Ya know what I love about Nate’s videos? Other than the awesome fab work and just being a great channel over all, is that there’s no like fluff to the video. It’s just hard work and explaining as he goes and it’s still entertaining. Not talking for 14 mins and 1 min of work lol you go dude!
Yeah, none of the “uh...hey there RU-vid...uh...is this focused?....sooo a lot goin on here lately....oh look there’s my dog....oh yeah right today I thought I’d ...uh....make a video about...”
I am an old ( 64 ) metal fabricator and welder using old German iron workers,it seems you have all your tooling right on,its a joy watching you fab stuff.i miss it a lot thanks for a great video.
coming from the modified car world where a single piece of sheet metal is all that is needed for a skid plate, this the damn impressive. Beautiful fabrication
This is gonna be a build series I watch several times. You put out so much information and knowledge into each video. Someone that's never built anything in their life could watch your videos and be encouraged, enlightened, and inspired by them enough to go out and start creating something of their own. Something they could proudly stand by and say "yes, I built that."
Thank you very much for taking the time to write a nice comment. Reason I put so much time and effort into my videos is because I know there are people like you out there that appreciate high quality content. It's an honor to have people like you watching me build junk in my garage!
@@DirtLifestyle I appreciate the hell out of that man. People like you keep me inspired to work towards my garage/future shop goals. Slowly buy surely I'm getting new or new to me tools to be able to do more and more of my own work. One of these days when I buy a house ill have a shop to fill with equipment to do and build pretty much whatever I need or want.
Good stuff Nate, I am a commercial builder that has now been bit by the offroad bug. I did the full D30 build on my axle, included artec truss, Gussets and JJ's along with re gearing and some help from Muddy on pinion depth and backlash for the bearing replacement. Now I'm going to tackle the 3 link. 2000 XJ, ford 9 rear, D30 HP front, 4.88's and ARB's on 35's. I have officially been consumed! (According to my wife) lol. Thanks for the videos, they have been great 🤙
Loving your channel Nate and your fabricating skills . This stretch is going to be Awesome and I'm looking forward to your next video . Keep up the great work Nate .
I had to subscribe. I'm planning to do something very close to what you're doing to your Jeep to my F150. I like the way you're explaining what you're doing and the reasons for it. The way your working through the process makes it not Jeep specific which helps us guys that aren't Jeepers. Looking forward to working my way through the rest of your videos.
Just an idea for your skid, where you t case drain is located, drill and have your dimpled material face down so it doesn't trap oil up in there. Also you might throw a couple more facing down as to give rocks and dirt a way to fall out easily.
I'm going for the french version of harbor freight tube bender and try that for myself. used to cut / bend and weld tube to make curves but it's a hell of a job and not that strong either. Seen many videos showing you can't do anything with this type of bender, you convinced me to try ^^ gonna be a nice upgrade anyway !
Great video, nice work, very educational. You're obviously very talented. But it's nice to see that even someone with your level of skill can make a little mistake once in a while. If only my mistakes were "little" and "once in a while." lol
Saw that you're using bi-metal hole saws, look into Blair hole saws they're so much better, clean holes and no wobble. Another option for locating holes is to use a clear plastic template the same shape. Great content.
Didn’t know you left BJ glad YT had this in my recommendation as I liked your work on there. Also like the music in this video better and the fact it’s just not gonna be jeeps, keep up the good work and hope the channel takes off. Oh yeah and about time you added some more stretch to it.. lol always looked floppy like my bronco 2 was (same wheelbase) before I kept stretching it, currently under the knife and going to be 108-110.
I know you did some overviews of your TJ before but one for the new channel where you go through it would be cool! Love that little tdi! Maybe one day I’ll tackle one myself...
The video was great. I like how you showed the steps to make it and some tips on how not to screw up. What was the final weight of the finished skip plate?
I know that this is an old video but I want to put something out there eighth of an inch mild is a lot stronger than people think you know those double trailer trucks that drive around and they haul rocks that break your windshield if you follow them to close the frames of those trailers are made with eighth of an inch steel
Was overhead welding on my TJ a month ago and a spark got around my hood and safety squints landed on the bottom eyelid edge. Looks like a sty. Dirt life sty I'm guessing! LOL.
Yes sir, the 4speed atlas t-case is huge! Not alot of options with it other than cutting out the floor and building around it. Even then I dont want to raise the driver seat to accommodate the tcase
It actually didn't! Everything bolted right up in the same location with out warping. At least not enough to notice. I welded everything in 1 increments and was pretty picky about the order I was welding to minimize any changes in shape
I'm a big fan of multiprocess welders like this Miller multimatic 220. I had a cheap catalog multiprocess welder before and it definitely did the job. It was around 800 bucks. This welder is around 3k but you definitely get what you pay for. I would say the catalog welder is like a 5 or a 10 year welder but the multimatic is a lifetime welder. 🤘 good luck!
I haven’t been following your channel very long but the videos I have seen are awesome man I love that you explain everything you do and why you do it it really helps people learn. What welder are you using btw? i’m looking to upgrade and want to be able to do mig tig and i also want a plasma cutter. any recommendations?
Thanks man! Glad your enjoying the videos. I use a Miller multimatic 220. It's kind of pricey but very much worth it for the capability. I'm a big fan of multi process machines and this is by far the easiest one I've used. The only thing I wish it had is a plasma cutter built in. It would be sweet to have one machine that could weld and cut. Other then that its top notch 👍
Nate I love your videos. It looks like you have a lot of mounting holes for this skid plate. How are you bolting it to the Jeep? My skid plate on my TJ has I think 6 holes and 2 of the nuts in the frame are stripped. I don't think I trust nutserts. The only thing I can think to do is to chop a hole in the frame and replace the nuts with new ones and weld the holes back up. Is that a bad idea? I don't want to compromise the strength of the frame. Do you have a better option for me? Thanks :D
They have a weldable nutsert. You drill out what you have now and weld the new one in. I'm mounted to the factory holes plus two 5/8" bolts mounted through the frame on both sides. 5 bolts on each side in total 👍
Do you think you’ll get hung up on obstacles with having the holes in the plate? I like the idea of cutting the weight and it looks cool, but seems like it could hang up on stuff
I can't believe I forgot to talk about this. I'll definitely address it in the next video. Because the dimple concaves into the vehicle its actually pretty slippery! But again if it's a problem, I'll just build another one! I'm all about experimentation 👍
@@DirtLifestyle yeah that makes sense. I want to plate the sides of my full-size cherokee from the sliders to the frame but was worried about the weight. The dimpled holes would definitely cut the weight, and would get hung up less than the horizontal bracing to the frame. I know you addressed in in a previous bleepin jeep video, but where did you get your dies?
I don't have the part number but if you look for a 1982 jeep j10 transmission mount then this is what comes up. They used these in a ton of dodge, chevy and jeep applications so its usually on hand at your local parts store 👍
I myself always unplug the computer as well as the battery. I know people don't and have no issues, but I've seen fried electronic components from welding. Also I keep the ground as close to the weld as possible. This will help stop current travel throughout the vehicle.
Ok at best. For all the trail riding its been great! Very tough! But two trips to Johnson Valley and a few very difficult rock gardens in Washington and it looks pretty ugly. I need a new design. I will definitely build it on the channel. I'm thinking about adding another couple episodes to the Tj stretch series with some updates 👍
www.amazon.com/CRC-14050-Cutting-Thread-Lubricant/dp/B000M8NYIU/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?adgrpid=61540429808&gclid=CjwKCAiA3abwBRBqEiwAKwICAwCjrxlb7czGGPHJooJf38hnBho3amhkNdNeWeOeFLfWW5kLd2_luxoCv3EQAvD_BwE&hvadid=274717514135&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9051901&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=14075633750805013204&hvtargid=kwd-295313305107&hydadcr=24510_9910880&keywords=crc+cutting+oil&qid=1577725039&sr=8-5 Here is a link to the stuff I use. It's from CRC. I love it 👍
