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11-06-2008, 10:35 PM
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| New To The Nation  Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: land between the lakes tn
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Rep Power: 0  | shaved tailgate on a dime never having much money , but wanting a shaved rear handle , decided to try my own . found some metal from a lawn mower project . got this far today , no going back now commits and suggestions welcome . silver hair deere |
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11-06-2008, 10:38 PM
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| Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat.   
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Rep Power: 6 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime where is MC? we need to see how you do this and how it turnes out |
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11-06-2008, 10:40 PM
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| 2009 NESM Coordinator   
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Rep Power: 13   | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime I can't really make out much from those pics.... 
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11-06-2008, 10:52 PM
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| The One & Only.  
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Rep Power: 10 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime Looks inventive dude, keep us posted. 
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11-06-2008, 10:56 PM
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| New To The Nation  Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Huntingdon Valley PA
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime looks like you have you hands full good luck |
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11-06-2008, 11:03 PM
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| walking is for the poor
 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Oregon
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime need better pics. I helped shaved my buddys truck in school. the only sucky part was geting the plate straight after the second handle we used a magnet which worked great.
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11-07-2008, 02:30 PM
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| New To The Nation Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: land between the lakes tn
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime being old and disabled (get the jokes out of the way now) i can only spend at most 3 hrs aday before i need to go in so today i built and welded a weather lip at the bottom to keep watyer out . also cut hole larger and tried to pop the ribs back up ,so the new plate will be weather tight . remember flux mig (gan't afford gas (or i would have bought a kit ) sorry about the poor pictures but the camera is all i got now . the old plate is just lying in there in the mock up stage . silver hair deere Last edited by silver hair deere; 11-07-2008 at 02:34 PM. |
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11-07-2008, 02:50 PM
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| Hackmaster Extraordinaire
 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk, VA
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime looking good so far. and don't worry about any form of joking about disabilities. we got a deaf guy, a 17 year old amputee, and other people with lesser forms of disabillities on this forum, and we do not make fun of them.
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11-07-2008, 03:01 PM
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| Nation Advocate Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: cape coral
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11-07-2008, 03:35 PM
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| New To The Nation Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: land between the lakes tn
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime glad to hear that , some other forms are not as kind . silver hair deere |
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11-07-2008, 09:22 PM
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| Who's Hungry?  Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: the penis tip of FL
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime like the ingenuity! lets see some more pics
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11-10-2008, 02:56 PM
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| New To The Nation Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: land between the lakes tn
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime after a long couldn't harley get out of bed weekend , felt better today . heres what i got done today . the old bracket didn't work with the bracket in the front , it will be moved to the rear for support . and the plate had to be flattened out . no I'm working with the height of the handle so the ends will fully unlock . commits and suggestions welcome . by the way what is the largest picture you can up load . silver hair deere Last edited by silver hair deere; 11-10-2008 at 03:12 PM. |
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11-12-2008, 03:07 PM
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| New To The Nation Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: land between the lakes tn
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime got a lot done today . had to make a decision on where to mount the plate that holds the handle , on the top plate that hold the trim piece or down in the tailgate with a bracket after much thought i choose down in the tailgate . if you mount on the trim plate then every time you need to get in you have to pry off the plastic trim piece . and they break easy . here what i come up with . nothing is welded in yet . still waiting for feed back . silver hair deere |
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11-13-2008, 03:08 PM
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| New To The Nation Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: land between the lakes tn
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime more today got handle plate tacked in to check to see if it works , perfectly . finish welded in plate . worked on top trim plate to make it look better . drilled and put in screws . wedged a piece of wood under handle to take picture of lock on end it go in further . tomorrow building a patch plate for hole where handle used to be .sure which i had gas instead of flux core . I've tried posting pictures every which way to get them bigger no luck read the post on it nothing . in the last picture the handle was bent by po after picture i fixed it a little better . silver hair deere Last edited by silver hair deere; 11-13-2008 at 04:38 PM. |
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11-14-2008, 03:32 PM
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| New To The Nation Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: land between the lakes tn
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime got the old opening covered today . the hardest part was cutting and trimming a piece of metal to fit the hole . i think my welding is getting better (remember flux core) the funny part was i wear a welding apron (it would take two cows to really cover me) i was setting there doing my thing and i smell something , right past the welding apron my paints caught on fire . no hurt to me but funny . the rest of the pictures are as far as i got today . due to weather won't be back out there till monday enjoy . silver hair deere |
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11-14-2008, 11:55 PM
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| Nation Advocate  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: clarksville tn
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime commin along man. you paintin it?
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11-15-2008, 01:32 AM
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| Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Arizona
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime Minor suggestion although seems to be too late now looks like you had your wirespeed and amp setting too low also i would have filled all the way around not just 10 or so tacks but looking good lil buddy. i think i have a tailgate shave walkthrough on here somewhere try searching for it. |
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11-15-2008, 04:08 AM
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| New To The Nation Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: land between the lakes tn
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime as with all my projects dollar general $1.00 paint bomb . as for the weld .035 flux core , affread of heat warping or burn through . thanks for the suggertions . never claimed to weld , but i did stay at a holiday inn once .  silver hair deere |
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11-15-2008, 04:50 AM
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| Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Arizona
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11-15-2008, 09:06 AM
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| New To The Nation Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: land between the lakes tn
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: shaved tailgate on a dime excuse me i suffer from C.R.S. it is .030 flux core . i have the gas kit but no money for the tank . (live on disable pay) so i do the best i can , yes i should have welded it fully but it isn't a hight stress and i need to conserve my wire for future projects . i hope this form doesn't hold it against me because i'am dirt poor and must dream of ways to cheaply build this stuff . believe me i would love to buy a kit for this projects but i can't . sorry silver hair deere Last edited by silver hair deere; 11-15-2008 at 09:12 AM. |
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