I have been watching your worklogs for a long time (almost since it began) and all i gotta say is that you way deserve having that job. You have the skilz and the perfect attitude for it. CONGRATS!!!!!!!! :D
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I have been watching your worklogs for a long time (almost since it began) and all i gotta say is that you way deserve having that job. You have the skilz and the perfect attitude for it. CONGRATS!!!!!!!! :D
Thanks guyz! I won't let you down!!! I'm going to make sure all your heads are spining before your even done sippin your morning coffee:)Quote:
Originally Posted by hxcguitarist
I dont know what it is but everytime I see this I bust out laughing!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rankenphile
This is something speacial, the care and effort you guys put into your work is outstanding, I just hope i can do at least a half ass job with my lcd mod lol :p
good luck with the rest of "blackout" and i cant wate to see how your lcd turns out
--2k--
Thanks dude:) You'll be fine and if you need help we're here:)
Cant wait until you get this going full time, I come on this forum everyday just to see if you've added to blackout. If you go to lanfest (new eggs event) im gonna make sure i get a chance to meet ya. Anyways good luck with all this and still thanks for all teh inspiration you bring ot us all.
Thanks guyz! I dont know as of now how the whole events thing is going to work. I will go to some on my own free will and acryan will want me to go to others. They will let me know. Hope you meet you guyz:)
WoW! Congratulations! that is too awesome! I haven't been here more than a week but am very impressed with your work and based on what you've done with blackout alone i can clearly see why you got this. very very cool, congrats! :D
That is Sick. Congrats. u deserve it after all the work you have put into Blackout. Hope to see some sick water cooling stuff.
Hey TRIBALOVERKILL this is my first reply and first time in this forum and i must say... i am absolutely blown away .. your a legand honestly ur awsum and i strive to be like you, ive never done a mod or anything so i dont know the level of hardness involved but that is just soo awsum .. i must now go change my pants ahaha nah dude ur wikid as, a true inspiration!
Sweet dude:) Its not really hard at all. You just need some patience. I have no patience but when it comes to this I do, because I love it. If you loved it wont seem as hard to learn/ to do. It might be frustrating here and there but once your done doing what your are doing,... it all pays off and you are all ready to do it again:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Greddy
EDIT: OH,... AND WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!!! LOL.
I've been going over and over this Worklog and I'm learning so much so thank you, I am now starting a mod of my own :)
Cheers TRIBALOVERKILL, If you we're down here in Australia I'd buy you a beer
So I am thinking that I will open a design studio so I can get out of my mothers garage. I would do all my work there and I was also thinking about become a supplier of materials too such as acrylic and aluminum. I would have ll the popular colors and thicknesses. I would have sheets, rods and tubes in both materials. I was also thinking about supplying little things that I use for my projects such as bolts, the nice ones,... hex button and cheese head, hose barbs, clamps, yadda yadda. The studio would be equipped with so cool quipment such as a laser for cutting acrylic:) I would have to look into it, talk to A.C. Ryan, see what they say. I want to find a place wher eI can live there too. That I am really shooting for,... this way I could work around the clock with ease. I wouldnt have to worry about driving to work,... I would be right there. I also want to maybe setup a live web camera or cameras so you guyz can tune in and watch. I mean I am going to be working constantly so you guyz would see me all the time. What do you think?
Absolutely great idea especially since the more you mod the more i get to see! :D
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Originally Posted by sXenoG
LOL. TRUUUUUUE THAT!
So the material that I'll provide can be cut to size, general sizes. You can get say 4'x8', 4'x4', 2'x4', 2'x2', 1'x1', etc. I dont know the sizes for sure yet. Anyways,... I most liekly wont be able to get the machinery to make super clean accurate cuts so I thought I would offer score and snapped sheets which leave a not so good looking edge and the sizes wouldnt be exactly say 4'x4',... it would be like a 16th of an inch off. So you would have to take that into consideration before purchasing. The thing is that I would sell it for a reasonable price. The whole idea is to help fund what I use to do my work. Not really looking to make huge prfoit off materials just enough to fund maybe a little extra just in case. Point being,... it would be cheaper then an actual acrylic supplier. They carry evrything,... I carry what you most likely need. Now,... the studio is probably going to have a laser that can be used to cut acrylic and wood. For a little bit more I could use that to cut you whatever you want really as long as it's sized within the limits of the machine. It as you know already leaves nice edges:) I was told that its not cnc,... I believe it works off of images. Not to sure just yet but I am:) You could send me custom prints and wham! Done:) Aluminum,... same thing, I would jig saw or ue a circular saw to make the cuts. Would be cheaper then getting it from a metal shop. Cant laser the aluminum though. Tubes, rods, blocks whatever. What do you think of this? most suppliers wont even sell you smaller pieces. This would keep me goign to and keep you guyz modding. What do you think?
i think it's great, especially for people that don't have the tools to cut everything up. i know that for myself (once i'm done with college this next year and actually have an income) would probably take advantage of the laser cut acrylic. would be great for all of the custom designed pieces that can be hard to do with normal tools. how would you price things? would you offer welding too?Quote:
Originally Posted by tribaloverkill
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Originally Posted by adreamtraveler
Haven;t though to dep abuot pricing yet. I'll worry about it later but the idea is to make sure its cheaper then the other suppliers. Offer welding? I will be welding,... what do you mean by offering welding? Customs welds? If so I dont think so because remember I have to design and create. I cant get caught up doing a ton of custom work for sale. But you never know though. One step at a time.
Sounds like a very cool plan, bro. I'd be very interested in seeing how this would take off.
I would offer some type of kit, I mean it takes a really organized person too know exactly what measurements he's gonna need and all the parts for it. It would be much easier if you made some minimal like hard drive rack kit, or just offered ideas on how to use your parts to make certain case mods for at least the novice modders like myself. That's just my two cents.
Oh yea,... this is our goal. To make products that are rather simple but still cool the way they are. Reason being,... it leaves room for the person who bought it to mod it to their liking. Then there are other products that are maxed out with detail that look amazing. I want to provide a little bit of everything for everyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moddabe
Sounds GREAT dude would you do shipping over seas? Little old Australia is at a loss to other countries and their modding fanatics...
yea, the welding would be like, lets say, once in a blue moon someone would have a design that had two pieces of angle metal as the system's main support and they did not want a large bulky bolt connection. so in that case the design would require the strength and low profile of a weld. so what i was going for was more of a 'two or three basic/square pieces welded together to form a simple frame shape' rather than uber custom cutouts and shapes and what not. :p you'd be welding all day if people came to you with custom cutouts and shapes lol :pQuote:
Originally Posted by tribaloverkill
Dont quite know yet. To early.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greddy
What heppened to Project Blackout????
Blackout is still in effect. I'm just trying to get this damn reservoir done:) As soon as I am done with this reservoir I am goignt o put several days into blackout. Blackout is going to be worked on alot more then what I use to do. No worries there. I just wan tot finish this one reservoir so I have something complete you know? Very soon.
Tribal,
I've got some Acrylic needs that I'd order from you (what the heck am I going to do with 6 feet of 3"OD 1/4 wall tube?)
Keep up the Great work man!
Crazybillybob
Make R2D2 a man.. :eek: :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by crazybillybob
I have the same thoughts .. I did find a place that sells 2" OD 1/8 buy the foot.
Would either like to see Tribal get started so we can help him out a bit.
Ok,... here's my update for the 13th.
Dec-13-2005
Heres the crazing I was telling you about,...
Here a practice run with the new glue,... no crazing.
Heres the crazing I wa telling you about,...
Going to be using thumbs for now on:) Looks better this way and saves on bandwidth.
Ok here's the reservoir closed and ready for shields,...
12-14-2005
Quick pic of the shop at it's worst,...
New bubble disc. 1/8" thick. The center rod passes through this disc. It will be ground down and then fused to the disc. Then sanded and polished.
Finished,.. well, not finished but ready for shields. Crazing was MINIMAL this time. Hardly any. I still want to cal IPS(weld-on manufacturer) and ask them about shelf life and such. I wan tot but more of this stuff because the date under both of the can are dated 2002?!?!? So,... yea. ! year shelf life??? Geeez.
Going to start on brackets and shields tomorrow. Have to make some calls too. I was suppose to do that today but I was too tired from work and gym:( It's all good though.
Ok,... I don't have 3" OD right now but I do have 2.5" OD with 1/4" and 1/8" walls. You definitely need 3"??? If so I can order it. Let me know. Email me.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazybillybob
E-mail sent!
Love the Res!
checking in from the off road world, your stuff has been seen on at least three rock crawling forums im on/admin. as well as military locations all over. just to let ya know this has been seen around the planet a few times. a buddy sent it to me around page 20 something and ive been watching it from virginia, germany and japan. training sux, but at least ill have something to do in afghanistan. lol. several other af/navy buddies are into mods and we are trying to step up. so here's to ya bro, not close to your league but who really is. keep up the good work. very interested in your production pieces, btw. cheers.
jp
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Originally Posted by jptrvlr
Get the hell out of here? Are you serious!!! That is soo cool!!! Well,... LOL, Im flattered! Damn,... well,... everything I make has potencial to be prodcuse by ACRyan,,... if theres a damand for it there wouldnt be any reason for them not to go ahead and make it. Well seee what happens. Thanks again! And you boys stay safe!!!
Honelstly tribal, i don't think you have the slightest idea how many people are religiously following you worklogs....
I don't. I know there are people following my logs and I and hurrying up to get some work done on blackout. Next few dyas. Holidays are over so things should speed up. Thanks to all who are watching:)
Im sure this will rock...when its done
Nawl
I am sure most of the older lurkers are still waiting for an update .. Some might have fallen asleep, but that wont last long when the oohh and Aahhs start.
i just have to say that it scares me how good you are.
and the best comment award goes to,.......... you! LOL. thanks dude:) Keep watching I have tons up my sleeves:)Quote:
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