How To Make Towing Ring
Hello Gents, This is the lazy children way to make a towing ring. I learned this method from another forum but there are no tutorial here so I thought I make one just in case you have not seen it. So follow the simple instruction below and you can make some towing rings while you wait for your next package to arrive.
Buy a pack of thermal ring at electronic store
Detach the plastic part
Bend the ring in any angle to conform the body
Cut a slot into your body shell
insert the ring from the back of the shell
Before
After
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Comments
Tobbe70
You are a genious! Thx for posting!
Crash Cramer
Aha, someone else that shops at Fry's. I don't think we will ever know why they put odd amount of rings in boxes. Nice tip, don't know if I will use it as I don't build those type of cars, but you never know.
lupogtiboy
so simple and so effective! very clever!
rcluke
thats a quality idea matey
Victorious Secret
Haha thanks! I thought it is a fun idea to share with you guys~ Please do not actually tow your car using this ring.
bigoggy
great tip, thanks. i will use this when i build my rally car
alex-digital
That's a nice little touch, cool...
hairyguy4
haha very nice
DeeMiller
Clever.
eloctrebor
Very good how to guide
mor10retro
Nice little touch! You should do a 'how to make those slots in your bodyshell' :-D
amigamad
Thanks for sharing i have not seen this before .I should have loads of these connectors hanging around .
Cars, Boats n Trains
Clever idea and I have plenty of compression terminals going spare. Thanks for sharing.
CASE1
Great idea! I love these tips.
minivtec
genious well done
def4x4
Great towing ring idea, good for posting it here.
scollins
Ahh, yes....found-object design theory. ME LIKE!
Victorious Secret
Thank you gentlemen, I'm glad this is useful to you guys! I will try to cook up more How-to later~
flux density
Great idea !
dr.roberts
Wow, brilliant idea.. Thank you for sharing. Maybe is $1.99 for the rings and packaging combined!:-P
swedishwiking
Details, that´s what this hobby is all about!
gozone
VERY smart idea indeed, and a great tutorial on how-to...
Actually, i think i will try using the larger (and hopefully, stronger) sized rings on some scale-offroaders and crawlers..
Thanks for posting.
Cheers..
Michael
Victorious Secret
Thanks guys~ Brother Michael there are larger ones in size. You can solder the ring on the chassis and should be strong enought to actually use in tow.
Tamiya Monkey
great idea, was looking at making a trailer for my xc land rover.
80skid
very simple, but very effective. I would have never thought of that.
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