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MrBeast · 12-28-2008, 12:43 PM

Well, got a new bandsaw blade, and some lights too, so now I can see what I am doing, it helps when you get the right bulbs for your fluorescents....

**Yukon Jack** · 12-28-2008, 05:01 PM

What an awesome Christmas present - super tough looking!

MrBeast · 12-28-2008, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Yukon Jack

What an awesome Christmas present - super tough looking!

Thanks, not getting much done on it today though, been working on my blazer. Man I have too many irons in the fire.

MrBeast · 01-20-2009, 06:45 PM

I got super busy and had to take a break from working on the bumper for a couple of weeks, but now I'm back on it, and I have it 99% welded up, next I need to sand blast it, sand it, prime it, fill any low spots with bondo, and paint it up.

Hopefully Thursday AM it will be going back on the truck.

texanidiot25 · 01-20-2009, 08:13 PM

That thing is a beast.

1972CheyenneSuper · 01-20-2009, 10:31 PM

That bumper's going to be really nice. What color/finish are you going with. I think gloss black would look downright awesome. What'd you have to do to the Dodge to get it straightened back up? You and and your friend really understand the true meaning of the word friend. I can't wait until you start on that welding rig.

MrBeast · 01-20-2009, 11:15 PM

To straighten the dodge, it took a piece of pipe, a chain, a binder and a really big hammer and a couple of pry bars. and a jack.

The bumper is getting painted a color of silver that is close to the truck color, but a bit darker. I am painting it with the valspar they have at tractor supply. The reason I am going with the grey is so I can take photos of it, and you can see the angles in the pictures, I think if I painted it black, that would be lost. And eventually he will have it rhino lined.

MrBeast · 01-21-2009, 12:01 PM

Now this is how you make a shackle mount!

1"x3"x4" Steel block. 1.5" hole

12-28-2008, 12:43 PM	#51
MrBeast high-Tech Red Neck Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Livingston, MT/On my boat WA/BC/AK Posts: 2,294	Re: Doing something sneaky for christmas. Well, got a new bandsaw blade, and some lights too, so now I can see what I am doing, it helps when you get the right bulbs for your fluorescents.... __________________ "He used to be a pretty nice feller, now he's a welder!"

12-28-2008, 05:01 PM	#52
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,686	Re: Doing something sneaky for christmas. What an awesome Christmas present - super tough looking! __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

01-20-2009, 06:45 PM	#54
MrBeast high-Tech Red Neck Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Livingston, MT/On my boat WA/BC/AK Posts: 2,294	Re: Doing something sneaky for christmas. I got super busy and had to take a break from working on the bumper for a couple of weeks, but now I'm back on it, and I have it 99% welded up, next I need to sand blast it, sand it, prime it, fill any low spots with bondo, and paint it up. Hopefully Thursday AM it will be going back on the truck. __________________ "He used to be a pretty nice feller, now he's a welder!"

01-20-2009, 08:13 PM	#55
texanidiot25 Eat My Rust Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cypress, Texas Posts: 3,362	Re: Doing something sneaky for christmas. That thing is a beast.

01-20-2009, 10:31 PM	#56
1972CheyenneSuper Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ND Posts: 227	Re: Doing something sneaky for christmas. That bumper's going to be really nice. What color/finish are you going with. I think gloss black would look downright awesome. What'd you have to do to the Dodge to get it straightened back up? You and and your friend really understand the true meaning of the word friend. I can't wait until you start on that welding rig. __________________ 1972 Chevy C-10 Cheyenne Super - Buckets, A/C, "The 17 Year Revival Project" Last edited by 1972CheyenneSuper; 01-20-2009 at 10:34 PM.

01-20-2009, 11:15 PM	#57
MrBeast high-Tech Red Neck Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Livingston, MT/On my boat WA/BC/AK Posts: 2,294	Re: Doing something sneaky for christmas. To straighten the dodge, it took a piece of pipe, a chain, a binder and a really big hammer and a couple of pry bars. and a jack. The bumper is getting painted a color of silver that is close to the truck color, but a bit darker. I am painting it with the valspar they have at tractor supply. The reason I am going with the grey is so I can take photos of it, and you can see the angles in the pictures, I think if I painted it black, that would be lost. And eventually he will have it rhino lined. __________________ "He used to be a pretty nice feller, now he's a welder!"

01-21-2009, 12:01 PM	#58
MrBeast high-Tech Red Neck Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Livingston, MT/On my boat WA/BC/AK Posts: 2,294	Re: Doing something sneaky for christmas. Now this is how you make a shackle mount! 1"x3"x4" Steel block. 1.5" hole __________________ "He used to be a pretty nice feller, now he's a welder!"



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