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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 01:41 AM
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i was bored so i threw somethin together. I made it out of 3/16th diamond plate...
 
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Dude that is a sweet bash plate! How much did it cost you to make it yourself?
 
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thanks! I take a shop class at my high school and my teacher gave me the metal and i cut it out and bent it. It cost me about $3 for nuts and bolts.
 
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Sweet looking plate you made, sure beats spending the $100+ for a pre fabbed one. Maybe I'll do that for my next mod...
 
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Thats awesome! I wish i could have made something useful like that when i did metal work class at high school. All we made was crappy toolboxes and watering cans ect. lol.
 
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Nice job! You can't beat having the material given to you. I lucked out and got some free aluminum for the skid plate I made. Saved me about $70 just in material.
 
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really nice,,, props on your work bro!!,,, Now make me one haha
 
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lol, cool thanks guys
 
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Originally Posted by 8cuttlefish8
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awesome! I wish i could have made something useful like that when i did metal work class at high school. All we made was crappy toolboxes and watering cans
ect
. lol.

Shop class....That brings back memories. Heating up pliers so the next guy would burn his fingers. Crazy gluing the teacher to his own chair. Playing space invaders on my watch. The 80's were great. Oh and nice job on the plate.
 



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