Solid Oak Floorboard

ThunderstRuck · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:23 am Post subject:

It's lighter than the plastic floorboard, dry oak is light and its been planed down. They are not fastened yet, the upper will use the stock mounting locations. The two sections will have a piece of metal shaped and joining the two. The lower piece will bolt up to the stock locations as well. I'm figuring out a few pieces of steel to trim it all up. I was also thinking I'd cut out the shape of the gas tank, paint it black and just have it surrounded by the oak. I may get the guts to do this today. I usually have to sleep on it and the answer comes to me in my subconsicous. We'll see. And in real life the wood is really dark, I guess the flash brings out the oak.

That's a little better. Yeah, I might totally cut out the shape of the gas tank. Why the hell not, I can allways make another if I don't like it.
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zombot · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:46 am Post subject:

well, if you can make another, i guess there's no harm, but the flat floor with the cap sticking out shows off the beauty and strength of the wood.
the slab of wood with it's center cut out just to show a gas tank isn't my bag. i just never thought the ruckus tank was that awesome to look at Razz

it will be interesting to see some bolts or other steel band/rivet accents on this thing.
just don't make it look like a barrel! Laughing

-that said, i'd still love to see someone steampunk their ruck out
-strip all their frame down to raw steel, use brass bolts and fixtures- get a brown leather seat-
use your patented wood floor, maybe paint the batt box a rich realistic copper color and make the seam look riveted,
replace the fenders with shaped aluminum or something-
basically replace any and all plastic you can.
you can use your imagination. Cool

but i digress, you're inspiring me. if only i had a second ruckus...
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ThunderstRuck · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:36 am Post subject:

Okay, on your advice, I'll sleep on it. I started second guessing myself as soon as I posted the last one. Arrragh! Decsions!

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ThunderstRuck · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

I just got back from the hardware store with some copper paint....
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zombot · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:26 am Post subject:

hA HA HA i just saw those pics today and thought about putting them in scooter pic of the day as well.

don't let me decide things for ya!
(but i sure will enjoy watching Very Happy

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ThunderstRuck · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject:

Man, I'm really glad you mentioned "Steampunk" to me. It was the look I was totally going for, but didn't know what it was. Everything just fell into place. Thank you so much! Love the R2 unit!

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Jasper · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject:

did you drill holes into the wheels?
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Robomod · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:26 pm Post subject: Re: Nice

No F-in way. I just mentioned to Jason at Battlescooter last friday that I wanted to make a mold and shape one up like a sk8 deck, then grip tape it.

Looks badass TR- bamboo flooring would look cool too.

ThunderstRuck · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:21 am Post subject:

Capt. William · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:12 am Post subject:

Awesome! wish I had seen this before I bought my frame brace. It would fit well with my Pirate ship theme.

Great JOB!
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Kollide · Needs Training Wheels Joined: 27 Mar 2008 Posts: 27

steampunk is the coolest thing ever, may figure out how to use a miniature keg for a bb and plate it with copper, brass tubes coming from keg to attach some lexan for leg shields man I have so many ideas but I need another ruckus ahh you guys have turned me onto something totally cool!

JeremyHonda · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject:

Hey ThunderstRuck,

I'm thinking about doing a beech floorboard. You don't happen to have a scaled template of your cut on paper (scanned) or anything do you?

Any recommendations or FYIs on how I should approach this?

Any notes about how I should go about doing it. I have decent carpentry skills, and use a jigsaw and festool on a regular basis.

Your bike looks amazing.

ThunderstRuck · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:27 am Post subject:

I don't have a template anymore. The hardest part is making the front foorboard fit over the tank while using the lower plastic under the gas tank and not having gaps down the sides. Good luck. I'd recommend using some bristol board to make the templates.
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BlindSight · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:46 am Post subject:

yeah the first thing im doing when I get my ruck is going and buying a sheet of bamboo and will make an attempt at copying your amazing work Smile

thanks for being so cool

stickler64 · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:46 am Post subject:

Wait 'til this hits Japan. And, look how cute Thunder's Ruck was way back then