[leebo]

I posted at CMC and I'll post here too. I am looking for a how-to on roll cage building. I have a buddy that has a metal shop with everything we need to build it except know how. I know its gotta be inspected by Nasa and I've read over their requirments. Just looking for some hints or tips.
thanks Lee

[Blainefab]

I'll offer a different tact - talk to too many folks and they will just confuse you:

Pick a well built cage and copy it.

Here's one: http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/index.php?showtopic=13492 It was built from a BlaineFab prebent kit. Dennis did a great job.

Here's another one: http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/index.php?showtopic=13085

And another: http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/index.php?showtopic=10265

The latter two examples have some features that are not CMC legal, but the core cage elements are very similar.

Print out the pics, make a notebook. Review the CMC rules and mark up what you can and cannot do. Ask questions.

Do you have the right bender and welder, and know how to use them? Do you know what tubing to use? Do you know the difference between DOM and ERW? Have you got the car completely stripped and clean?

PS there's some good stuff here, too: http://corner-carvers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27556
read the whole thread

This post has been edited by Blainefab: Dec 26 2009, 11:15 AM