Fitzee: "So a fella came in with a rusty horseshoe, so I took the horseshoe and proceeded to make myself a template...From there I was able to make a decent sized horse with a saddle...the guy who now owns it, rode it to Moncton and back a few times... Fitz, you are indeed a great mentor and best down to earth how-to guy on You Tube. you never cease to amaze brother, 👍👍the lower door sections look factory made. Without the use of specialized tooling, a good step by step demonstration and best use of brake metal to add to strength and the aesthetics.
Using your methods of marking, bending, cutting and welding I was able to make an awesome replacement hood for my John Deere garden tractor. New plastic hoods are $400. I made mine for about free with a scrap sheet of 18 ga. Thank you. P.S. I also added a cool hood scoop thanks to your tutorials. 👍🏻
At the 5 minute mark, you show us how you made the the initial tracing using your template onto the metal. If after that you trace again, but use a washer, you can easily make the extra dimension around your template. Different size washers, have different widths. By using a washer with a 3/8ths width from center to outer edge, you can easily enlarge the template on the metal. Placing your marker/pen/pencil in the center of the washer and keep it pressed against your template as you go around it, gives you a fast way to mark your material with the extra 3/8ths dimension, accurately, and simple. It's a wood workers trick.
tony, this latest installment should increase your subscribership to 200k. There's got to be plenty of 4 wheelers out there that can't rationalize spending big bucks for these items. Plenty of discarded appliance sheetmetal and such waiting to be scrounged for projects. You're an inspiration to all.
After all of the videos you've made that I've watched I have finally figured out why I was having a problem replicating the way you did things!! I now watch the video in front of a mirror ( I'm right handed ) LOL just kidding great video as always Tony !!! : - )
That's how the doors should come from factory! I got a cub cadet I hunt off from were going to build a cab for it before cold weather! Thanks for sharing
I woulda thought the rocker gaurd would have taken more then the red scotch gaurd. Or is that because it was "butchery 101" hahaha. Another great line!
Another great vid, Tony. I noticed that you use both hands for stuff the rest of us can only do with our dominant hand.....hammering, spraying. PS No overspray on your garage I hope...lol
Fitzee, I am really enjoying your show, with your use of bare-bones tools, and it has moved me to buy some tools and begin a restoration of my 1987 Toyota PU, that rightly belongs on on the rust heap as junk. Thank you for sharining your work with us. Q: i cant find quality autobody hammers. All the ones I have bought are soft steel heads and deform easily. Do you sell quality hammers? Perhaps with your logo on them? Thanks
Great video, really like the simple breaks in the new panels to stiffen them up. Like others have said you wouldn't guess they were add on, design mimics styling that was there. When you are drilling pilot holes in 18g with cordless, you go thru quickly. What bit are you using? To enlarge hole, looks like a step drill. When I do this, takes too long and sometimes I snap pilot bits.
I drill all my pilot holes with a 1/8 bit. I like the two sided bits as they fit down inside thr drill further. A 1/8 bit sticking out over a inch it will crack off
I thought this was going to be the project that you use your new bead roller. Now I'm really curious. BTW, I've been cutting out some rusty spots on my Jeep and welding in new. I'm proof that, thanks to you, you can teach an old dog new tricks.
Thanks again Fitzee for your time. How is the Mustang project schedule going, looks like you have some customer jobs come in to keep some change in the piggy bank.
Nice work correcting all the bad designs on this vehicle one by one and demonstrating fabrication with no welding this time. Using the vehicle shows up what's wrong with it and lets you add your own modifications. But, you did two things wrong in this video. 1) You forgot to wear hearing protection while hammering and 2) You forgot to get your cat to inspect your work when you finished the reassembly. All the best from Queensland Australia.
Tony…… I’m curious why you didn’t use your sheet break to establish all of the 90’s? Seems like you’d have a better edge to work from than hammering it on the I-beam, alone.
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Another awesome how-to fabrication. I know you source sheet metal from automobiles. I was wondering if you ever source it from appliances? I'm looking at an old refrigerator with stainless steel on the doors.
@@fitzeesfabrications That seems to apply to everything these days. I use old computer cases 1.2mm thick for some jobs like repairing the rockers on my 1982 Mitsubishi L300, which is the same thickness metal. The new cases are a lot thinner, probably half that, but I haven';t measured them, as they are pretty useless being so thin.
Hey i am restoring a 1976 datsun b210 and the hood has a weak spot about as big as a paint can am i was wondering how i could tighten it up without replacing it cause the metal is in good shape in that area just weak and pops when you touch it
@@fitzeesfabrications Thanks alot for that i am huge fan of all your videos i could watch them over and over all day. I want your recommendations on how would you shrink it with torch or shrinking disc??
@@fitzeesfabrications Hi, I'm Warren Dolph Buddy! I love your channel and the work u do. I have learned so much from u. A true master indeed. Keep uo your good work. I am from South Africa and Im willing to send them off to you. Please supply me with an address and i'll arrange for an economical way to get them off to you.
any reason you didnt put a couple of mud flaps/guards on it? Growing up in rural Texas we put mud flaps on any vehicle that was off road. From our hunting buggies to our work trucks and mudding vehicles . While I dont own any of these mini's those open air doors makes cleaning out the dirt blood and shit a breeze with a power washer. At least thats what my buddies say.
Your right about that Fitz the only reason why that make the doors like that is to make more money on it. Its highway robbery, anyway they can take advantage of the customer they'll do it, these days. At least that what it appears like doesn't it? ridiculous. Cheers bud.
so why couldn't you have just used that first piece on the other side of the RZR instead of remarking the reverse side? no being smart, just wondering?
You gave me the confidence to try to make a replacement hood for my grand daughters Fisher-Price jeep LOL only if I could send you pictures not to your level but works
