Anything welding

Awesome, good to know. I'll start working through that soon and shoot you a PM once I get like a basic idea going.

 

Did a little bit of welding in my friends Stout project

 

Got a second shim kit from Fireball; I underestimated how useful they'd be when I got my first set some months back but with these shims, I don't find myself rummaging through my scrap hoping to find the "right" sized pieces



Case is from Amazon, and I plan to add a few more shims for a more complete kit

 

Lol nothing special just some square tube to frame out the bed since the bed floor was cut out. I'll get some pics of the inside in the morning.

 

Welded up the bed mounts on the frame.





Left a little surprise

 

Someone on my press brake group hooked me up with a bottom die he cut off of a larger die.



American tooling which I'll use as a "mock up" piece in making my own press brake attachment.

Just need a top punch.

Goal is to see about making holders that will allow me to use this common tooling.

 

Been off line for a bit… and am slowly catching up… Wow, you got a press brake! Looks sweet! The parts look really good! Being able to use American tooling would be amazing. The stuff from Langmuir looks pretty good and affordable....

PS - press brake group?

 

Did you build the whole truck? That billet wishbone top link is sexy.

 

Bold of you to assume I know what I'm doing

 

How does one gain access to this secret garden of knowledge!?

 

Oh there's several!

One that's pretty active is Press Brakes Anonymous on FB.

 

@Zebinator

Didn't you order that Titan 25T?

Cause if so, you don't need to learn anything about anything I mentioned above

CNC press brake does all the work for you so you don't have to work like a lowly peon such as myself

 

Oh yes it’s on the way! I could have it now but I don’t get home until mid September!

but still, tons to learn. The cnc (in my experience) is also a fantastic shortcut to making very expensive mistakes. lol.

 

Maaan, that's gonna be sick

 

a long time ago, i learned that ignorance and confidence go a long way to solving lots of problems. it might not ever be right, but few people question it!

 

Someone gets it!

 

“Often wrong, never in doubt”
- my motto

 

Me, I ain't wrong

I just found a way that won't work

 

No my friend built it all himself. I just helped with some welding here and there nothing crazy.