Here's what I've been doing in my spare time at work in the past week

 

Nice work!

 

Well done

 

good work,

Except for one thing... when it 'skids' isn't it going to eat the heads off the bolts?

if i were designing it i would have made it so that the assembly hardware was on the side of the skid plate that didn't touch the ground.

 

^^^^ i'm with this guy... other then the mounting bolts it looks good...

for i nice little diy skid plate

 

minor, just get screws with a rounded head.

nice work, im digging the support rods

 

You want to camphere those holes and use flat head screws and it will be completely flush ... a machine screw with a nut will work just fine:

http://www.boltdepot.com/machine-screws.aspx

^^ 2nd screw on this page is what I'm talking about.

 

nice work. i like.

 

you should make five or six of these and see if they sell...

 

nice.

all you need is those flathead screws and your good to go.

 

I know I need to get the flat head screws... I was just using those bolt while I was making it, they allowed me a little more clamping force than the screws would have.