wow guys...your lack of confidence is really inspiring..
yes i own a plasma table. franklin your absolutely right but im not going to whittle and drill. what my methods are will be of no consequence as long as i can produce a high quality part at a reasonable price. your absolutely right too about me doing this to make money. why else would i invest so much money into a machine? This is not going to be the only product I will be selling and not the only board i will be selling to. I am not trying to exploit this website or anyone in particular, if you want to think otherwise then be my guest. I am not new to this board and have participated in discussions just like anyone else posting in this thread. I will be able to offer one off custom stuff for a fraction of the price that you would pay at a local place. AS i started before in other threads. This is not my livelyhood. I have a day job like the rest of you. I am doing this as a side thing to supplement my income. Will it turn into my living? Maybe so, but I am no where near that point at this time. When the time comes i will get in contact with the PTB's and sign up as a vender.
I will not be sending out a cardboard pattern with a piece of sheet metal for anyone and their brother to pass around. I put my own time and effort into taking a part and reverse engineering it and figuring out the pattern and the bends and putting it on cad...making a part..etc...why would i want to just hand that out?
idiabuse....you find me a shop that will rent out its waterjet to any tom **** or harry and i will be seriously surprised. a waterjet is a $100k+ machine new. if you own onw these parts can be cheap to make...if you farm them out to a company with a waterjet/plasma/laser you will pay a premium for small quantity lots.
goose.. yes after i prove out this 16ga part they should look very close to the original offering. that part is shiney because i had to sand the rust off it. it was a piece of sheet metal i had floating around i my shop. i wouldn't worry about the carrying part.
IH_44....yes you probably could. but without a part to go off of taking measurements while standing on your head around studs...seams..steering column etc is a pain in the ying yang. if thats what you want to do great! i got no problems with homegrown ingenuity, i have done that my self for a long time. however it wont be too long until these are available.
that $4 part you guys mention is no where as big as this one and im sure ford produced them by the 1000's by stamping them.
I'm sorry if this post seems sort of calloused, but its amazing that with the internet how many people feel they need to have everything given to them. You guys are always commenting about the lack of availability of custom parts and accessories for our trucks. Here I am trying to do something about that and you want to flame me for it....
) so, I would be interested in buying one...
