Anything welding

Gotta say it was a good day; was able to fulfill another customer's order from a few days ago with the remaining steel

 

That is AWESOME!

 

Thanks!

It's one local business I support and in return, supports me.

I make shock mounts, control arm mounts, motor mounts they use custom crossmembers for (LS swaps), and more as they are a full service and custom shop.

 

Anyone know anything about SRQ Fab? Unwelded bumper for $600. What do you think?

https://www.srqfabrications.com/pro...hybrid-bumper-diy?_pos=2&_sid=7ded58231&_ss=r

 

I've bought stuff from them before, they're a legit company.

That's not a bad price for a DIY setup; compare it to Coastal Offroad'a offerings and make the determination yourself

 

That's cool.

I'm currently doing a 3.4 engine swap on my '02 Taco and looking to install all new parts including new motor mounts. It's gonna be several months out as I need to gather all the funds but would you be able to shoot me an estimate what I would be looking at for custom motor and trans mounts? Right now I'm considering going with Bosnan's mounts vs. OEM.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/1995-2004-3-4l-v6-fabricated-solid-motor-mounts-for-sale.395587/

 

Motor mounts I'd straight up recommend any of those that are already readily available; would be faster and an exact fit for what you need versus getting me anything and doing some trial-error fitting.

As for a cross-member, yeah shoot me some dimensions and I can make one up easily.

 

13 1/2 minute run if anyone's bored and wants to watch

https://youtu.be/SevQRdHlxRc?si=Kr39PN0ijxq9JGYs

 

Don't mind the beard either, I just shaved off a good 3" off of it so it's much shorter again

 

That's cool! Watched the whole thing.

 

It's relaxing, in a weird way

 

Watched the whole thing. It is nice to see how things are done. It's been a while since i've seen something like this done. Good job.

 

Appreciate the kind words!

Here's another one although I think I posted it some weeks back?

https://youtu.be/UcShx0nboVI?si=yVEYo68KSe609k7Y

Person who ordered it sent me a video of his wife opening the package; she was in tears (in a good way)

It was their dog (hers mainly) that passed away at a young age and she had been really attached to him

 

Is it okay to ask...what would something like this cost to have done? Or course it varys by size but more or less what was the cost of the mechanics of mayhem sign?

 

So for something like this, I charge $90 as it's a decent size and in 16 gauge; going a bit smaller I'd be in the $60-65 range but still keeping it in 16 gauge

Many people cheap out on their customers and go 18 gauge or even 20 gauge (for a single layer sign)



I don't find myself charging on design work (if it's artsy stuff like this) because -

1. the image most times comes from the buyer
2. I'm pretty quick at bringing that image to CAD and making it look good

I do discounts on large orders of course, and try to save the buyer on shipping by packaging it up in as few boxes as possible -



If it's something custom, and keeping to a size as mentioned above, then I do have to charge more because it does take some time taking a real-life picture and turning it into a cut file

If I recall, I was only in the neighborhood of $120 before shipping on this one; I would normally run it for a tad more but he was just a guy I talk to on FB in a welding group so I try to make things a little appealing seeing as I don't have a website of any sort to really direct someone to -



But rarely am I getting requests for those anyway since I'm not a sign guy by any means -







The one thing I find myself making often for people on this forum are one off parts; everything from a spare tire holder, mounts for a swingout, battery tray, air compressor mount, leaf spring parts whether it was for some bumpstops, shock mounts, motor mounts, control arm mounts, and many more.

Hope that helps to answer your question.

 

Yeah! You more answered my question! That is so awesome! Thanks for sharing a lot of your pieces you've done. You got me thinking of something that I would want to have on my garage wall. I'm literally this minute organizing my garage with my new Wall Control boards my brother bought me. I've been on a craze lately of getting my garage cleaned up and organized; kind of OCDish.


Thinking a couple pieces over each would be awesome!

 

The sign in my garage

 

Damn, I need somethin like that. Need to start thinking

 

Maybe, but your tools look like they've never been used

 

Hahaha, I know I know, the wrenches were literally just bought on Saturday as a gift. Came up on a 349 piece Husky set for $40 at a yard sale and thought I'll just throw those up there instead of my Craftsman set which ARE used
I just started my Milwaukee addiction err I mean collection about 2 months ago with my engine swap. I'm transitioning from pneumatic.