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excellent, Enjoy!

@@timlewis2211 you are very welcome

@rishon1273 I use 14 gauge but 16 is fine. And no... I charge 35.00 a Sq ft. A sheet here is about 98.00 for me for a 4x10

@@tinmanmetalworks Thank you, that is very helpful! I appreciate all the info here.

@@rishon1273 hopefully more to come if I can ever find the time to edit my videos 😆

@@tinmanmetalworks Awesome!!

Maybe you can try posting your ad in a different way... Try adding things they cant do like a name tag on them. Maybe they are making theirs out if 1/8th inch? I use 3/16. Maybe make a post for $90.00 and that would be for a single ramp 4 ft long. Upsell them into 2 ramps and add a per-foot additional price. I list mine for 5 foot long and 40.00 per additional foot. That ads up quick and makes it worth my time. The trick to posting an ad is to get them talking to you and then up-sell them. Once they start talking to you, you should be able to hook most of them. Also, id message the 100 guy and act like you are looking to buy.. see what he is making them out of, What are his up-sales? Id find it hard to believe his 100.00 price is for a pair of ramps... Id see what he is ACTUALLY selling, not just what his add says. ;)

I generaly use 14 gauge cold rolled

@ednightingale yea... I make several flat beds a month. I just have not made time to edit the videos and post them. I probably have 8 builds on video haha. I do need to commit some time to editing them and posting them. I have found that building them has been very profitable and I do need to pay that skill forward for sure. I want everyone to be successful

Thank you, I hope the videos help you make some money!

@ronniedoyle7646 hey. Anything that I can do to help you be successful... I am glad to do. I learned everything the hard way for sure 😆. I want everyone to make money ! Thank you for watching 😉

you are very welcome

you are very welcome my friend. I will be putting out fresh content regularly with new ideas. And thigs that have proven to make me money in the past.

ohhh... i didn't know that. Ill have to try that out. Im kind of new to solid works and found it very difficult to find videos that i could wrap my head around ha ha... so i made my own lol.. Thank you for the help and advise my friend.

I dont. But I would be glad to make one for you. I started out with a Langmuir crossfire, and now i have a Langmuir XR . I highly recement them and they are probably the most bang for your buck for sure. Very easy to learn software and reliable. Great customer service as well.

What would you like to see? Honestly I am no solid works expert... It took me 8 months to find the information that I wanted to know... which was "weldments" The things that I seen were presented in a way that I could not understand or... mostly with an accent I could not suffer through ... lol... But I can... What are you interested in seeing? If I know how to do that... id be glad to accommodate. I want everyone to be successful my friend.

@@tinmanmetalworks The parts where you put steel bed in and also the back plates. Did you design the back plates in Solidworks then cut them out on the plasma table?

yes i did cut them out n a plasma table. I have a Langmuir systems XR but i started out with a first gen crossfire. I have the complete bed build, i just need to finish editing the videos and post them. I will try and get to that soon for ya. Truck beds are my bread and butter. I just installed a bed for a couple from canada. People come from states away to get one. Heck.... i dont even know how half of the find me. Watch the ramp video... I make a few grand on ramps every month. easy fast money my friend.

@@tinmanmetalworks I watched that one it was great! I live in AK. I have been thinking about getting a Langmuir crossfire pro. Thanks again!

@billallen2718 I always use Cold roll. It's just easier and less work

@@tinmanmetalworks thank you.

14 Gauge most of the time. Thank you for the possative compliment! ;)

I built a sort of A Frame with an electric hoist... Ill be posting a video about how and what I use to do installs very soon! Thank you for the comments ;)

You are very welcome! I hope the videos help you to grow for sure! Thank you!

you are very welcome

you are very welcome

Glad you liked it!

post an ad a day on fb. in several marketplace groups. It lets you post in 20 groups for each ad. Use a different photo for each listing. Word each ad a little differently. Add contact me for more details at the end of the ads. You will get sales ;). Let me know how it goes for you!

@patrickm.8425 Actually, they cost me about 1200.00 in metal to build one. I'm in my tools somewhere around 12k in tools ... but it's based around people who already own a cnc plasma table and a welder. ..

Tools regardless of trade are an investment. Its either a time investment because they make the job shorter(if i sell something for 100 bucks and it takes 10hrs to build thats 10/hr. If i can get it down to 1 hour thats 100/hr). Or its an investment towards quality. I can drill all my holes with a regular drill, but knowing every hole is dead on straight just makes it all fit together a bit better. Better quality builds fetch higher prices for your work. Or its an investment in your whole life. Weve got thousands of dollars worth of tools in our shop, literally nothing i cant fix on my car or home. I dont think i have ever paid someone to come fix or do anything for me. Ive had friends and family ask me to help them do something at their house before, i say sure and i look at what they need, figure out what tools i need and ask them to show me to their tools so i can grab what i need. They will either take me to the garage or tell me to wait there and turns out all they have is some unopened molded plastic box of crappy tools from walmart. Also its not like you buy 35k+ worth of tools all at once. Its over time and getting the really spendy stuff at auctions and fb marketplace for super cheap. If you set aside some money every month to buy tools (and learn to use them) you will quickly find out you not only save thousands and thousands of dollars not needing to hire someone to fix your stuff, you will also have the option to make money with those tools making or fixing stuff for others. Seems like a nice little way to make some money if you ever really need it.

Never fails to have one jack ass in a Thread. You have to crawl before you walk. A lot can be done with a good grinder and cutoff wheels and a welder and ad to the tool list as you go. Like the chanel love what your doing.

@@leftylattin very well said.

People that complain about having to buy tools crack me up. How do you expect to build or repair anything without tools? Quality tools last a lifetime and work on job after job after job. A tool might seem expensive but it pays for itself 100 times over during the course of its lifetime.

@@bigirish4886 well.... putting cnc customer name tags on them with your cnc table. Easy money 😉

@@tinmanmetalworks OK I did not watch till the end. Nice touch, I have done a similar trick but use a different medium (Aluminum etched and filled with power coating ) th-cam.com/video/68-QAwB8TdI/w-d-xo.html

He got me too ! I was waiting for the cnc pieces for the ramp

@@epluribusunum5405 putting customer names on the ramps? It's easy money 😉

That is a great question. I have them pre-pay up front

@@tinmanmetalworks What is you preferred method of payment?

Ha Ha, Well Thank you, The youtube thing is kind of a new thing.. But I am glad that I have helped you along and I hope that you get great info off the channel. Thanks for the support ;)

You are very welcome. Thank you for stopping by. Hopefully the information that i have posted nd future stuff will help you out. ;)

i mostly use 2x3 .120 wall for the main frame rails. It has a tinsel strength of 26,000 LBS per Square inch... The suspension on the truck will give out way before the bed does... When you install the bed this is adjusted on the mounting of the bed. Most in my experience need shimmed higher on the back than in the front as most of the time the mounts are lower in the rear. So all of this is adjustable on install. The tires certainly wont come up and hit the bed at that height. I think different people use different material based on how they install them, not so much "how tough" the material is perceived to be. If that makes sense ..... Did that answer your question?

@@tinmanmetalworks gotcha, thanks!

Thanks, I hope it helps in your business adventures for sure ;)

You are welcome. I hope the videos and ideas help you along and get you making some money ;)

you are very welcome. Thank you for dropping by the channel..

Ha Ha, That is a pretty good wage for sure... ;)

Thanks, I hope the videos help you make some money !

Thank you. I will be putting out truck bed build videos soon as well as kits for purchase so folks like you can make money building them in their own shops and garages and sell them.

IMHO, ask yourself how many you plan on making? If it's just this one, and It'll set it in the garage collecting what ever then probably not. Make cardboard patterns, and any fab shop can make it. But if you've got grinding dust in your veins by all means, buy one! You become more professional and productive Enjoy you'll be glad u did!

Yes the crossfire will do that just fine. Any of them will make you money though

@billjacobs386 TBH I'd like to make money at it. I've been a tile setter for 24 years, which is the industry that a designer drain cover would be useful for. The back and knees would be thankful.

@@Zachyzarc great! Good luck ☺️

You are very welcome. I hope that it helps you out ;)

Thank You, i hope it helps you out ;)

Thank you ;) I hope it helps you make some money!

Thank you, I hope it helps you out!

Ha ha that's cool. Thanks for watching. I hope that they help you 😉

Thank you 😉. I hope they help you !

There is a working link to the files in the video description ;). Thank you for watching and thanks for subscribing ;). Hopefully my videos help you along your business journey.

Oh man, I have no idea haha. I use all kinds of fonts. I do have several cut ready fonts that I have made over the years. I really need to get some posted for you guys don't I ?!

I think the monogram itself is Times New Roman. When I use that same font, in bold, for the text it looks really good.

I am not on the Langmuir forums much but I am a member of the Langmuir Facebook groups. as my name though. Charles Woten, Not as Tin Man. I do post a lot of free stuff on Langmuir's Fire Share site from time to time. I have a ton of free stuff there as well as on my website tinmanmetalworks.com ... I need to keep up on both more than I have been but... working on it. I want everyone to succeed. I started with a first gen crossfire no THC back then in my garage.. Worked my way into a 4000 sq ft shop and do it full time now. Id like to help everyone get to that point! Thank you for taking the time to watch my videos. I hope they help you grow!

Thank you for watching, I hope my videos help you along your journey. Just posted another yesterday that actually has made me more money doing less.... Check it out if you get time ;)