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Front Bumper P.7

4/26/2019

 
An old friend stopped by to catch up today, so not much progress. But thats ok, because i dont have the steel to continue. So i did some mockups in cardboard, this is what im thinking:
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Front Bumper P.6

4/24/2019

 
So i got some work done to the driver side:
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Finally, its all tacked together!

In case you were wondering, this is all thats left of that 8' piece:
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​3¼". Just made it!

Front Bumper P.5

4/22/2019

 
​Got the corners pieces cut & tacked into place:
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Everything is straight, except for the sheetmetal! Ill have to adjust it a bit once i get the bumper 100% done.

Front Bumper P.4

4/20/2019

 
We both got the flu, so really only got the shackle tabs done, nothing else.  Its still progress though!
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Both are done now, so ill start working on the corners again on Monday. I think it needs to be narrowed a bit, i guess we'll find out soon enough!

Front Bumper P.3

4/14/2019

 
​So Friday i got a little bit of work done. Made all 4 tabs to laminate the shackle mounts.
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I need to pilot them, and then they can be welded up like i did the rears; hopefully Monday. Apparently a month or so ago i forgot to turn the gas bottle off on the mig, so i gotta go get gas tomorrow morning first!
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Heres a teaser for the corner:
There will be two more pieces to wrap around the corner , and i think im going to change the shape of this one a bit, as im afraid its going to end up too wide. It does give you a good idea of the look im going for though!
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Front Bumper P.2

4/11/2019

 
​Mocked up a bumper bracket in cardboard:
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Plan is to have a shackle mount part of the bracket and pass thru the front plate, like i did on the rear:
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Final design:
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​drawn:
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cut:
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...and duplicated! Built them out of 3/8" plate like i did for the rear, which is pretty time consuming!
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front bumper build!

4/5/2019

 
​Ok, finally, an update!

It took me a little while to decide how i wanted to build the front bumper, then sourcing the material. Since i had to actually buy new steel to build it (i usually buy all my steel from the local scrap steel yard), i decided to have them do a little work for me before i picked it up. Took a little bit of time, but i got a lot of work done on other projects around the house so no big deal.

So anyways, i picked this up about a week ago:
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​8' of 1/4" plate all bent up :imp Its a 5" leg and an 8" leg, with a 1-3/8" section in the middle. Should be just enough to build what im planning.

Chopped off a piece 43" long:
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The 8" leg might seem a bit tall, but as you can see here, its necessary to hide that massive winch:
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Because this winch is from a Powerwagon, its got an unusual handle:
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My current plan is to modify it to swing over the bumper so i dont have to cut a notch in it, but that wont happen for a little while yet.

Other items of note:
#1, the fairlead on this winch goes on the top of the drum instead of the bottom.
#2, LED light bar!
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