[joe93fox]

Hey there everybody I wanted to some of your alls opinions on building a 2 or 4 seat cage out of 1.5 inch schedule 40 anodized aluminum pipe. Im a TIG welder/fabricator for a living and I use this material daily. Personally I think it would be awesome, CNC bent, fully TIG'd, could add any kind of accessory and rigid. What do you guys think anyone interested?

[sconym]

todds custom billet builds an aluminum cage. very light. I'm not much of a fan tho. aluminum just isn't as strong as steel, and they tend to sheer more than bend like steel does.

[joe93fox]

That's true however it depends on how the cage is designed, an aluminum cage could be made stronger than a steel one while saving weight

[sconym]

Originally Posted by joe93fox

That's true however it depends on how the cage is designed, an aluminum cage could be made stronger than a steel one while saving weight

im not smart enough to discuss i do know that out of the hundreds of utv's and hundreds of off road races cars i have seen over the years, i have only seen one aluminum cage and that was on a "show" style rhino...

[joe93fox]

Time to break the norm! Lol. I'm definitely building my own since the company I work for builds wakeboard towers with this pipe that withstand over 5 g's on a shaker table.

[DougS]

Post pictures when you are done.

[SXSCustoms]

Originally Posted by joe93fox

Time to break the norm! Lol. I'm definitely building my own since the company I work for builds wakeboard towers with this pipe that withstand over 5 g's on a shaker table.

What about a real life roll over test, a shakaer table is nice for a stress testing teh joints but need to have a real like impact test. Cool idea...

Just asking.

[joe93fox]

Yep that was indeed the plan as well once it's finished right now we're going through a few different designs trying to decide which one to make our first prototype with

[hadriya9091]

Send cardbaord templates to a company like Twisted Stitch and they will make you an exact fit to your cage.