So I finally started...

[BarelyLegalWeld]

Quote: Originally Posted by tukn18s

sooo, today is my birthday, it was this day 20 years ago that I was born! For my birthday from barely legal, I would ask only one thing, PICTURES! haha

The camera is charged and ready to go!

New pics will be posted this evening!

Taylor

[foedoeblaza]

hell yeah. Can't wait to see more pics.

[2ToneS10]

happy birthday bro! i just turned 20 in july......on ur 20th birthday youre having an amazing blazer being built, on my 20th birthday i had free mc'y d's..........YOU WIN!

[BarelyLegalWeld]

ok, todays update:
<B>Not alot of pictures today of much different. We tore down the skeleton frame, beveled all the edges, then assembled it again with all the temporary bracing and jiging. Josh welded all day today, getting the entire skeleton of the frame welded up, we also whipped up a removeable tranny x-member, with a nicely machined mount. We pretty much had the whole day into welding the frame up, because you have to move slowley and at diffent sections of the frame at one time, and while josh was wleding that stuff up, i was machining parts for orders we have.....

tommorrow will be some more exciting updates, we are gonna start on the bodymounts, and the driveshaft hoop area.

more updates on friday evening!

Taylor

apparently josh dosent like me taking pictures of him welding, because in every one, he is giving me the finger......riche also..............?

lol

Taylor

[colbye32]

nice work dude, cant wait to see it done.

[johnnyd567]

sheesh thats some amazing work

[AVdime]

hell ya KOAB did a sweet job on those welds!! And love the finger in everysingle picture

[AVdime]

also how does that removable x-member work? i dodnt see no bolts passing thru the frame

[BarelyLegalWeld]

Quote: Originally Posted by AVdime

also how does that removable x-member work? i dodnt see no bolts passing thru the frame

Drilled and tapped.

We use .25 wall tubing, so its thick enough to drill and tap easily.

thanks guys, more pics on friday!

Taylor

[tukn18s]

Quote: Originally Posted by 2ToneS10

happy birthday bro! i just turned 20 in july......on ur 20th birthday youre having an amazing blazer being built, on my 20th birthday i had free mc'y d's..........YOU WIN!

Ill take some mc'y d's!! BUT, I am paying for all this myself, id consider it more of a win situation if it wasnt coming out of my pocket... on the other hand, you barely legal guys, are the shit, I didnt meet josh, hopefully I will meet him before all it said and done.

[AVdime]

josh is the only real worker therethe rest all put on a front for customers! U will probley never meet him unless richie lets him outta his cage for visitors!! he tends to be a leg humper and pees on your tires

[blazerida88]

looks sick, top notch work and gotta love the finger in every pic, haha

[tukn18s]

Quote: Originally Posted by AVdime

josh is the only real worker therethe rest all put on a front for customers! U will probley never meet him unless richie lets him outta his cage for visitors!! he tends to be a leg humper and pees on your tires

haha thats a good one. Hopefully Ill have a saturday off here in the next couple weeks so I can take them my cab...

[BarelyLegalWeld]

Suprise update today!!!!

we got some shit done today that i was pretty excited about, so i snapped some pics. Josh and i shot ideas around pretty much all morning about how we wanted to do the bodymounts, Since we were running a narrow frame, which is very rarely done on a blazer....or s-10 for that matter, i wanted them to be alittle different than the normal blazer or s10 bodymounts. What we came up with was pretty cool i think, and i like it alot.

So, we jigged it all up, and notched a bunch of tube, and cut some more shit up, and vuala! this is what we got!!

Dont pay attention to the rear body mounts yet, they are just jiged in place, they will be a mirror image of the front ones by the end of tommorrow.








Bending the tubing is difficult.





for real tho, just so nobody takes it seriously here....this is the real bender...i just machined those nifty rods on the side of the main support.....to hold the dies and shit....this bender is a fukn beast!



more updates tommorrow!!!!!

Taylor

[foedoeblaza]

are those just regular rodends for the mounts? Looks badass is there going to be a bushing on the bottom with something like a washer keeping it from going through?

[blazerida88]

that is awesome, great lookin mounts, what tubing bender is that?

[BarelyLegalWeld]

Quote: Originally Posted by foedoeblaza

are those just regular rodends for the mounts? Looks badass is there going to be a bushing on the bottom with something like a washer keeping it from going through?

Yep, there a standard style poly bushing, with alittle larger lip. I just maching a plug to go into the bottom of the sleve, and weld it inplace at teh bottom of the poly, then run a bolt through the center, and its good to go!

weve used them alot on different vehicles, and have liked them alot.

Taylor

[BarelyLegalWeld]

Quote: Originally Posted by blazerida88

that is awesome, great lookin mounts, what tubing bender is that?

The real one is a JD2 Model 4 bender. Its a tank, i personally own a model 3 from JD2 that i use at home, and this thing puts it to shame. I think riche picked it up a few years ago, and im pretty sure hes never had a problem with it, it really is a kick ass bender.

Taylor

[AVdime]

looks great guys! i love how the tube gives the illusion it passes thru the frame and doubles as the crossmember

[tukn18s]

well since I dont like to be totally out-done, I guess ill post a small update myself! I got home from work this evening, at approximately 12:00 am and went inside, to my surprise I had four boxes waiting for me. I now INTROduce you to my latest purchase. The twisted vistas...

[2ToneS10]

omg too much good progress in one day.........AHHHH!

[BarelyLegalWeld]

oooooooooooooooo yea, those wheels are bad ass.good deal man, you got them sooner than you thought didnt ya?Taylor

[Just_Bag_it]

You should have used something bigger than a $20 bill to show the size of the lip come on baller lol. The rims look badass though. The whole progress looks really good.

[tukn18s]

well my phone is old school lol and I didnt have anything on me that was larger in value. I coulda put my paycheck ahah

*edit*- yes taylor, about a week early actually

[Just_Bag_it]

Quote: Originally Posted by tukn18s

well my phone is old school lol and I didnt have anything on me that was larger in value. I coulda put my paycheck ahah

*edit*- yes taylor, about a week early actually

Lol there you go.

[BarelyLegalWeld]

More Updates!!!!

Ok, so today we got alot done also. We finished the mid body mounts and the rear bodymounts, and also dropped and plated the front frame horns. Were working on a really good pace right now, and by the end of next week, the entire frame, and all suspension work should be completely done.

All tube for the bodymounts are 1.25"-.25wall DOM tubing, and all the material used for the Frame horns is .25 thick PO plate.

heres todays progress:












<B>Monday morning everything will be fully welded on the frame, and then the suspension will get started in the rear, which will be a nice trick setup also.

Taylor

[AVdime]

sexy!!!

and hey taylor hit me up on aim later, i wanna know what your guys schedule looks like for frames this season

[Smerged]

Mind if i smerge in ladys. Thats a badass frame. Hows the badass weilder

[BarelyLegalWeld]

Quote: Originally Posted by Smerged

Mind if i smerge in ladys. Thats a badass frame. Hows the badass weilder

lol, you fuking tool box.

im not sure how the weilder is.....but the welder is a man by the name of josh....with an insatiable love for the big black ladies.

lol

Taylor

[kevdog]

Awesome work! This already lookin' completely badass, and it's just the bare frame! lol Keep it up guys.

[tukn18s]

looking great guys, getting pumped for reassembly for sure!!