First real welding project

Mtb275

Member

• Jul 2, 2016

• #1

My grandpa was a heck of a welder. I have never real done much welding. I ended up picking up a little 120v Lincoln.

My grandpa made a bracket for his jeep that allowed him to put the license plate in the middle of the spare.

I've always liked that look. I looked around on the web and couldn't find one that I liked. I wanted a third brake light and license plate light. So I decided I would partake in my first welding project.

The welds aren't the best looking, but they will hold and the grinder will clean them up some.

I'm liking how it is turning out.

 

10frank9

Web Wheeler

• Jul 2, 2016

• #2

That's a cool project thanks for sharing.

 

rogerk93

New member

• Jul 2, 2016

• #3

Job well done

 

USMC Wrangler

New member

• Jul 3, 2016

• #4

Nicely done! My grinder tends to get a workout after my projects too!

 

bthomas

Member

• Jul 3, 2016

• #5

Nice work!

 

BdugJK

Member

• Jul 3, 2016

• #6

Right on man that's what Jeeping is all about, figuring it all out and doing it yourself!

 

pop2tu

Active Member

• Jul 3, 2016

• #7

Sweet project, looks good to me.

 

JeepJeep75

New member

• Jul 3, 2016

• #8

Yea, my grinder always follows my welding too. Tip of the week: DO NOT take the guard of your grinder to get it into a tight spot! Just leave that ugly weld alone!!

It looked like a crime scene in my garage after this happened. Why do knuckles bleed so much?

 

Jeep Bro 08

New member

• Jul 3, 2016

• #9

Damn that looks bad . Yes never take ur gaurd off guys i work with welders on a pipeline and a lot of things can go wrong. Safety First

 

H8ROADS

Caught the Bug

• Jul 3, 2016

• #10

I had the exact same complaint but didn't have time to fab something so I took a plate light and epoxied a backup cam to the top of it. Works really well actually!

 

Mtb275

Member

• Jul 3, 2016

• #11

Thanks for the compliments. Pretty much finished up until u get my new tire carrier and then i will hook up the lights.



Need a better license plate frame, because when driving my jeep, I'd rather be doing nothing else.

 

toxicwaste29

New member

• Jul 4, 2016

• #12

Also never take off the handles. I was using a wire wheel on a grinder. Had to take the handle off for one tight place and it caught and jerked back at me. I got a wire wheel full speed to my lip and chin

 

JeepJeep75

New member

• Jul 4, 2016

• #13

toxicwaste29 said:

Also never take off the handles. I was using a wire wheel on a grinder. Had to take the handle off for one tight place and it caught and jerked back at me. I got a wire wheel full speed to my lip and chin

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I can only imagine how that must have felt. I've had some pretty crazy mid-haps but damn, a wire wheel to the face! OUCH!!!

 

JeepJeep75

New member

• Jul 4, 2016

• #14

Mtb275 said:

Thanks for the compliments. Pretty much finished up until u get my new tire carrier and then i will hook up the lights.

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Need a better license plate frame, because when driving my jeep, I'd rather be doing nothing else.

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Nice job on the plate mount. It's so satisfying to be able to make something like that. Even if it's harder than buying a pre-made something, it's way more rewarding in the end.

 

notnalc68

That dude from Mississippi

• Jul 4, 2016

• #15

Nice work. I can't weld at all, so it looks great to me.

 

Pyro1415

New member

• Jul 5, 2016

• #16

JeepJeep75 said:

Yea, my grinder always follows my welding too. Tip of the week: DO NOT take the guard of your grinder to get it into a tight spot! Just leave that ugly weld alone!!
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It looked like a crime scene in my garage after this happened. Why do knuckles bleed so much?

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You're lucky we had a special guy on deployment about cut his hand in half. Nice work.

 

JeepJeep75

New member

• Jul 5, 2016

• #17

Pyro1415 said:

You're lucky we had a special guy on deployment about cut his hand in half. Nice work.

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Thanks. Yea, lesson learned. I don't know what I was thinking. Clearly I wasn't.