The official rollpan construction page

[TravisC]

I can't wait to the final product, it's going to be soooo sweet.

 

[stretch]

Nice work, Hartman!

 

[Black Magic]

Hartman, you need to take a big step back and look at that thing! Your work and effort is really paying off. That Looks GREAT! Plus you will always be able to tell everyone "No, I made that" That is the best part of the whole thing! Congrats and keep up the hard work untill it is glossy.

 

[Hartman]

Thanks for the kind words guys. I just went back and looked at this pic and it gave me some inspiration:

 

[Black Magic]

Originally posted by Black Magic

Hartman is our Hero

 

[james t]

you will also be the first legitimate member on this forum with a roll pan.

 

[X~FACTOR]

Originally posted by Hartman
My advice to anyone thinking about making a rollpan: go steel.

Steel- meaning using the factory bumper since it already has the shape and just cut it down to size. Would that be less work than what you've done?

Btw, the pictures look really good. Do you have a shot of where the roll pan meets the rear guards?

 

[Hartman]

No I mean fabricating a steel rollpan, and molding it all in. Cutting down the factory bumper would not be a good idea, in fact it would be a nightmare and it wouldn't work, I can tell you that.

 

[Black Magic]

Hartman, you selling your bumper to recoupe some costs?

 

[X~FACTOR]

I still don't see why steel would be easier to fabricate than fiberglass. You could sand fiberglass to shape (a lot of sanding, I know)but you can't do that with steel. Well, unless you hammer the heck out of it and then use fiberglass to smooth it out.

Anyway, from which vehicle steel Roll Pan would you recommend?

 

[Hartman]

I'm not sure, I'd have to research it. Fiberglass can be a ***** to work with at times. I basically had to build the corners of the pan from scratch with the fiberglass, the F150 ends really weren't much good. It takes a lot of time to build up fiberglass (when you don't have a structure to build off of), get the right contours, and then sand till your hand falls off so it's smooth.

If you're good with metal fabrication, that'd be the way to go. Going this route also allows you to mold it into the body, making things look that much better.

 

[fordkrazy]

yea sheet metal would be the best material if you can work with it....it's probably easier for the average joe to use fiberglass. what i was thinkin of was to make a virtual rollpan out of clay or some other material and then make a mold from that then lay the glass in the mold....what do ya think about that?

 

[Black Magic]

fordkrazy That was my idea. I was thinking of using a heavy foam and sanding it to shape then streatching flannal over it and glassing that to form the pan.

 

[Hartman]

That would probably work, but you'd still have the same amount of body work, actually more than I have. Plus you'd have to come up with a mounting point.

 

[TravisC]

Yeah, either way,

Originally posted by Black Magic

Hartman is our Hero

even though I'll never have a roll pan

 

[Black Magic]

So Hartman, you've had 5 days and another weekend has come and gone since we have had any update. Are you waiting to post the completed pics of it? I can't wait to see it.

 

[Hartman]

All it needs is light finish work and it'll be done. Another 2-3 working days and it goes to the painter.

 

[Black Magic]

Sweet, I hope your as pumped as I am for you!

 

[Hartman]

Ok guys I have some pics for you because I haven't posted any in a while.

You might be looking at these and asking yourself, "How the hell does he think he's almost done?!". Well, because the pan is all different colors, it doesn't really give it a look of finality. But it is just a few more coats of resin jelly from being done.

I have to be 100% done with the pan by Wednesday evening. I'm going to Cincinatti on Thursday and I'll be there until Sunday. On Monday, it's off to the body shop.

 

[Black Magic]

Get that thing done and off to the body shop before you leave.