Yes sir. I sure am. Everyone said its crappy for making bumpers and stuff but a few years ago I had another xj and made a bulky bumper with d rings on it and made it with the same kind of welder. Got pulled out with it and also pulled a few people out. The bumper didn't budge so i think I'll be ok

 

I'm not knockin' it.... I have the same one - gives me a little glimmer of hope to see someone making stuff with it.

 

hooked my hobart 140 up to some gas with some solid wire today

results:




not too bad iff you ask me. its all on 16 gauge square tube

 

Some TIG welding on my differential gears.

Onto the 14b by barnstormerbikes, on Flickr


Using the auto pulse causes "hot short cracks" in your welds and should be avoided for continuous welding on structural items though lots of people use that method.

 

Took some pics for you today, 93_xjcherokee...here's mine, I didn't really get any good shots of the mounting points, but it ties in to where the original bumper brackets were, via flat plate, and you can kinda see in the third pic, where it ties in underneath...I built it integrated into my trailer hitch, you can see the angle I welded the tube into, and that ties into my trailer hitch underneath.







I made a swingout tire carrier at one point, but have since removed it, for several reasons...it was heavy, it got damaged during a cross country move on the back of a trailer (still don't know how), and I still don't have a full size spare anyways, so I'll just leave it off for now...looked cool, though




I'm planning on re-doing it all at some point anyways, I'd like to comp cut the rear, and do some custom tube flares as well, but I need to plate the uniframe next, before I install my 3 link. Going to order my stiffeners this week as a matter of fact. Going to go through Dirtbound Offroad, they have the RuffStuff middles, and they offer front and rear sections for the uniframe...and they're fairly local, so I can go pick 'em up, and not have to pay shipping!

 

^^^I like that setup!

 

Nice... What rod is that?

 

Thanks. I want to change some stuff around but have other fish to fry first. I have some killer images in my head about where I want to take it....

 

Thanks, E70S2

 

gotcha.. I'm color blind so I was thinking it looked like super missile rod... lol

 

Beginner welder here. Wife bought me a Lincoln Handy mig a while back. Been playing around with it but haven't done a whole lot. Ready to start trying to increase my abilities and take on some new projects.

I have a coworker who has a Lincoln Pro Mig 175 new in the box that he bought but never used that I can pick up for a good price.

Thoughts on this unit? Anyone have experience with it?

 

It's a good unit. I used one a while ago and I liked it.

 

Seems like it would be a pretty good platform for the rear of an exo. Perfect spacing away from the body of the jeep anyway.




On topic - thoughts on Campbell Hausfeld welders?

 

project im workin on at work these days, after fixing the power issue on my machine my welds have improved a lot. still need to work on my consistency tho

 

Should have cropped out the clown.