(screen name used, since that is how most know him)
I came to Prophet with an idea for a winch bumper for my Blazer. As the last one was nearly pulled apart during a river recovery. I told him what I would like to have, and he said sure, bring it up and it can be done. I said, well I want to get my hands dirty working on it too. So after describing what I want, Prophet went to work on a computer, and then laid a thin sheet of metal on the CNC plasma cutter. In just a minute it was cut out, and he went to the bender and formed a template of my bumper. We held it up to the blazer to see how it fit to the front of the Blazer. IIRC it had an 11 degree angle from center, to outside. Me being the picky guy I am, had a couple modifications. Prophet quickly made the changes on the computer and then we laid a sheet of 3/16 steel on the CNC table. It took a few minutes to cut out, and then we took the pieces to the bender for the magic to happen. Measurements were taken, end caps were cut and mounting brackets were cut and welded in place. Then a quick trip to Fastenal for some bolts. We bolted it up and looked it over before taking it back off to go to powder coat. I am really pleased with it and have already put it to some stout use and it held up exceptionally well. It isn't one of those 1/8" sheet bumper jobs.
Old bumper removed
metal on CNC table
metal being cut
cut pieces
wouldn't want to smash my finger here. bender
this piece is almost done
one side
back from powder coat
installing bumper
day time look
night time zombie killer mode
I came to Prophet with an idea for a winch bumper for my Blazer. As the last one was nearly pulled apart during a river recovery. I told him what I would like to have, and he said sure, bring it up and it can be done. I said, well I want to get my hands dirty working on it too. So after describing what I want, Prophet went to work on a computer, and then laid a thin sheet of metal on the CNC plasma cutter. In just a minute it was cut out, and he went to the bender and formed a template of my bumper. We held it up to the blazer to see how it fit to the front of the Blazer. IIRC it had an 11 degree angle from center, to outside. Me being the picky guy I am, had a couple modifications. Prophet quickly made the changes on the computer and then we laid a sheet of 3/16 steel on the CNC table. It took a few minutes to cut out, and then we took the pieces to the bender for the magic to happen. Measurements were taken, end caps were cut and mounting brackets were cut and welded in place. Then a quick trip to Fastenal for some bolts. We bolted it up and looked it over before taking it back off to go to powder coat. I am really pleased with it and have already put it to some stout use and it held up exceptionally well. It isn't one of those 1/8" sheet bumper jobs.
Old bumper removed
metal on CNC table
metal being cut
cut pieces
wouldn't want to smash my finger here. bender
this piece is almost done
one side
back from powder coat
installing bumper
day time look
night time zombie killer mode
Not as complex a project as yours by far.
