Monday, July 7, 2008

Resume Bumper


makin D hole


Tapin 1/2 13

finished plugs


Holes for Plugs

Bumper mount for old school radio

Making shackle hangars

Finshed Hangars 1" thick 2.5" Wide and 4.5" long (actually 5.5 in pic)

Shackle mount holes

I think that is all the holes I am gonna need

Sunday, June 29, 2008

My new Landcruiser

In feburary, I picked this land cruiser locally. It is in fair shape ..



Project 1. Here we go. The old bumper was a slightly bent eyesore so here is the build of my new bumper

Milled the center hole and welded in plate as this bumper will also serve as my Air Reciever

I cut the ends with a Vertical band saw

Applied a little heat to get it to bend

Near finished. didnt turn out as well as I had hoped. If I were to do it again .. and I might
I would put the end caps on the inside

Project 2 Winch Fairlead
The old fairlead was designed to wrap around the old bumper. This bumper is to wide for that
So I commenced to modify it.


You get the picture

Prepping for weld

all cut up :)

Ready to Weld

welded

Almost Finished.. welds will be on the bottom. All that is left to do is Drill the 1/2" holes on 10" centers and reassemble
By Coincidence (wink) when I Get rich enough to afford Synthetic rope. The Warn fairlead has 1/2 holes on 10" centers .. Lucky Me!