Anything welding

IIRC for stud welding

 

Set of 2.5 Gen Tundra sliders I finished up today. Customer came down from Canada! Planned a Disneyland trip with his wife and kids to come get the sliders haha. Install on Wednesday

 

Some things I've been working on lately

UCA / Shock hoop mounts for my 98. May or may not remember, however @Shmellmopwho bent that tube like 5 years ago... thank you again Ryan




High lift jack stand



Because why not, doing cam tabs is no fun on regular jack stands.



Modified KPO cam tab gussets



Made a couple night lights for my niece and nephew (not dim enough with those LED eagle eye lights lol)



A height adjustable cradle to help my old neighbor's RV black tank drain pipes be raised to get more clearance for ride height and lowered when it's time to drain and float a little to account for frame flexing



Rear link gussets on my wife's t4r by eimkeith

 

Love it!

 

Time flies I am not sure how long ago I stocked up on weld nuts it might be 10 years ago .

Those raised corners are a stand off to allow you to better burn your weld in.

I don`t see any reason this style will not work for your project.

Taking a quick look I did not see the style weld nut I have on the shelf perhaps this is the new improved style .

The ones I used when welded on ended up flush with the outer surface of the material .

I will see if I can remember to take a picture of the ones I use.

 

Great thinking on your customers part get the wife on board .

I wonder how he explained I have these truck parts to be installed.

 

That "hi lift" stand tho

 

@koditten

Thank you again for the files

For some reason, got beveling issues again but I just need to maybe square up my other tube as well as getting my table completely level as someone mentioned

That and I still haven't cross braced my table

Nothing a belt sander or careful hand with an angle grinder can't take care of but I need to flatten and get all these parts flush with each other







But really the huge help comes from the fact that these are closely the same size as Swag Offroads die set

They really only support a 2" leg before the die interferes with said piece so unless I'm doing something small, the $165 wouldn't have been worth it

Maybe this info will help anyone that considered looking at these dies

 

Example of my control arm mount and the die; really only useful for small stuff if you've only got a 20 ton press

 

What torque should I use with weld nuts? All I know is their dimensions and that they are "steel". Here are a couple I found on McMaster. I don't see anything in the specs about the type of steel being used.

1/2" -- https://www.mcmaster.com/93560A180/
M10 -- https://www.mcmaster.com/93337A310/

 

I'd say the torque#s will change with the size of weld nut.

70s welding wire is specked to yield with 70,000 lbs of shear force.

I think the threads will strip long before that.

How many ugga, duggas do you need?

 

Clamped and welded



Flattening out as much as possible with a flap disk



Using a lighter grit belt sander to get a nice flat face



Still have to finish where it mounts up top but so far I'm stoked

 

I called about another weld in threaded insert with the same abmiguous description and I think it was equivalent to Grade 5. I wouldn't go over 5 and more likely around Grade 2 - when needing more clamping force, I've sanded down Grade 8 nuts and clamped with some vise grips for tacking. If you know anyone with a lathe, they can turn normal hex nuts into a weld nut really quickly and easily.

 

Someone stole my sisters camper, so I figured I would make a better one from some project scraps... Waiting on windows and sheet metal before finishing the frame

 

I tighten them like any other nut of the same size after some time you get a feel.

The nice thing if you mess up the threads simple to replace.

 

what's a fair labor price on having a DRT CMR welded on?

Are welding colleges worth considering for a source on any welding work, possibly including but not necessarily limited to this
buddy suggested I look into that,
but naturally I'm a bit skeptical on the concept someone learning on a job like this
eventually gonna need a swingout welded on, if it ever comes...

 

Welding in itself isn't very hard to learn.

Welding out of position in itself requires quite a bit of experience to perform the same sort of work one would do on a flat table.

That's where the difference lies between welders really.

With that said, I would not take it to a college for others to practice on.

Then there's the separate act of cutting out the parts to be replaced with the new mount, which by itself lends itself to a different experience many may not even have.

Being that you're in So Cal, you have 3 very well-known fabricators (on this very thread) that would easily take you up on that job.

I can't say what they charge, and out of respect would advise from trying to pinch pennies with who's the "cheapest" (I can recommend any of those I'm referring to).

I'd say you should venture to whoever's closest.

@GHOST SHIP
@Shmellmopwho
@Ricardo13x

Me, I'd love to take on the work but I'm quite a few hours away.

 

Tanner (TKO Off-road) might be near you - he also operates KPO Off-road as a business and does a lot of work for Solo Motorsports on weekdays and does side jobs on the weekends like this all the time.

 

located in SD
ima look into all these places
thank you!

 

@Speed Freek would probably be nearby to you - believe he’s in Vista. Really good guy as well. Between him, Tanner, and the three that @Kwikvette recommended you do have a great deal of opportunities to have work done at a reasonable price by good people.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-overland-to-fast-builds.202711/#post-4501471