Cut and weld-it-yourself bumper blueprints

96BlueTacos · Oct 28, 2020

Thanks for the inputs guys, I think since I’m wanting it to look nice in the end, finish-wise, I’ll probably go with the cold rolled.

Running Board Man · Oct 28, 2020

Dalandser said: ↑

Different schools of thought - I mean you can weld through rust, paint, and scale, but most fab shops would clean everything to shiny bright metal and reduce the likelihood of inclusions. I'd clean up cold rolled along the edges if it's getting rusty too, but the thick scale will be obvious once you paint unless you don't care about the looks. I like working with cold rolled in other aspects like cutting too - can't remember how many feet of 3/16 and 1/4 on my truck I've cut with a 4.5" grinder and cold rolled feels better - hot rolled is kind of like fudge and cold rolled is like, well, harder feeling even if it's probably not "harder" in a strength of materials meaning.
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It actually is, that's why they use it exclusively on truck beds and structural areas of vehicles

It's also more expencive hence only used it where it's needed

For a bumper just use hot rolled it's cheaper, you don't need anything cold rolled provides

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