Looks pretty nice. How much are you selling the extras for?

 

What thickness steel you using man? They look good as well!!

 

its all 3/16ths

and the sets will probly be 100$ welded, painted black & shipped.
DIY kits will be less but havnt figured out an exact number yet
which is about 75% what hd offroad or rough country charges.

 

if you are refering to my set up? it was posted purely on a respone to shackle length...and no, they dont rub, the shackle only has a tper to the bushing...then the width is the same as the spring..if that make sense. besides, these are only here for mock up....rear link on the way...just wanted to "locate" the axle at ride height so the front links can be build, then the rear...alll while keeping it a roller.

see above.

 

Looks good, professional welds..good price.

When production starts...PM with Paypal info.

 

so I already have a hitch would I lower out and slide this in all bolt on.
sounds great to me whens production start?

 

On that first weld, did you move the tip up/down/back/forward at all while welding? It looks like you just pulled the trigger and pulled it all the way without any other movement.

Also, I can't see any blue coloring showing the HAZ of the metal (other than the 1st pic). It could just be the pics though.

Based on the lack of blue color around the welds, the convex/rounded shape and height of some of the welds, and my limited experience/knowledge, I would say that the welds look just a wee bit on the cold side.. Its hard to tell by pics though.

Otherwise, I'd say it looks great! Its nice seeing another younger guy (18 here) on CF with some fab skills! Keep up the good work!

 

corner welds are always supposed to be stringer beads. no movement.
i mentioned that after the pic as well. it makes it easier to watch both sides of the puddle and get them to the edge without going to much over and creating a lot of grinding and sanding work, i did a smooth stringer bead that met both edges nice enough that i dont have to do any sanding or grinding. and that deff makes things a looott easier.


and idk you could be right. but i wanna remind you that im being tought by a journeyman welder whos been teaching for 43 years and welding for 60 years. and he helped me set the machine before hand.

all in all the welds dont look bad to me, and with the amount of welds on there i dont think a little to cold is gonna make much difference at all in the long run.

but i apprieciate the criticism, even if all it does is get me thinking its still something to check out next time.

 

to be honest i do not have a trailer hitch.
or the stock not strip.

but i plan on going to picknpull soon
so ill double make sure that it will fit under trailer hitch.

which i assume is what will work,
if not then ill have some headaches to deal with then lol

either way im in the process of making 3 to start with.
one set for me and 2 sets for sale.
as for when they will be available..

well i need to wait till monday to finish welding it all up.
then monday ill bead blast, probly paint on tuesday morning as long as wether permits ( may wait till wednesday and blast and paint then )

and from there i just have to double check each one on my jeep. and then they will be forsale.

so my guess as of now is going to be for sale next weekend?
but dont hold your breath, lol things could change. im working off my teachers schedule as well.

 

i think the welds look good definatly more then enough being welded on all sides but theres nothing wrong with that. i would have done it like that too. if your not 100% confident in your welds you might not wana sell them yet till you are. what are you gona do for the tops that go into the stock shackle location? i need to make me a set.

 

im confident in my welds.
more than anything because my teacher is confident in my welds.

and the the tops will be welded on tomorrow
what exactly are you asking about them?
pics in my first post show what they look like and from there you can imagine.
but i will have pics of them finished tmrw.

 

If you sell a DIY kit count me in on buying but i prefer welding it myself no offense to you your welds yours look better then mine but i just like welding anything i can since i get free spools of 10lb wire and i have a habit of if it can be welded it will be lol

 

interested. would go for either kit at this point. lets see them in action

 

lol no offense taken,
id be the same way.

 

hard to tell but are you only using the 3 trailer hitch mounting holes to mount these?