That guy is a jackass.
1: He offered to copy other bumpers.
It's okay to end up with similar products when there aren't too many ways to do things, but it's not okay to deliberately copy a product to sell at a lower price point. He's come right out and offered to rip people off.
That's bullshit.
2: He suggested that his bumpers are stronger than all the others because they are thicker.
If he has "metal in his blood" He should know that engineering matters more than thickness. Engineering is all about elegance. The object is to do the most with the least. Any ham-handed idiot can do "some" with a too much.
It's very possible to make something that can't properly support it's own mass under stress, and something that is too stiff for the frame to which it is meant to attach. It takes brains to put these things together properly.
3: He seems to love his welds.
They may be effective, they may not, but I've seen more than one person do a better job the first time they put on a mask. Just because you are going to use a grinder doesn't mean you should do a shit job.
I can't keep my left hand steady enough to keep a perfect bead, but I can lay one down cleaner than his. He's also leaving huge gaps, and contends that welds are stronger than metal...
He doesn't understand that there are many definitions of "strong".
4: He seems to think that people who either can't or won't weld don't know what they are talking about.
This is not always true, especially in this industry. The people who pay a person to create a product can sometimes be the ones who know what works and what doesn't. These people clearly didn't want to weld their own bumper, whether or not they were able.
Just because they don't want to buy his offering doesn't discount their observations. I purchase welded products and pay people to weld all the time. That doesn't mean I can't do it. It means I won't do it.
I don't change my own oil, either.
...And who the hell is We_Go_Up? He needs to get off that guy's dick. He's missing the point that a poorly constructed bumper is a life-threatening device.
There's no point complaining about it here, though. It's not as if anyone is listening.:rofl:
Cheers,
Kennith