So, todays bumper instalment .. see what I did there?
We left the bumper overnight looking a bit half-way there .. so today it had to be finished. Added the filler to the nearside wing and welded the offside wings on ..
My weldings still absolute ****e looking, but its strong and works. Id love to have a go with a decent, properly set-up mig welder sometime, see how I go with that.
As you can see from the bits on the ground, some parts, the main wings, are new 6mm x 100mm steel plate, but some, the infills and extras are older stuff Ive had for a while.
So after it was all finished welding, I flapdisked and ground it reasonably flat and rounded off the edges a bit, then sprayed it with red oxide and gave it a can of Matt Black. Test fitted again ...
I also took the opportunity to add on a winch hook tie-down/recovery point ..
So I again re-fitted the winch after stripping it again and re-sealing it. Last time out I couldnt swap from freespool to engaged, I think because all the oil had gone!! The seals were nackered, so this time I blue Hermetited em .. all looks OK so far, and it spools again as it should ..
Final job, to keep Juliet happy and to make it look legal .. add the number plate! I cant see it staying there long though ..
Quite happy with that ...
We left the bumper overnight looking a bit half-way there .. so today it had to be finished. Added the filler to the nearside wing and welded the offside wings on ..
My weldings still absolute ****e looking, but its strong and works. Id love to have a go with a decent, properly set-up mig welder sometime, see how I go with that.
As you can see from the bits on the ground, some parts, the main wings, are new 6mm x 100mm steel plate, but some, the infills and extras are older stuff Ive had for a while.
So after it was all finished welding, I flapdisked and ground it reasonably flat and rounded off the edges a bit, then sprayed it with red oxide and gave it a can of Matt Black. Test fitted again ...
I also took the opportunity to add on a winch hook tie-down/recovery point ..
So I again re-fitted the winch after stripping it again and re-sealing it. Last time out I couldnt swap from freespool to engaged, I think because all the oil had gone!! The seals were nackered, so this time I blue Hermetited em .. all looks OK so far, and it spools again as it should ..
Final job, to keep Juliet happy and to make it look legal .. add the number plate! I cant see it staying there long though ..
Quite happy with that ...