It looks badassProps to you. I don't know if you adressed this already but are you going to have gusset supports and are you going to plate the bottom. Verrrrry nice work by the way.


Nevermind re read the thread. Great job!!!!!

 

Nice looking work... Its coming along nicely.

 

sweet man looking awesome very nice work

 

Flux is okay, and like you said, with proper prep work, it can work pretty well. Nice thing about solid core is that all you have to do to prep the metal is clean the oil off. And you're right, a $1500 welder isn't needed for a good weld job. Patience, skill, and a good eye can do wonders. In all honesty though, no professional welder (my dad being one) is worth their weight if they're using flux core. They all use solid core.

 

Got the driver side done. All that's left are a few small pieces, the final welds, grinding those down, final sand job, then paint.



I should be able to have a full bumper tomorrow, and I'll probably do the paint Friday. I've got to save up for the winch - hopefully it won't be too long - so it'll be some time before I get some pics of it completely finished. Unless I decide to do some photo-shopping.

 

I am in the same boat as you with the winch bumper and no winch yet. I figure it will make good trail seat until i get one. Nice skilllllz

 

if i can make one suggestion, i would weld some plate at an angle from the d-ring mount to the winch plate. i think it would tie it all together. kind of like this...


looks freaking great though!

 

that's actually one of the things left to do (2 of the 5 pieces left to cut). I appreciate the suggestion though!

 

so far awesome job on the build. What are you using the cut your metal? jw and are you going to mount any lights? im stoked to see it finished great job.

 

For cutting a chop wheel and angle grinders with cutting wheels are being used. For longer cuts with the angle grinder a piece of 2"x.25" plate is used as a guide along the cut lines.

I'll add a couple lights after I get the winch so I can place them correctly.

 

A big thank you to everyone for the props! I'm pretty happy so far, especially since this is my first bumper build. It's been awesome learning new stuff from my dad through out this build.

 

Great Job!
And great write up, I'm getting some ideas for mine.
Thank you!

 

Looks awesome; I like the clean lines too. Great job and thanks for sharing

 

Looks great! You do some good work.

Did you buy those D-ring tabs anywhere, or did you have them made?

 

My dad made them.