Installed my DIY4X A-Bomb about 18 months ago and have finally reached the place in my build where I can add the tubes. I went back and forth with getting a bender but in the end knew that I wouldn't be using it all that much and it would just take up space in the garage.
I reached out to Kurt with measurements and angles for the wrap bars and stinger and he bent them up for me. Took some back and forth with numbers. Basically Kurt telling me "you really want that? Are you sure those numbers are right... etc etc". Ha ha. In the end he came up with something that would work and I got them a few weeks later.
they came exactly how I had planned it. I just wasn't sure what I was gonna do for the support.
First issue was to get the wrap bars mounted up and tacked in place.
The challenge that I ran into that I would run into during the whole thing, was my 140 amp hobart just doesn't have the heat to really get good bite into the A-Bomb. I ended up triple passing some of the welds to the A-Bomb and the are still not wonderful. But they will do, I got towed by the stinger the other night when my fuel pump died and it held just fine.
one of the toughest parts was just getting them up and held in place where I wanted them.
Once I had notched the stinger and welded it on, I started measuring on the support bars. My notcher sucks so I knew it wouldn't cut it for the support bars which were gonna see some pretty severe angles, so I just used a chop saw and a grinder. LOTS of grinding.
The first bars were easiest to do. The part I knew would be tough was making the opposite side match up. I was pleased with how it came out. I had to cut a couple more than once, but knew that I would be happier if I had it done right than skipped out.
you can see that my welds were a little cold even when the hobart was maxed out. I also need to speed up but I am self taught and these things take time!
All in all I am super stoked on how it came out. I still have some welding and grinding to do, but it looks exactly how I pictured it in my head. I wanted something that I could use my high lift on should I need to and this should serve that purpose.
I reached out to Kurt with measurements and angles for the wrap bars and stinger and he bent them up for me. Took some back and forth with numbers. Basically Kurt telling me "you really want that? Are you sure those numbers are right... etc etc". Ha ha. In the end he came up with something that would work and I got them a few weeks later.
they came exactly how I had planned it. I just wasn't sure what I was gonna do for the support.
First issue was to get the wrap bars mounted up and tacked in place.
The challenge that I ran into that I would run into during the whole thing, was my 140 amp hobart just doesn't have the heat to really get good bite into the A-Bomb. I ended up triple passing some of the welds to the A-Bomb and the are still not wonderful. But they will do, I got towed by the stinger the other night when my fuel pump died and it held just fine.
one of the toughest parts was just getting them up and held in place where I wanted them.
Once I had notched the stinger and welded it on, I started measuring on the support bars. My notcher sucks so I knew it wouldn't cut it for the support bars which were gonna see some pretty severe angles, so I just used a chop saw and a grinder. LOTS of grinding.
The first bars were easiest to do. The part I knew would be tough was making the opposite side match up. I was pleased with how it came out. I had to cut a couple more than once, but knew that I would be happier if I had it done right than skipped out.
you can see that my welds were a little cold even when the hobart was maxed out. I also need to speed up but I am self taught and these things take time!
All in all I am super stoked on how it came out. I still have some welding and grinding to do, but it looks exactly how I pictured it in my head. I wanted something that I could use my high lift on should I need to and this should serve that purpose.
