Homebrew Bumpers
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thats very true i did a ton of oxy welding in high school and it helped alot when i taught my self to tig weld.
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From: new jersey
Year: 95
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
so im actually going out today to get mmaterial to build a bumper and i want it extremely basic ......i was going to make it out of box tubing anb weld some tow points on it...can anyone help with the size of boox tubing i should get??? i was thinking 6x3x1/4 inch....is that to big? should i just go with 2x4x1/4?
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From: Dayton, NV
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 str8 6
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Model: Cherokee
so im actually going out today to get mmaterial to build a bumper and i want it extremely basic ......i was going to make it out of box tubing anb weld some tow points on it...can anyone help with the size of boox tubing i should get??? i was thinking 6x3x1/4 inch....is that to big? should i just go with 2x4x1/4?
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From: Dayton, NV
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 str8 6
Originally Posted by tylers89
I built this for a friend. Now I have to sit when I pee. 
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From: Dalton, MA
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 H.O. 180K miles
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From: georgia
Model: Cherokee
smaw, tig, mig
any one use a stick anymore, i went to school for almost three years for welding i love mig but stick is the stronger option however if you can't weld mig is easy to understand, and no clean up, flux core is cheap but you still need to clean the slag off and maybe do a little grinding, and if you go to school for a wire class use can use all the equipment and sometime the steel they will just let you have as a project in class, i built tons of stuff over those years never had to pay for anything, but now i use a lincoln and a lot of 6011 rods, and only use 60-- rods in a home build unless you want to put 70s in you oven, they need to be warm, but a 60-- works great and is plenty strong, 60,000 psi, but if you know a welder just get them to do it. and no one who is not trained need to be trying tig very bad idea, i am trained, but it is not easy, plus the most high price form of welding, as for Oxyfuel, it looks easy in the a team but not the best option it can be strong but you really can only weld in one position plus it is harder to learn than mig also
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From: Dayton, NV
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 str8 6
Originally Posted by madmaxbumper
any one use a stick anymore, i went to school for almost three years for welding i love mig but stick is the stronger option however if you can't weld mig is easy to understand, and no clean up, flux core is cheap but you still need to clean the slag off and maybe do a little grinding, and if you go to school for a wire class use can use all the equipment and sometime the steel they will just let you have as a project in class, i built tons of stuff over those years never had to pay for anything, but now i use a lincoln and a lot of 6011 rods, and only use 60-- rods in a home build unless you want to put 70s in you oven, they need to be warm, but a 60-- works great and is plenty strong, 60,000 psi, but if you know a welder just get them to do it. and no one who is not trained need to be trying tig very bad idea, i am trained, but it is not easy, plus the most high price form of welding, as for Oxyfuel, it looks easy in the a team but not the best option it can be strong but you really can only weld in one position plus it is harder to learn than mig also