Doing something sneaky for christmas.
So I have a friend who has been a damn good friend to me, I actually owe him quite a bit. He has helped me through a pretty bad time in my life. Well, This year I am being afforded the opportunity to give one back to him.
The past couple of years I have been going to welding school, and he and I have frequently discussed me making a new bumper for his truck since he had a little fender bender about 8 months ago and in the process messed up his bumper pretty good. Well, here a few weeks ago when I sold my blazer he loaned me the use of his truck until I get my 89 blazer going so I can drive it. Well I sat down a few days ago and started designing the bumper for his truck while I have had it here in my possession. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...IRKBUMPER1.jpg I presented the design to him a few days ago, and he really liked it, so I told him merry Christmas, that is what I was getting him this year, a set of prints for a new bumper. Well little does he know I have spent the last 2 days blowin and goin building said bumper, and tomorrow night when I go over to his house for Christmas dinner, It will be mounted on his truck. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2.../75percent.jpg Above you can see where I am at so far, it has taken a ton of work to get here, a lot of measuring and cutting, and measuring and cutting and you get the idea. Right now it is all just tack welded, and I still have quite a few pieces to cut and add to it. Tonight I am trying to have the bumper its self all tacked out, and start welding on it, then tomorrow I can finish welding it, and get the brackets built, and install it on the truck. The truck it is going on is a 2001 dodge ram. Now I know I know, I posted this in the 67-72 Chevy trucks board, why is it pertinant? well this one is practice, I am getting used to using my new Millermatic 212 MIG http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...A/IMG_3409.jpg and I will be building a new frame for my 72 C/30 as I convert it to a 4x4, and also it is going to get a bumper of similar construction. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ngineutned.jpg In the picture below you can see the sag in the frame if you look close. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...newtrailer.jpg As well my 89 blazer is going to get a custom set of bumpers too. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...alTA/blue4.jpg But first things first, I need to finish this bumper out, and then get the blazer running again so as that I have some wheels. Am I a busy frickin little elf or what? :metal: |
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That is one nice looking rig welder!
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That is a tough looking bumper. I am sure your friend will be happy, thats a great gift.
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Make sure you post pics of the finished product!
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Richard you are doing pretty good with that CAD aren't you? Pretty good with the fab tools in your hand too. That's a nice gesture to build your friend a bumper.
That's a real nice lookin Blazer. Gas or diesel? What does it need? |
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I like it. Is it all flat metal?
Take Care Ron |
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The blazer is a Gas, I have a 350 sitting on the engine stand, check out my blazer build thread for the full story. Also I will mention that the guy I am building the bumper for is the guy I am buying my place from. The people he had in here before me are the ones that tore up the blazer after I sold it to them. Also while they were here, they had 22 cats, 3 dogs and a rabbit living in the house. They completely destroyed the place. Its been a pretty bum deal all around. |
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its looks nice man
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So the face of the bumper is complete less the light holes.
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...A/IMG_3437.jpg Doing the bottom edge of the bumper was a nightmare, Every cut was a compound miter cut, and my saw isn't a compound miter saw, this means for every different angle, I had to build a jig. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...oundmiter1.jpg This is VERY time consuming, but I got it done. Tomorrow should go realitively fast compared to today. I am going to whack the old bumper off the truck first thing after snaping a few photos of it. Then I am going to get busy with it. First order of business will be to build the brackets, and get the bumper mountable, then I will build the end plates, and contour them to match the wheel well. Then I will add some gussets to the back side to make it way stronger, and I need to cut the holes for the lights in, and weld in the pipe rings and brackets to mount the lights. Need to do all of this by like 4:00 or so and have the bumper mouted on the truck to go over to dinner and suprize him. Time is going to be ticking. Speaking of which, its 3:10 am, and I desperately need a shower. 'Night all! |
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For the record I hate, I repeat HATE using a torch in the wind... /that is all.
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Looks good. You should powdercoat it
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Nice work!!
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so....any installed pics?
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im working on the bracketry right now, got the old bumper off, cutting the new pieces as we speak.
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Looking forward to pictures of it installed
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:thumbs:
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subscribing just to see pics of the finished project... looks great so far!
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Subscribing to this one.
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Thats a neat bumper
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Got it mounted for a test fit.
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...A/testfit1.jpg To my horror, it went on crooked, I yanked it back off, the bumper is straight, the dodge is bent. Oh well, I have a quick fix that I am going to do tomorrow that will make it right as rain again. Then I can get on to finishing it up. I showed it to him tonight though, he was pretty tickled. |
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Great bumper it kicks ass. Good job!
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That is gonna look GREAT when your done.
Ron |
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