cousinmike's 47 CJ20A

[chevtech]

I have only done a bumper with it, but have done 12 notches with it, so far so good.

[possumpieces]

I have one too, and it has held up great. The only thing I don't like with the notcher is that when you do angles, the hole saw isn't deep enough.

[cousinmike]

Do you use the 1/4" pilot bit with the hole saw?

Does the hole saw bit try to wander when cutting angles?

I'm pondering building a notcher that keeps the tube level and the drill shaft pivots for angles. I would use my holehog drill with it as I don't have a large drill press.

[chevtech]

With the notcher you don't need the pilot bit.

With the notcher the hole saw does not try to wander @ all.

There is a guy on ebay that sells a kit to turn the HF notcher into the exact type of notcher you were talking about, keeps the tube level and the angle of the drill is adjustable. I'm hoping to buy this soon.

cgi.ebay.com/CENTRAL-MACHINERY-HF-TUBE-NOTCHER-CONVERSION-KIT_W0QQitemZ170423994741QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item27ae0fc975

[possumpieces]

I have a super hawg that I use on mine. Just so I don't hurt my arm, if it grabs. But I would imagine you could just use a regular drill motor.

[mudslinger97117]

Looking good, keep it up.

[freeriderjay420]

that thing is lookin awesome. It'll look even better with mud on it and rocks underneath it

[cousinmike]

Getting some cage bracing burned in








Floor frame constructed










Bending and installing the floor pan. Man I hadn’t realized that 1/8” alunimum is a pain in the a$$ to bend without a big brake . Shops want $100hr for shop time, and that’s not in the budget right now .






HEY, what do you know. Found some old I beams out in the stickers. Took a couple hours to make a brake, and it works pretty darn well. Man I love home-made tools.




I need to figure out the brake system for this now so I can get the fire wall done. I have two power systems but the booster is too large to fit under the hood, so I need to come up with a small booster setup or find a non-power master cylinder and peddle assembly.

[cousinmike]

Ho ya, the body will be removable






Here's some corners I came across that'll cover some of the bad stuff. Still need to trim for the comp cut

[WILLYNILLY]

cool... what do ya got left...

[Brennerbadboy]

looks good, how are you planing on disconecting your electrics from between eng. and tub?

[cousinmike]

I need to extend the cage through the fire wall to the front and build a support under the cowling for the steering and brakes. Then building a center counsel down from the dash to connect the wiring and back to cover the tranny, so nothing will be attached to the body shell.

Brakes, steering, motor-tranny-steering cooling, wiring, shifter, drive-lines, seats, more cage side protection, rest of the floorboards, body work, lengthen the front clip and probably more that I'll think of later that needs to be finished.

[cousinmike]

I'm also welding sheet metal on top of the cage so nothing pokes through if it rolls over and will also add a little rigidity. Going to use the old J20 cab roof metal to save a little $$.

[cousinmike]

Getting the front cage frame together

Bending and installing the floor

[cousinmike]

Got the steering collumn brackest attached to the roll cage and collumn in. Need to get an adapter for the high pressure hose from the Chevy pump to the Jeep box now.

Also, pickup a fiberglass body panels with one-piece hood fenders at the swapmeet, so now I can put together the one-piece tilt front clip.

I'll try and get some pics up.