Bell Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Hello all. I recently made my own TD for my armour and after discusing it with some of my fellows they asked me to do a tutorial on how i made it. I thought i would share it across a couple of boards. Materials you will need: 68mm pipe. The same as is used on TK TD's 68mm pipe connector. I used two in my build but you could if your careful just use one. I got mine from Homebase. 14 plastic strips or just a piece of plastic to use for the strips. Must be 15 cm long Some plastic scraps Hacksaw Dremel Masking tape P38 car body filler or some other sandable filler A good glue. Super glue would do but i use zap-a-gap A pencil Step 1: Measure a length of 68mm pipe and cut off a 19cm piece. This is the main TD body It's ok if the ends are a bit wonky, my advice is to give yourself a bit of room and cut it slightly larger than needed then trim it down later. Step 2: Get the connector and measure at the 68mm end 2cm down. Mark it up with your pencil then use your masking tape to create a cutting line Turn the connector upside down and measure 1cm from the smaller end. These will form the outer and inner end of your TD Step 3: Cut up the marked out bits of the connector then trim to the required measurements. The reason i used masking tape is that it gave me a great cut line to dremel around when trimming. Next use the inner ring to create a disc. This is where the scrap plastic come in. Once the disc is made glue to the bottom of the inner ring. Glue the inner ring into the pipe and then the outer ring on top. It should at this point look something like this: Step 4: Time to make the plastic strips. Each strip is 15cm long and 1 cm wide. Glue them at regular intervals round the pipe leaving a 5cm gap between each strip. Finish by filling the ends with filler and sand till smooth and then paint. It should end up looking like this 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PropReplicator2 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Nice tutorial! Will definitely use this! Alex Sent from my KYOCERA-E6560 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikerScout007 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Nice job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obey Wann Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Thanks for posting this! I will definitely use this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obey Wann Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I just PDF'd your tutorial so I could print it and use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haui Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Thats funny i did it in the same way In Germany you can use a 70mm Pipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlcallanta Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Is it correct - "5cm" is the gap between each strip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obey Wann Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I think it is .5 cm. I eyeballed mine, and it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Just to make it clear: 0,5cm, half a centimeter, or 1/5 inch This really seems to be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themaninthesuitcase Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Nice tutorial, I've got 2.75m of the 68mm downpipe I got for my vertical TD so will have to try this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sullygoarmy505 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 This thread is great! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the dirty trooper Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Outstanding 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krom1975 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Outstandinglooks fantastic Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRIBBLER Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Thanks so much for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesmartaleck Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Thanks a bunch, this is pretty sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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