It begins

[Shalershasker]

Yoshi, that looks great, I've never really thought much about the jimny but that looks like a very capable machine, really impressed.
And loving the endo pic .

[yoshie]

Yoshi, that looks great, I've never really thought much about the jimny but that looks like a very capable machine, really impressed.
And loving the endo pic .

Thanks Neal, glad you like it.

[yoshie]

Made a start on my bumper after work today.

Got some 3mm bent up at a local engineer's and Pete gave me a large sheet of 14 gauge to make my end sections {thanks mate}



So made some box to fit inside the chassis





Then welded some nuts in place that will slide inside the chassis only one in each tonight as I don't have the shorter ones I need for further inside the chassis yet.





Fit in chassis like so




So stage one finished the indicators and brake lights will be fitted this week.
Then the difficult bit, making the side sections to in fill below and round the lights.

[Bibs]

Nice one - wouldn't have even thought one of those could look so good

[Paul1566]

What size/power welder you using there yoshie?

[yoshie]

Snap On branded Cebora 130amp Paul.
Gets penetration through the 3mm mild easily as long as you run a fairly wide even arc.I have perviously done a cage with 3.2mm wall thickness and it managed that fine. I use Co2 because it's free the argon mix stuff is so much nicer to use thou.
When I upgrade I will look for a Cebora 160amp as I think that's the ideal machine for doing chassis rails or cages mate.

[Paul1566]

I've got an old 110amp converted to gasless so crap for anything structural.
Great for odd jobs and panels.
So a 160amp on argon would be prefered choice to get best penatration on 3-5mm steel.
I best talk nicely to santa then....
Would love a small tig machine but cannot justify the price against use....
And mig is sooooo much quicker and easier.

All i need to do is find some local free range 2" steel box section.
Gates at work are just the right size do ya think they would notice......

Cheers

[Apache]

i have one in the garage, and a gearbox and T/case, but for some reason truck building is frowned apon while indoors get wet everytime it rains!

once house is done, its going in.

You were saying that at least two years before you STARTED on the house!

[Apache]

I've got an old 110amp converted to gasless so crap for anything structural.
Great for odd jobs and panels.
So a 160amp on argon would be prefered choice to get best penatration on 3-5mm steel.
I best talk nicely to santa then....
Would love a small tig machine but cannot justify the price against use....
And mig is sooooo much quicker and easier.

All i need to do is find some local free range 2" steel box section.
Gates at work are just the right size do ya think they would notice......

Cheers

You can weld nicely?

We need to talk...

[Paul1566]

I can weld...... nicely is a different matter....
need to get meself a decent gased machine with plenty of amps.....
I could teach you in 10 minutes it's easy as brain surgery on a jelly fish....

[yoshie]

I've got an old 110amp converted to gasless so crap for anything structural.
Great for odd jobs and panels.
So a 160amp on argon would be prefered choice to get best penatration on 3-5mm steel.
I best talk nicely to santa then....
Would love a small tig machine but cannot justify the price against use....
And mig is sooooo much quicker and easier.

All i need to do is find some local free range 2" steel box section.
Gates at work are just the right size do ya think they would notice......

Cheers

Paul a Co2 argon mix {normally 20% argon} keeps the splatter away that you get with Co2 alone.
160amp will do 3/5mm and maybe thicker. Cebora are a quality brand you can't go worng, some are re badged for sale as snap on.

A TIG welder hmmm would be sweet, I spent 8yrs doing nothing but TIG, mainly stainless. As you say a grand for a unit is hard to justify, although it could double as a plasma cutter.

[Paul1566]

Now plasm cutter i want one......first time i saw one it was like frikin starwars moment friend was just cutting a car door in 2 with a shower of sparks, was awesome........

I can get a decent weld with me gasless setup the finish is just like a good stick weld but its no where near as deep and strong as gas.
Great for working outside tho.....

[slobodan]

Yoshie, we had an off road event at the weekend, There was a Jimny down from Slovakia, great truck, done really well.

The axles were from an UAZ Russian 4X4




There was also a few few toyota's

[yoshie]

Nice wee truck front and rear winch, beadlocks and coilovers I bet that puts a few expensive toys to shame.

[slobodan]

Nice wee truck front and rear winch, beadlocks and coilovers I bet that puts a few expensive toys to shame.

It put everybody to shame
Those UAZ axles are strong, I think the rear was welded.
I want a Jimny now.