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Author:  daltonamorph [ Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:51 pm ]
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Heres the CAD:
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Top and front plates are 1/4" thick for strength, and everything else is 1/8" and 1/16"

Im getting all the metal for free because it was donated to the school so I had to make due with what we had. Top plate where the winch sits needed to be 8"x35" and i only had access to 5", 4 1/2", and 3 1/2" wide steel. Welded 3 1/2" and 4 1/2" pieces together, ground the top weld down flat and braced the bottom. Heres the bottom side with the added angle iron for strength.
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Mounts all welded up with nasty looking welds:
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Tacked together, fitting it to the Jeep for the rest of the work.
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Bought some turn signals from http://www.nueratrailerparts.com, $13 for 2 front signals, pigtails and groments
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Author:  eyehatetofu [ Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:48 pm ]
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For being such a young whipper-snapper you sure are getting down to business quick. Diggin' what you have goin' on so far. Keep the pics coming! :JEEPIN:
Author:  riptricket [ Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:08 am ]
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Cool...
Now build me one! Yay!
Author:  daltonamorph [ Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:44 pm ]
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Got a little done today. Mounts are fully welded to the bumper, everything else is tacked in place. I only get to work on it for 1 1/2 hours every other week day so that's why it's goin slow.

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Winch in place:
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Author:  Xodius [ Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:03 pm ]
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:frankie: Looking good!!! Keep up the work!
Author:  KJWildman [ Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:19 pm ]
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I'm Likin' where this is going!!!! :BANANA: Keep it up Dalton!
Author:  daltonamorph [ Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:11 am ]
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Got some more done today: Image
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Author:  tommudd [ Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:48 pm ]
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So just 2 bolts per side holding it ?
Author:  daltonamorph [ Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:48 pm ]
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4 bolts each side. 3 in front, 1 next to the wheel well
Author:  riptricket [ Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:09 pm ]
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okay I really hate you... but I love your bumper! :-)r
Author:  tommudd [ Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:13 pm ]
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daltonamorph wrote:
4 bolts each side. 3 in front, 1 next to the wheel well


That should do it then, just knowing how the ARB mounts and what mine has gone through was hoping it was more than what I had seen, good job.
Wish you were closer could give you some evening work :wink:
Author:  teckman02 [ Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:17 pm ]
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the bumper looks good it reminds me of the the bumper that OHVKJ had made
Author:  daltonamorph [ Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:47 pm ]
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Thanks for all the compliments.

It's not going anywhere, I spent 30 bucks on grade 8 bolts :shock: and spent quite a bit of time working on the mounts. I wanted to have it like the ARB but it was a little to complicated for a high school shop, same with the detours mounting system.

And teckman02, that's what I was going for. In my opinion his bumper was the best I've ever seen on a liberty. I changed up a few things and made my own designs so I wasnt copying, but my intent was for it to look basically like his.

I bought some winch line from TJKJ and it should be here in 2 days, and the bunper will hopefully be done for a wheeling trip this weekend :pepper: :JEEPIN:
Author:  DirtyKK [ Fri Nov 05, 2010 6:54 am ]
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cant wait to see the finished product
Author:  daltonamorph [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:41 pm ]
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Author:  daltonamorph [ Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:37 pm ]
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Got the dring mounts welded up. Cut a hole in the bumper, and welded the mounts on the front and back for strength.

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Author:  Megalos [ Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:57 pm ]
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Dalton,

I'm glad you have a school that lets you work on stuff like that. Keep it up and you'll have one of the nicest rigs on here...if you don't already.
Author:  SabaII [ Fri Nov 12, 2010 3:25 am ]
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Wish my school would have let me get that in depth with stuff. Keep up the good work.
Author:  daltonamorph [ Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:47 pm ]
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I'm very fortunate to have access to such a well eqqipped shop where I don't have to pay for gas or welding wire. I have the ability use a CNC plasma table, band saw, grinders, Mig, tig, and arc welders and much more. It is by far my favorite class of my schooling career. It's really helped me make career choices and decide what I'm doing after high school.

I got a bit more done today. Don't know if I like it....looks kinda bulky to me. I'll grind the edges down to give it a smoother look and am having the top portions under the headlights cut by CNC.

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Author:  SabaII [ Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:58 am ]
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Lookin pretty good. It looks pretty decent now. Will probably look better once you get under the headlights cut out. Keep at her man.
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