri May 13, 2016 12:28 pm ] |
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Wow. Good looking fab work. Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk |
Author: | Bubbalowe [ Sun May 15, 2016 9:25 am ] |
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Wow, obviously some nice tools to play with! Curious about the decision to use square tubing instead of lighter round tubing? |
Author: | RaceBugg1098 [ Mon May 16, 2016 8:32 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Building Two AR51 Buggies |
looks good! I bet the slag is a pain to clean up! |
Author: | Griffin [ Mon May 16, 2016 1:55 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Building Two AR51 Buggies |
The square tubing is part of the plans I'm following to build this. If oriented correctly to the load, square tubing of the same size is actually stronger in plane. The slag is a pain to clean up manually. I have since started using an acid bath. It makes it fall right off. A knotted wire wheel on a grinder works pretty good if I don't want to wait on the acid bath. |
Author: | RaceBugg1098 [ Tue May 17, 2016 10:40 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Building Two AR51 Buggies |
I bet the second frame will go a lot quicker! do you have a cnc tube bender too? I bet if you get all the parts cut and the bottom tacked up, you may have something to sell. at least that way you could keep cost down without all the labor.. It would be a nice fit for those of us that would never buy a RZR but want to get away from the old VW suspension setup. |
Author: | Griffin [ Tue May 17, 2016 10:57 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Building Two AR51 Buggies |
This is not my original design so I don't have rights to build and sell them. I really do like the design and may approach Rick about building at least the chassis. Done in quantity, most of it wouldn't be to bad. I don't have a cnc tube bender. I do have pro tools 105. I have been looking at building/buying a cnc tube cutter. I have gone as far as looking at one in person from a vendor. I just bought two cnc mills a couple of weeks ago so getting them setup and tooled up will take all of my funds for a while. Just paying the riggers to pull them off the trailer and set them in place was kinda expensive. I think you summed up one of my big reasons for building this buggy. I wouldn't buy a RZR(don't like CVT) but I kinda want to get away from having to use a lot of VW parts which are getting harder to find. Bad part is I have a pretty good sized VW parts stash. I think I have 3 bus transmissions, Subi adapter, two subi engines, probably 30 CV joints, a bucket full of vanagon/bus axle shafts, a couple of torsions, etc. I'm really wanting a buggy that is light, agile, and handles very well. Plenty of suspension travel is a plus as well. I think these have around 15 inches of travel. They are supposed to weigh around 850-900 lbs plus driver. Should be fun. |
Author: | RaceBugg1098 [ Wed May 18, 2016 9:13 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Building Two AR51 Buggies |
my little brother was just talking about buying a rzr and putting a 900-1300cc bike engine/trans in it. I think that would be cool too. I just cant put myself into anything mass produced like the rzr. |
Author: | Bubbalowe [ Wed May 18, 2016 9:31 am ] |
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www.rickskraschsite.com |
Author: | Psycho Alpha [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 8:17 pm ] |
Post subject: | Building Two AR51 Buggies |
I hate cvt also that the main reason for building the gsxr woodsbuggy. That and the fact that rzr break to easy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Author: | RaceBugg1098 [ Mon Jun 06, 2016 12:48 pm ] |
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isn't that a little thin wall for holding a bearing or will it get a plate or something welded over the OD? |
Author: | Griffin [ Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:55 pm ] |
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There's a 3" shaft collar that gets mounted to the outside of these. This was done from the plans. If it proves to be a problem, I'll redo it with a thicker piece. It's around 0.090 thick. |
Author: | bigDsmith [ Sun May 14, 2017 8:29 pm ] |
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NICE. Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk |
Author: | RaceBugg1098 [ Tue May 16, 2017 12:42 pm ] |
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I impressed with the blade welding!!! I would have never even tried. |
Author: | kybuggy1 [ Tue Jun 06, 2017 12:48 pm ] |
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nice work! |
Author: | Griffin [ Sun Sep 17, 2017 4:16 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Building Two AR51 Buggies |
It's been to long. We got back to working on the buggies the other day. I had taken a while off due to going to ride in Colorado for two weeks and having to get ready. We made some progress on the frames. They are starting to look like a buggy. Unfortunately all my previous pictures were on photobucket. IMG_0938 by Griffin93, on Flickr IMG_0936 by Griffin93, on Flickr IMG_0935 by Griffin93, on Flickr IMG_0933 by Griffin93, on Flickr |
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