its booty fab time :homer:

The skunkworks workshop
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0437.jpg

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0439.jpg

The victim and the plan
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0438.jpg

Time to get the 35 off the back door and get rid of those stupid lights in the plastic bumper
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0440.jpg

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0441.jpg

First scribbles
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0442.jpg

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0443.jpg

to be continued......

Man. That's a LOT of nice equipment. Good and clean work space. Great stuff! :smokin:

Man. That's a LOT of nice equipment. Good and clean work space. Great stuff! :smokin:

Thanks. Getting a bit off-topic here from the buildup but yeah its nice to have lots of space.
Its the shed on the right in this pic
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/lawn6.jpg

It's a 16m x9m (approx 50ft x30ft) shed that has one bay partitioned off for woodworking stuff. That leaves 12m x 9m (40ft x 30ft) which even with a Patrol in there leaves plenty of cat swinging space. :grinpimp:
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/pat1.jpg

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/pat2.jpg

Nice choice on the rims, I run the same on my Terrano:D but only with 265/70-16 Cooper STT's

Todays progress, limited by multiple visitors. Damn christmas season. :D Bah humbug. They werent even the useful type that could swing an angle grinder. :rolleyes:

The view behind the bumper section. Far more substantial than the crap plastic bumper itself
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0444.jpg

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0446.jpg

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The bar section on the bench
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0445.jpg

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Checking, checking
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continuing....

Rear angle view
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0451.jpg

Wing added
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0452.jpg

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0453.jpg

Upper side wing
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0454.jpg

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http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0456.jpg

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One more from tonight
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0459.jpg

Ummm...I think that shits zinc plated, can you say good bye braincells?:homer:

It also looks pretty thin wall'd, like it wouldnt hold up to being picked up by a highlift or just general abuse.

That's just my .02:grinpimp:

Galvanized and yes it will make you retarded and or kill you if you arent dead already. Mmm lead and zink yummy!

http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/hazmap_generic?tbl=TblJobTasks&id=153

Go see your doctor


http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f21/effects-welding-galvanized-steel-1127/


Asap

What he said.

If you start feeling like shit you need to drink a shiton of milk, and go to a Dr.
The design looks good besides being a little flimsy though. Consider that a template, and build a stronger one IMO.
edit...
I didn't see the dates before I posted, but still don't use galvanized it WILL fuck you up.

Thanks all for your concern. Im well aware of the problems with welding zinc but I do wear the correct 3M filter mask.

Cut up the 100x100x10 equal angle tonight.
Prepped it, put it together, tacked it then welded the inside with a couple of passes.
Will flip it over tomorrow and back grind and fully weld it from the outside.

Once its been all fitted up and trialled I'll be drilling a heap of 35mm along the neutral axii to get some of the weight out of it.

Piccies:

Placed in position on the previously used layout
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0495.jpg

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Tack welded to the bench and tack welded together to help prevent movement/distortion/twisiting
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0498.jpg

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0499.jpg

Just enough penetration but OK as I'll be backgrinding it. A bit more root gap would have helped.
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http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0501.jpg

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A reminder of the bumper.
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0503.jpg

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0504.jpg

This afternoons efforts:

Prep'd for welding
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0505.jpg

Welded - 3 passes
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0510.jpg

Cleaned up
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http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0516.jpg

Making a big hole with a small drill (if you call 10mm small)
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0517.jpg

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0518.jpg

Mr.Bosch got rid of that "chewed by a rat" look. Now it just looks like a bad circle. LOL
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0522.jpg

The reason for the big hole.
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0524.jpg

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0525.jpg

The donor for the hub. Got two of these for $24 each at a Supercheap sale.
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/andrew/DSCF0526.jpg