'93 F-150 build

[robertf03]

I'd guess around 2 bills with material. you feel like sharing that sketchup file? I'd like to see how you assembled that.

robertf2003@neo.

[TdmayfieldIV]

more than a hefty bumper

[uglyota]

that's a really dam good job with sketchup. Did you start with a series of control points or something? Does sketchup let you export to dxf?

[robertf03]

that's a really dam good job with sketchup. Did you start with a series of control points or something? Does sketchup let you export to dxf?

its a point cloud, you gis whore

looks like only the pro version does dxf exports.

[uglyota]

And I bet if you spent a few days working on it you could even figure out a hack to get the points' coordinates without buying the pro version!

well I'll be darned...soneone's already done it!
http://www.guitar-list.com/download-...les-dxf-or-stl
and apparently some laser cutters will work right from sketchup
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149650
holdon I got a better mission for you flem: rewrite the software for your cnc dremel to use sketchup directly! You could even do it in 3D! Just think of the potential for re-creating greek frieze and bas-relief art!
oh and your cnc dremel would be way cooler if you made it a cnc rotozip
dam I'm bored...

[tommy53002]

I downloaded Google Sketch today and drew this up. I drew it in actual dimensions that would work on my truck. There's no way I'm putting 5 lights on my truck I just wanted to know what it would look like. Thoughts?

What is the purpose of the reciever? Looks good but i would ditch the reciever and add the winch plate for mounting the winch.

[colman]

to move trailers but more importantly a recovery point

[Sparling]

I'd like to have a receiver on there because it seems like I'm always doing the trailer moving at work, and my dad keeps our boat at a storage place in tight quarters so it'd make that easier to park it there.

[Hot Pocket]

Hey hotpocket how's that Cherokee project going??? What about the muffler delete on the h2?

bumper looks good man, it's gonna take alot of cutoff wheels welding to make that happen, now go get busy.

Cherokee project - up $500

hot pocket is just mad cause he drives a jetta, is out of pot and hates himself in general

story of my life

[Seth]

thoughts...try to get the reciever tube moved up, though it would prob be tough to pin. also, move the tow points up. and im impressed with that drawing/software.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

With the tow points, I would try to keep them as close to the frame mounts as possible. I would even go so far as to pierce the bumper with them and have them go back 3 or 4 inches onto the mount.

[Sparling]

With the tow points, I would try to keep them as close to the frame mounts as possible. I would even go so far as to pierce the bumper with them and have them go back 3 or 4 inches onto the mount.

That's exactly what I did, if you look at the mount for the shackle, and the mount for the bumper, they are the same piece of metal that goes through the bumper.

I put a fair lead on the front of it, but for the winch tray, do I just put a flat piece of metal in the back if it to mount the winch to?

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Depending on the winch, you could bolt the winch to the 'front' of the bumper. You would then take the shear stress off of the bolts and the force would be directed straight into the face of the bumper.

You would bolt the feet through the fairlead and the two red dots in this picture. Does this make any sense?

[Sparling]

Yes, that makes sense, but would 2 bolts be enough to take the stress of a winch?

[DRAGOONRANCH]

There would be four, two going through the fairlead, two through the 'red dots'. You would be taking almost all of the shear force off of them also. I had every intention of mounting mine like this, but was running short of time (and motivation).