Flattie Cage attempt

Well this will be my 1st real welding project. Spent most of last night bending and tacking a cage together and have been trying to weld it up today.
Quite the learning curve.......
Donnie

 

Looks good!


Hows head room??

 

You have skills Donnie. Looks great.

You want to build one for a CJ6? R)

 

probably,
but it is better than crushin my noggin!
Donnie

 

Looks good What you doing with the QA1 heims??? huh...

 

Good eye young jedi....
See them Bilstein coil over boxes to the right....
All eventually going into My scout project, Aquriring parts now.
Donnie

 

Looks like the rusty stuff I get from Dillon. I had to disk the entire piece of square stock I get from them.

 

The rusty stuff was DOM my friend Marc had left over from his cage,the pretty black stuff is Scedule 40 from Feild's ornamental.
I can't tell you how much Marc has helped me. He builds t-tops and towers for boats for a living and really knows his way around a pipe bender, even made me nice little handles!
Donnie

 

Looks like a sporty little cage! Jeez, without even welding the tube cutting/bending is a feat in it's own!

 

Those tube benders can be tricky at times cant they

 

nice work. what type of bender did you use? And how did you knotch the tubing for fitting points?

 

I will ask him what type bender it is,air/hydro pump. Weused a portaband saw to cut out the notches.
Donnie

 

Doesn't everybody claim Marc as their friend? He wrote that tech article on how to notch tube with a chop saw that floats around the internet.

 

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might have to copy that one for Popeye - Looks really good!

 

Go Donnie, that look great.

So..... what about building one for the 6. R)

Still working on those dates in January. I am waiting on y wife to get her work schedule.