- Location
- West Haven, UT
General Tech What did you work on Today?
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- Location
- West Haven, UT
A few pictures from last night’s progress on my son's WJ winch bumper.
Thanks for looking.
Mike
Thanks for looking.
Mike
- Location
- West Haven, UT
I thought I had posted this a couple of years ago but maybe I forgot.
This TIG torch holder was repurposed from an old GS1100 Suzuki engine that we used in our sand drag quad.
I bought a 3" diameter magnet and then cut and rotated the rod cap to create the torch head cradle. I then drilled and tapped the piston to accept a set screw against the wrist pin to prevent it from rotating.
Mike
This TIG torch holder was repurposed from an old GS1100 Suzuki engine that we used in our sand drag quad.
I bought a 3" diameter magnet and then cut and rotated the rod cap to create the torch head cradle. I then drilled and tapped the piston to accept a set screw against the wrist pin to prevent it from rotating.
Mike
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Thanks Bart. I can't even remember where I bought those LED's but they covered those holes perfectly and they are much brighter than the pic shows.
The wires were really tiny though. So small that my wire strippers were too big to strip the insulation.
4x4_Welder
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- Location
- Twin Falls, ID
Did you use dual intensity lights or are they just brake lights?
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Just brake lights, wired to the 3rd brake light circuit only. I can't stand it when people add "brake" lights that blink with their turn signals.
- Location
- West Haven, UT
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 impede approach angle.
Next we will focus on enclosing the winch and building out the center section.
Thanks for looking.
Mike
Next we will focus on enclosing the winch and building out the center section.
Thanks for looking.
Mike
- Location
- West Haven, UT
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 for looking.
Mike
Here are a couple more pictures of the winch bumper progress.
Welded the lower valance together and cut pieces for the winch box.
Thanks for looking.
Mike
ID Bronco
Registered User
- Location
- Idaho Falls, ID
I worked on a couple of reels over the weekend, I had to test them out. Seemed to work alright.
rholbrook
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- Location
- Kaysville, Ut
Those are some chubby fish
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
I have one and love it. I also decided to pick up the gooseneck dies and made a couple brackets that required them... Freaking worth it!
- Location
- West Haven, UT
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 at the base and that has helped but I recently purchased an actual press brake 4-way die that I am going to try to incorporate into the base. I will take some pictures as I go so in case anyone else wants to duplicate but I'll first make sure it works before I get too carried away.
Mike
- Location
- West Haven, UT
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 started by putting some nuts in muriatic acid to remove the zinc coating while I drilled the holes and notched the side plates. Each side has two plates, one plate welded to the center section and the other plate will have nuts welded to them and be the mounting point for each of the side wings of the bumper.
Next I clamped each plate in the mill vise and used a 1.5” end mill to create a notch in the side plates which will allow the connector of the 4” KC LED driving lights to pass through which will be mounted on the bumper.
All four plates drilled and notched ready to weld the nuts to.
Plates fastened together for welding.
Nuts welded in place and then separated for mock up.
While the nut plates were cooling we started prepping the front plate for the winch box.
Mocked into place.
Next was another process in the mill to create slots for the D ring mounts.
Weld through slits machined, deburred and wiped down with acetone ready for welding.
Thanks for looking. More to come.
Mike
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 started by putting some nuts in muriatic acid to remove the zinc coating while I drilled the holes and notched the side plates. Each side has two plates, one plate welded to the center section and the other plate will have nuts welded to them and be the mounting point for each of the side wings of the bumper.
Next I clamped each plate in the mill vise and used a 1.5” end mill to create a notch in the side plates which will allow the connector of the 4” KC LED driving lights to pass through which will be mounted on the bumper.
All four plates drilled and notched ready to weld the nuts to.
Plates fastened together for welding.
Nuts welded in place and then separated for mock up.
While the nut plates were cooling we started prepping the front plate for the winch box.
Mocked into place.
Next was another process in the mill to create slots for the D ring mounts.
Weld through slits machined, deburred and wiped down with acetone ready for welding.
Thanks for looking. More to come.
Mike
- Location
- West Haven, UT
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 it finishes off the box nicely by filling the gap.
After some more blending my on mounted the winch box so we could start building out the driver’s wing with cardboard.
Thanks for looking.
Mike
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 it finishes off the box nicely by filling the gap.
After some more blending my on mounted the winch box so we could start building out the driver’s wing with cardboard.
Thanks for looking.
Mike