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tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:40 am

At The Helm wrote:

Also built this custom bumper a couple weeks ago, it's sort of a mashup of my older no winch bumpers and the Lite bumper with a receiver added, built from 3/16" and 1/4" plate. Thought it turned out pretty darn sweet so I'll put a similar version into production and I axed the Lite bumper.

Parts nested for the cnc shop, I'll have three of these new bumpers available soon:

You know how I feel about " holes" LOL
Good looking bumper for sure

firebug435 · **Joined:** Thu Jan 07, 2016 3:03 am **Posts:** 13

Morgan, She came out AMAZING!!!!! Thank You for building a QUALITY product. I cannot wait until I get the Rear Bumper and Rock Sliders from you!!!!! :BANANA:

At The Helm · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2016 11:21 pm

Glad you like it Firebug! :SOMBRERO:

At The Helm · **Posted:** Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:53 pm

tommudd wrote:

You know how I feel about " holes" LOL
Good looking bumper for sure

Thanks

How do you like them holes?

Custom rack I'm building for a customer per his ideas. It's going to have Rotopax mounts, hi-lift mounts, shovel and axe QF mounts, the hole shebangabang. Hoping to get it wrapped up tomorrow.

lfhoward · **Posted:** Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:58 am

That's one bad booty roof rack, Morgan! :rockon:

Your customer must be local, because I don't think that bad boy is going to ship very easily! I don't see any flanges where it can be disassembled like on the prototype you posted earlier.

At The Helm · **Posted:** Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:24 pm

lfhoward wrote:

That's one bad booty roof rack, Morgan! :rockon:

Your customer must be local, because I don't think that bad boy is going to ship very easily! I don't see any flanges where it can be disassembled like on the prototype you posted earlier.

Thanks Lauren
He's driving up from SoCal to pick up a bunch of goodies...

Beast rack is all done:

At The Helm · **Posted:** Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:39 pm

Also got some more work done on the new production flat racks. I should have the first two ready real soon.

Here is the modular hi lift mount.

TIJKK1220 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 03, 2016 1:53 pm

At The Helm wrote:

Also got some more work done on the new production flat racks. I should have the first two ready real soon.

Here is the modular hi lift mount.

Love the flat rack design!

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Gageraid · **Posted:** Mon Feb 08, 2016 1:42 am

Keep up the work, Morgan! Love seeing new posts on this and hopefully I'll be a customer one day.

At The Helm · **Posted:** Mon Feb 08, 2016 1:48 am

Thanks Terry and Gage,
I just wrapped up my rack and installed it, heading out to the dez tomorrow to get some pics to use for advertising.

lfhoward · **Posted:** Mon Feb 08, 2016 1:23 pm

Looking forward to your new roof rack's official debut. :POPCORN:

At The Helm · **Posted:** Tue Feb 09, 2016 1:05 pm

lfhoward wrote:

Looking forward to your new roof rack's official debut. :POPCORN:

Posted everywhere last night hope you like it!

At The Helm · **Posted:** Tue Feb 09, 2016 1:07 pm

Getting the über rack painted

MrFarrell405 · **Joined:** Mon Apr 13, 2015 3:35 pm **Posts:** 2

What's your painting method? New rack is at home waiting for me. Gotta decide how to coat it. Not afraid of dyi, fyi.

At The Helm · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2016 9:21 pm

MrFarrell405 wrote:

What's your painting method? New rack is at home waiting for me. Gotta decide how to coat it. Not afraid of dyi, fyi.

I like to use Rustoleum hammered in either grey or black. I'm still on the fence on whether you need to use primer with it, the instructions say not to prime but I do anyway. The plates have all been gone over with a flap disc, so they are sanded and ready for paint. It will really help give a 'tooth' for the paint to bond if you run some sand paper over the tubing. Take some solvent such as acetone or lacquer thinner and clean all the pieces really well. It is easier to paint the small pieces if you have the means to hang them. With the bigger parts, I always paint the bottoms or insides first, then flip over to paint the side that will be visible after install. It's critical that the paint cures for a couple days before assembly and install.

Also, I start with coats that are only about 50% coverage, then work up to nice wet coats. Not so heavy that it drips, but wet.

G.O.A.T. · **Joined:** Wed Jan 27, 2016 1:11 am **Posts:** 149

At The Helm wrote:

Getting the über rack painted

Hey At The Helm......that looks like a sweet rack!!!

At The Helm · **Posted:** Thu Feb 25, 2016 4:23 pm

Thanks GOAT
Ended up going back and filling the empty spots in the middle per the customer's request.

G.O.A.T. · **Joined:** Wed Jan 27, 2016 1:11 am **Posts:** 149

At The Helm wrote:

Thanks GOAT
Ended up going back and filling the empty spots in the middle per the customer's request.

Thats a HUGE change. Definitely better!!!

At The Helm · **Posted:** Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:48 am

Hmmmmm miscalculated 100k lbs of pressure it seems. :banghead:

I destroyed part of my press using it to dimple 3/16" material. The I Beam I have between the jack and punch for the dimple die buckled on the web and deformed the bottom flange. I patched up the buckled web to keep on truckin' for now but you can still see the bent flanges. Had some 1/4" plate burned out to build a proper beam for this

Not finished quite yet

At The Helm · **Posted:** Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:24 pm

Much stronger now.

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