Making my own bumper...

i have just started an engineering course in college a few hours a week and was told i can build whatever i want as long as i supply the materials, does anyone have some designs for front bumpers that they could email me.
Will be my first project so may aswell start big.

No

Get the tape measure out and design your owm, thats half the fun of engineering. Designing in your head, and then putting that thought onto steel in the real world.

peter summerill wrote:

No

you obviously had the same encouragement when you were younger peter, that's why you are still working in afactory.

oooooooooooo bitchy lol

I'm not going to copy what someone else has done, its just i wanted an idea and some hints on metal thickness and what not. As i need to start something next thursday i may do a light bar first whilst doing the measurements for the bumper.
Pete, suck my bloater you gay minge.

Are you doing FEA in your engineering course ? A perfect opertunit to work out static and dynamic loading on the winch bumper to work out material grade and thickness. Or from my experience, 43A of at least 6mm, with plenty of gussets and flanged edges works great, for all but the biggest of winches.

ormondstreet wrote:

peter summerill wrote:

No

you obviously had the same encouragement when you were younger peter, that's why you are still working in afactory.

Pmsl my wife is working in my factory but she is the BOSS

peter does that mean your more than happy to kiss the bosses arse

peter summerill wrote:

ormondstreet wrote:

peter summerill wrote:

No

you obviously had the same encouragement when you were younger peter, that's why you are still working in afactory.

Pmsl my wife is working in my factory but she is the BOSS

then I'll bet she knows all about gussets and flanged edges, 6mm. or otherwise.

landrover598 wrote:

Are you doing FEA in your engineering course ? A perfect opertunit to work out static and dynamic loading on the winch bumper to work out material grade and thickness. Or from my experience, 43A of at least 6mm, with plenty of gussets and flanged edges works great, for all but the biggest of winches.

Not having a winch, i cant afford to put diesel in it let alone the hundreds of pounds to put a winch on that i will never use.
I just want to make a better looking bumper than the stock one.

Finished the light bar just need to install it, pics to follow.
Found out last night that they have a hydraulic pipe bender, hmmmm roll cage anyone...

Yer if its free ?

ormondstreet wrote:

peter summerill wrote:

No

you obviously had the same encouragement when you were younger peter, that's why you are still working in afactory.

Well said that man