I work in sales for a metal distributor and we have hi def plasma tables, water jets, lasers...the works. I'd like to take advantage of that even though I have no fabrication skills and build a bumper on the cheap.

I can get the plate plasma cut through our fabrication department if i can give them a cad file or a drawing with dimensions. Then I could tack all the pieces together in a mock up and give it back to the fab guys and get them to weld it together. All I'd have to do then is grind the welds and paint it.

Does anyone have a cad file, or even a drawing with detailed measurements that they would be willing to share for something like this? Ideally I'd like to do a stubby style bumper with a grill guard and cutouts for a fairlead and mounts for d-rings.

We sell aluminum, stainless, carbon steel flat rolled, structurals and tubing so I could do just about anything if I had a drawing to start from.

I've thought about doing one out of aluminum but I don't have a welder that can do aluminum. Is anything familiar with the aluminum brazing sticks that you can use with a blow torch? I was wondering if I could use something like that to tack the aluminum together until I could get our Fab department to weld it up...

Anyone ever done a stainless bumper?

Any help would be great.

This is my jeep as it sits now...way to close to stock.

Thanks,

 

Hmmm...I would be interested in this as well.

We order a fair amount of aluminum and steel bar stock at work. Maybe I could get our supplier to cut the pieces out of flat and send them to me on our next shipment.

 

jrhouse PM me.

 

Lol, I think most people who have built their own bumpers have grabbed a tape measure. square and a few other things. I would like to have one drawn up in CAD, but most people who spend that much on R&D for a bumper are usually doing it to make a profit.

Get some construction paper and start drawing ideas and cutting them out and see what looks good. Anyone who runs a CNC cutting table can take those and cut the steel. However to cut that on a CNC table would be more expensive then buying the flat bar, a small grinder, ZIP disk's. and then bring the pieces to a welder or do it your self. I used a piece of 6x6x3/16" square tubing for the top and front, that allowed me to visualize and draw on it with a sharpie to come up with lines ETC. before I cut it.

Good luck!

 

if i can't find a person willing to share any dimensions i'm sure i'll end up mocking it up in cardboard or something and transfering that into a drawing with dimensions. My fab department can do the cad programming if i provide dimensions of every single plate and cut it on a hi def plasma table. i just have no idea about what there needs to be as far as internal supports and gussetting and how you mount the d-ring mounts other than just welding them on...my knowledge is pretty limited.

If i could get the dimensions of the plates that someone else has used i can get it cut +/-.032 and tack it all up. I'm just trying to avoid having a bumper on my jeep that will fall apart when used for its purpose because my design was simply made the way i'd like how it looks...

 

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Would love to get my hands on those as well. I do mechanical design in 2D/3D CAD for a transformer manufacturer. The electrical kind of transformer, not Optimus and Megatron.

Anyhow, it'd be kind of fun to draw up a set of custom bumpers for a change of pace.

 

PM me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I knew I had seen a thread where somebody had files and were willing to share. PM coming your way!!!

 

hey there.....just food for thought.

the blue foam insulation board you can buy at Home depot or lowes is great for mocking-up stuff like this. glue it together in strips to get one solid block and then just cut with saw, file, and sand. if you go to far.....just glue another 1" strip to your mock-up and start over.

another note.....Aluminum might not be the best choice for an off-road bumper. True, it would be considerably lighter, but does not have the strength (may not be the best word) of good'ol steal. in most cases it will not flex like steal, and in most cases where you might have a small dent or scrap on a steal bumper you may have major cracks and structral ( weld/joint ) damage to one made of Aluminum.