My brother's new prunner bumper

[yosh18981898]

I've seen the pipe/tubing notcher at HF. Believe me it's on the list if tools to buy. But first I have to get a drill press that goes slow enough (~200 rpms) for hole saws.

Xplorerkid: We would have made the uprights out of pipe, but since we didn't have a pipe/tubing notcher, we wanted to do as little pipe notching as possible. I have access to a drilling/milling machine here at school. It was super easy to cut the flat bar with a hole saw in that machine here.

As for grinding without safety glasses, I don't do it. That's my brother in the pic grinding. I'm surprised I actually got him to wear the ear muffs. He's one of those "I don't need no stupid eye/ear protection" guys. Personally I always wear hearing and eye protection when working with loud tools that could get stuff in my eyes. I usually wear a respirator mask when painting as well.

 

[Broccoli1]

OUCH!
makes my little ol' burn nothin'

 

[yosh18981898]

1st. bumper looks good....
2nd.....and now for some fun

I didn't see that can of paint thinner, oops!

Although I did walk out into the garage and find him grinding while the sparks were flying straight at the open nozzle of a 5 gallon gas can

 

[yosh18981898]

This bumper turned out so nice I wish is wasn't getting wasted on a dakota. It's my brother's truck and he's in love with the thing because it's not a fullsize (although it gets the same gas milage) but will still haul his ATV in the bed (which I'm pretty sure a ranger will do as well).

Other than that, the tranny (a 5-spd manual) doesn't like going into 2nd when cold or reverse when rolling forward, the whole truck makes lots of noises, the glasspack exhaust makes holding a conversation inside the truck impossible because of a lack of insulation in the body, and you can turn the steering wheel 1/4 turn before turning the tires.

Oh well, he's happy with it.

 

[Savage Wolf]

really you can use the notcher with out a drill press, just mount it flat and use a electric drill to run it, the pro-tools notcher I have can be used that way too, they even sell a stand and mount plate for it, but for $30 listed on that HF one it would be worth getting even without having a press to use it if thats the way you are planning to
as for that data on welding galvo stuff I was supprised at what was in it, not what I was expecting

 

[SVO]

Sorry just have to add my $.02 for safety here:

$1000: for metal remove from eye with a needle ( I was wearing safety glasses)

$ Life Time: for 70% hearing loss in left ear and 40% right for not wearing hearing protection for 17 years of automotive work, plus some loud bands back in the day.

$Life Time: for three fingers almost removed, but crippled, in a brake lathe (not on) while trying to remove a stuck drum.

My eye survived and I can see perfectly, but as for my hearing and anyone whom has met me you know I have to read your lips and try to hear what your saying it sucks.
My fingers are still on my hand but constanly hurt and are not as agile as before despite the scaring, I have to wear a ring .75 size larger than my finger to get it over the knuckle.

This doesn't include the many scars I have on my hands and arms from this type of work.

It unpredictable and dangerious but a lot of fun when you do it right and accomplish what you have done with those bumpers, AWSOME work, but please don't think your ten foot tall and bullet proof against a tiny piece of metal, it will always prove you wrong.

As for the $1000 bill to have the metal removed from my eye, I would pay a hundred of those bills to get my hearing back in a heart beat!



Great work!! keep the projects coming!!





Jeff - :navajo:

 

[Savage Wolf]

I didn't see that can of paint thinner, oops!

Although I did walk out into the garage and find him grinding while the sparks were flying straight at the open nozzle of a 5 gallon gas can

yeah thats not a good thing, when I set my garage up as a metal shop the 1st thing we did was move all the gas cans and paint thinners out of the shop and in to a storage shed, I also stop welding and cutting/grinding 45mins to a hour before I plan to stop working for the day to make sure nothing is going to catch on fire from the sparks and weld heat

 

[yosh18981898]

Sorry just have to add my $.02 for safety here:

$1000: for metal remove from eye with a needle ( I was wearing safety glasses)

$ Life Time: for 70% hearing loss in left ear and 40% right for not wearing hearing protection for 17 years of automotive work, plus some loud bands back in the day.

$Life Time: for three fingers almost removed, but crippled, in a brake lathe (not on) while trying to remove a stuck drum.

My eye survived and I can see perfectly, but as for my hearing and anyone whom has met me you know I have to read your lips and try to hear what your saying it sucks.
My fingers are still on my hand but constanly hurt and are not as agile as before despite the scaring, I have to wear a ring .75 size larger than my finger to get it over the knuckle.

This doesn't include the many scars I have on my hands and arms from this type of work.

It unpredictable and dangerious but a lot of fun when you do it right and accomplish what you have done with those bumpers, AWSOME work, but please don't think your ten foot tall and bullet proof against a tiny piece of metal, it will always prove you wrong.

As for the $1000 bill to have the metal removed from my eye, I would pay a hundred of those bills to get my hearing back in a heart beat!



Great work!! keep the projects coming!!





Jeff - :navajo:

As for grinding without safety glasses, I don't do it. That's my brother in the pic grinding. I'm surprised I actually got him to wear the ear muffs. He's one of those "I don't need no stupid eye/ear protection" guys. Personally I always wear hearing and eye protection when working with loud tools that could get stuff in my eyes. I usually wear a respirator mask when painting as well.

You're preaching to the choir man!

 

[yosh18981898]

really you can use the notcher with out a drill press, just mount it flat and use a electric drill to run it, the pro-tools notcher I have can be used that way too, they even sell a stand and mount plate for it, but for $30 listed on that HF one it would be worth getting even without having a press to use it if thats the way you are planning to
as for that data on welding galvo stuff I was supprised at what was in it, not what I was expecting

That would be all well and good if I could find, let alone buy, a hand drill that goes slow enough for use with hole saws in metal. I'm not aware of any drills that spin a 200 RPMs. We have a dewalt cordless that spins at 900 or 1400 (HI or LO), and 3/8" VSR that spins at 2500, a 3/8" VSR that spins at 1300, a 1/2" heavy duty that spins at 500, and right angle "hole hawg" 1/2" (used for electrical work- boing holes fast with an auger bit through studs in a wall) that spins at ~50. I don't need any more drills. But a 12-speed drill press would be really nice. I just gotta find a good deal on one.

 

[Jefe]

I use my Ryobi 2-speed hammer drill with my Pro-tools notcher. It works great on low (1000 rpm). As for mounting it. . screw that, I just strap in the tube, throw on the drill and go for it.

EDIT: I also have gotten a bit of metal in my eye while wearing bad fitting safety glasses . . it sucks royally . . . especially when you wait 2 days before going to the doc because 'its no big deal' It hurt and I couldn't see out of it for another week

 

[Broccoli1]

you will be fine on tubing/pipe with your hand drills as Jefe has mentioned- you wouldn't need the low speeds unless you are cutting through some heavy stuff

 

[yosh18981898]

It's just that I've found that the hole saws last way longer when used at the recomended speed. They also cut faster when used at the recomended speed IMO.