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Thank you. Mike

Happy belated birthday. Oh to be 40 again......

A little more progress last night on my son's WJ winch bumper. Ran a flap disk over the pieces and deburred them then tack welded the wing sections in place. Thanks for looking. Mike

I like the color of the shed but I'm not one for vibrant colors on a house and prefer more earth tones. The floor and progress looks great. Hopefully the warmish weather has been allowing the contractors to keep plugging along uninterrupted. Mike

Awesome. The fun begins..... They always come apart faster than they go back together though. :rofl: Looking forward to the daily reports with pictures (lots of pictures). Mike

After opening the shop door last night I liked what I saw as far as design and lines of the bumper so we commenced on transferring the patterns to 10-gauge plate. Here is my CAD work station. Wing removed to start separating the pieces. Numbered for reference. Nesting the patterns to...

That is AWESOME Jeremy. I've been wanting to get a Skottle to carry in the coach and try it out but haven't done so yet. I may have to steal your idea. Mike

I’m glad I didn’t start cutting sheet metal the other night because I wasn’t really lovin’ the driver’s side wing we mocked up. When I opened the shop last night I really want diggin’ it so I tore the cardboard off and when my son arrived we started over. This design flows much better but will...

Thanks I appreciate that. I'm glad what I'm posting (or showing off) is helpful. Mike

Thank you Jeremy. I'm flattered by your comment. I look at it that if I can do it anyone can. I'm not necessarily a fabricator or welder, I am merely a mechanic who taught himself to weld, fabricate and machine. I'm also nowhere near as good of any of the above as I want to be and probably...

Thanks Bart. This one's been a little tougher to make look streamline than the others that I've built but it's getting there. Mike

Saturday's work continued..... Corners radiused and blended. Probably overkill but I welded the inside of the box as well. D ring mounts welded around the perimeter as well as through the backside. This part is more cosmetic but should also add some strength as a gusset. I think...

I had a great day hanging with my son in the shop on Saturday. We completed the center section of the winch bumper and started laying out the driver’s wing of the bumper. A lot of welding and some blending to build out the box and ensuring it is plenty stout enough for a recovery situation. I...

It works ok. I'm going to be modifying it here shortly as it is not as precise as I would prefer. It is stout and well thought out but with the large angle iron as the die it is difficult to get very tight bends. In the past I have stacked up various sizes of angle iron inside of the 2.5" one...

We didn't get much done last night as I had mental block of trying to make a box look sleek and aesthetically pleasing yet still strong and durable. Here are a couple more pictures of the winch bumper progress. Welded the lower valance together and cut pieces for the winch box. Thanks...

Great trip report Bart. I've never been to W4x4J but really wanted to go this year. Unfortunately I couldn't convince the wife we needed to attend. Same with EJS, she doesn't like the idea of that large of crowds. Many of the RV/Jeep rallies or gatherings that we attend are around 30 or...

That second to the last picture is freaking AWESOME! Seeing all those Jeeps spread out crawling up the rock looks great. Mike

We've had some friends stay at both the SLC KOA and the Pony Express and they prefer the Pony Express. Mike

Henderson was sold to NAPA. I special ordered a 3500lb Dexter torflex axle a couple of years ago through my local NAPA rep. Used all of Henderson's previous axle spec sheets and processes it was just administered through my local NAPA. Mike

Last night’s progress consisted of mounting the lower valance under the winch to the lower radiator support. This panel will serve a couple purposes. It needs to allow airflow to the lower section of the cooling stack plus add cosmetic appearance to hide the lower radiator support and yet not...