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Post by Hubbard379 on Apr 22, 2016 22:00:40 GMT -9
Some of you might remember my flatbed build I have posted periodically about on Facebook. Anyway here is the entire build thread Ive been posting over at "weldingweb" forum. I am still slowly working on it when I find the time. Im prepping for for body work and paint at the moment. Anyway, who doesnt like pics, so here is a crap ton.  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Bed lift by myself  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Off for good  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Off to sand blasting  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Back from blasting  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Painted with expoxy primer, fuel tank and wiring back in, upgraded 3/8 fuel lines to 5/8 for large injectors, and goose neck installed.  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Test fitting to double check the autocad layout work  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Tacked  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr My mounting system I came up with  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Plasma cutout 5086 3/16 for tailboard  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr recessed light buckets and licence plate |
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Post by Hubbard379 on Apr 22, 2016 22:07:50 GMT -9
 Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Weld shots. 6061 1/4 flatbar to 5086 3/16. thumb amperage control. Miller Dynasty 300DX 3/32 pure tungsten with 3/32 5356 filler  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Some good ol' feeder stack  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Gooseneck well  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Welded on  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Custom box in deck for third battery, and other electronics  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr The start of the headache rack. 5" strip of 5086 3/16 bent around 1/8 inch 5052. Thats it for now. Lots more to come. |
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Post by Hubbard379 on Apr 22, 2016 22:09:39 GMT -9
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Post by Hubbard379 on Apr 22, 2016 22:10:50 GMT -9
Any way....  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Trying out the fuel filler. Works good, flows and vents well  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Headache rack cutout test fit, as well as lights installed.  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Started welding out the headache rack  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Welds? 1/8 to 1/8 5052, 3/32 tungsten, 1/16 filler, 20 cfh of argon. I'm self taught LOL. Have a lot to learn obviously but it gets the job done. |
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Post by Hubbard379 on Apr 22, 2016 22:12:47 GMT -9
Update. Got the plywood cut and roughed in and also finished my doors. The plywood cuts will get sanded and latches router'd in when they arrive. This took a full days worth of work. I used 1"1/8 plywood. Im not a wood worker for sure but think it will turn out looking nice when I get all the sanding done.  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Got all the wiring done and few other smaller details  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Junction box hidden in a compartment behind the license plate. The pipe and hole is also hidden behind the plate. This is for access to the spare tire winch.  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Wiring. Everything thing is done with Phillips arctic flex wire and loom. All connections are heat shrinked that have been taped up as well. I am very anal about my wiring.  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr In this photo shows where I get my factory power from. I bought a stock truck bed wiring harness off another ford superduty and cut it apart and used the plug from it. That way I have factory connection that is easy to unplug and remove the flatbed. The best part is, The truck is still completely stock as I avoided cutting the plug off of it. This how I do all my wiring. I always go to junk yards and buy stock pigtails. This particular one cost me $65 just so I could avoid cutting off a factory plug, but in my mind it is well worth it.  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr This is a step that bolts onto the bottom of the tail board. I used it as a place to mount auxillary back up lights and my light plug. Its 6061 flatbar that I loaded into the plascam and cut out. Then I put a slight bed in it to much the flatbed angle and welded some other planes in it then welded diamond plate on the top.  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr Weld shot. 3/32 tungsten, 1/8 inch filler, number 7 cup  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr  Untitled by Jory (Cory) Hubbard, on Flickr I also sanded and polished it before I put the lights and trailer plug in. I tried to get all the extrusion marks lines out. I went 220,400,600,1000, then a cut with yellow wheel and red rouge, then a hand polish. Its not perfect but It turned out very well. I think this is what I will do to the entire bed. |
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Post by Hubbard379 on Apr 22, 2016 22:14:39 GMT -9
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Post by Mike Anagnostou on Apr 22, 2016 22:29:50 GMT -9
Super clean build, superb workmanship. I wish I could tig that good.
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Post by frostbiteoffroad on Apr 22, 2016 23:13:41 GMT -9
Awesome work.
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Post by Wes Wilson on Apr 22, 2016 23:25:30 GMT -9
Very very nice work have u done much wiring before lol great look stuff
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Post by Jeremy May on Apr 23, 2016 4:49:24 GMT -9
That is an awesome build!
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Post by Brook Green on Apr 24, 2016 7:00:46 GMT -9
Wow, very nice work, thank you for sharing!
How do you like pure tungsten on an inverter machine. I've never tried it since you can run 2% lanthanated (and other mixtures) and not have to switch back and forth when going from aluminum to steel and vice versa.
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Post by Hubbard379 on Apr 24, 2016 12:07:32 GMT -9
Wow, very nice work, thank you for sharing! How do you like pure tungsten on an inverter machine. I've never tried it since you can run 2% lanthanated (and other mixtures) and not have to switch back and forth when going from aluminum to steel and vice versa. I think I usually use lanthanated, well whatever the grey colored is. I dont remember off the top of my head. At this time I was using pure for some reason. Was just experimenting. I honestly find no difference in weld quality. I only ever tig on aluminum anyway so pure is just fine. Only difference is on the inverter machine, I just turn the ac balance way down and ball the tungsten on a piece of scrap, then turn it back to around 70. |
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Post by Mike Hanzuk on Apr 26, 2016 14:13:11 GMT -9
That's such a nice set up. Awesome work man!!
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Post by JB on May 31, 2016 12:57:13 GMT -9
Wow that is awesome! Looking forward to seeing the finished product! Thanks for all the photos can really get a sense of what is being done.
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Post by warrior3535 on Aug 8, 2016 7:46:31 GMT -9
Awesome looking build!
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