smo Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Had some time so been working on the front steering guard plate for the D-Lander, it incorporates swivel recovery eyes, stainless fairlead for winch and a pair of X-Eng X-Lites, the whole thing is custom designed and will protect the front bumper, stearing bars and provide capacity for recovery and winching. So, comments please before i send it off to be Water/plasma/laser cut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro_Al Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 The two vertical tubes are part of some front end tubework, right? Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smo Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 The two vertical tubes are part of some front end tubework, right?Al. Yup, they are part of the front end space frame bit, couldnt be bothered to model it all tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landrover598 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 If you added a returned edge to the main plate and winch tray, that would make them a lot stiffer. Spreader plates on the inside and ouside of the recovery eyes would be worthwile and gussets on all the joins between plates / brackets / tube structure / side of winch tray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 The recovery eyes should be in line with the chassis the lights will be very vulnerable to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smo Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 Winch tray is already welded in, merely in design for positional purposes - its 6mm plate and incredibly strong, fully seam welded to chassis! I dont rekon the lights are vunerable, they are over 4ft off the ground....this isnt a small vehicle and the guard plate wraps from the axle practually to the bonnet! EDIT: updated the rear end for mounting the lights and stiffening it up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 still think those recovery eyes should be in line with the chassis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smo Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 still think those recovery eyes should be in line with the chassis I'll have a look at it, the only problem is the plate at that level is angled, so any pull will exert much more force on the bottom edge than the top rather than a square pull??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smo Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 Changed a few things - moved the lights out, upsized the fizings from M12 to M16, added additional holes for the recovery swivels down at chassis level, modelled the stainless fairlead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark90 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 I'd loose the swivel eyes and have a couple of big D loops of 20mm bar, and that's from someone who has swivel eyes fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Do you need the cheese grater holes for engine bay cooling? They will fill up with mud very nicely..... If you don't need them I'd ditch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smo Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 Do you need the cheese grater holes for engine bay cooling? They will fill up with mud very nicely.....If you don't need them I'd ditch them. There is no other cooling intake without them, i hope they are high enough not to suffer toooooo badly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeagent Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 I think I would nip the corners off, at the top. it would look a lot nicer if you took a 50mm 'triangle out of each corner.. hope that makes sense.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smo Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 I think I would nip the corners off, at the top.it would look a lot nicer if you took a 50mm 'triangle out of each corner.. hope that makes sense.. Corners should have a nice radii, thanks for pointing it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmic Farmer Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Don't know if it will be used for challenges but if so then the recovery eyes as they are will shred plasma in seconds if you ever have to do a 90 degree pull (and you will have to do one one day). Better IMHO to go for some sort of built in loop lower down, possibly incorporated into a gusset on either side to add strength to the lower fold (if that makes sense?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 just via paint but to give an idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Personaly i would just beef up the steering rods but thats me. i would favour the 'loops' over the 'eyes' and make them big enough to pass the whole winch hook through. some kind of tube that you can point a hose down to wash all the carp off the back of the gaurd with could be quite cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smo Posted November 14, 2007 Author Share Posted November 14, 2007 Steering rods are beefed up, and might well have some other goodies down there too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MogLite Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Is that a Solidworks drawing ? If so is it possible to export the design into 2D, so you can give it to a laser cutter, or even just plot it out on paper ? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smo Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 Is that a Solidworks drawing ?If so is it possible to export the design into 2D, so you can give it to a laser cutter, or even just plot it out on paper ? Andy It is indeed a solidworks model, and yes i can export it into dxf format (most cutting firms take this i believe) or indeed plot any view/section/detail on paper in seconds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex park Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 its looks a great design. very pleasing to the eye. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MogLite Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 It is indeed a solidworks model, and yes i can export it into dxf format (most cutting firms take this i believe) or indeed plot any view/section/detail on paper in seconds Sweet - I really must get to grips with it - 2D CAD I'm fine with, but 3D makes my head hurt !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smo Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 Sweet - I really must get to grips with it - 2D CAD I'm fine with, but 3D makes my head hurt !! 3D is very easy really, its just a mindset, you sketch in 2D, dont worry about dimensions etc. then when you have your basic shape, constrain and dimension it, then extrude, revolve etc to make it 3d, and continue from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeagent Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 yep, 3D CAD is the future, I'm more a ProE man myself... once you've tried it you'll never go back to 2D.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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