So this shall be the new project, bought it yesterday and it will be in my driveway on Wednesday. I see plasma cutting aluminum diamond plate in my near future. 
A machine shop at home and an old Land Rover, this is going to be so much fun, it may be illegal! 
The objective is to metamorphosise it into something resembling this:
Making a mounting plate for 2-1/2" electrical conduit pipe for my parent’s house since the conduit is pulling away the facia underneath.
Experimenting with making dies. Made some 2D CAD designs and burned some 1/4" plate for the dies. Each die is 2 contours with a spacer in the middle. Captured the lower die in the Swag flat top plate and the upper die in their finger brake.
It was easy to bend the 1/8" straps. The ears needed a minor angle tweak from spring back in a bench vice, but otherwise it all worked to plan. Small stuff like is fun to learn something different. Also very inexpensive method since I have plenty of scrap plate leftover from old projects laying around outside, most of it rusty but very usable.
Started making some experimental stuff for the new project. The Crossfire/CUT60 works wonderful cutting aluminum diamond plate, my DIY THC works incredibly well riding over those diamonds.
Wow, I like that die idea very much
I’m happy how this basic infill shape worked out for my mild steel nesting.
That metal is expensive, use it all up.
The hole is .21 diameter for reference.
Very long, just got alot to say 
Been busy working the last couple years since the plandimic, 60 hr weeks…doc said slow down get a different job…too much stress, too high bp etc…you’ll be dead in a couple years, way too much stress…been here 27 years last 2-1/2 as QC manager.
Had a 4 day weekend, 1st day today.
Im 53, 1st stop was my financial advisor, 2nd stop was my cpa…may retire December 31st…72t…most of male side doesnt live to 80 years old
So decided to see what i could get done in a day of work.
Got home at 13:00…stopped at 17:15
About 4 hrs.
Im beat
Everything is powder coated in my kitchen size oven…in goat shed, not house.
Im happy, a pain tho.
Definitely need to install anothet 50 receptacle, i couldnt run oven and plasma at same time.
I used the 2 word scripts to proof/change drawing flaws. So next ones are perfect.
I missed a pierce in an s, due to my dang cup came loose.
Sorry for long post ya’ll…
Oh the frog was a repaint for mil rain gage 
Looking good. Glad you’re going to be able to retire this year. I know it’s trite but it’s not really worth it if you work yourself to death. It’s just too bad so many of us have to do that to get by.
I’m a bit older but am going to start on my retirement journey myself - gonna start May 1 by cutting back to 30 hrs (4 days) a week. My kids are all grown and my wife retired early herself in Sept so I’m going to see if I can keep myself occupied before I jump all the way out.
Happy Easter all, it’s a long weekend here, today and Monday public holidays for Easter, and the country’s opened up the beaches etc after the pandemic closure.
Well, I’m collecting my 37-year old Land Rover Series 3 on Wednesday, you’ve already seen this “diamond in the rough” above. Got the Insurance and other paperwork out of the way, and the title will be transferred next week at collection.
Already on Amazon buying Winch and Fog Lights and all sorts of other crap for it although installing such is a long way off still.
Can’t wait to start fabricating stuff for it on the plasma cutter, aluminum floor panels, and leading up to the heavy 1/2" steel plate winch mounts, etc. In the meantime, I’m on the mill and lathe and 3D Printer doing all sorts of crap to while away the time. Will be stripping down to the chassis and rebuilding from the ground up. I’m getting put out of the house this time for sure, I can feel it coming on!
Tuned-up the CNC Mini Mill yesterday and machined a perfect elliptical pocket in a piece 6061, in which to inlay a 3D printed badge (Drawn in AutoCAD 2007, post processed with CamBam):
Looks great, 1/4 is plenty big for winch plate , and overkill depending i
On the mount design. Very kool rig for sure, i would love an old late 60s 2 door cargo like all the movies used a long time ago 
Sir, I am 56 and I retired at 55…why…because I looked at my life and said…how many summers have I lived…and how many summers do I have left…
do it…you will be busier…and happier
@GunTruck1776 - Ok, great, will have a look at 1/4" plate and some 1" x 1/4" stringer reinforcement where needed at the bottom. Thanks much, you maybe just paid for my fog light bar, or the jerry-can and it’s mount!
Cletus, i would have to find last generation warn 8274 winch. Nothing new would look right, 8000lb, fast slack take up and they look right
Now look what you’ve done …got me hunting all over the ebay forest!
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My wife saw these chickens on etsy, This item is unavailable - Etsy. I whipped them out this afternoon in about 90 minutes. They came out with little or no dross. We’ll add a little color then out to the garden for these girls.
Those are looking great.
I did a few of those ubiquitous lawn chickens last year during the spring rush, they got the nickname "consumable killers"cuz all The pierces.
I can see that, these two took about 20 mins to cut. I did have a misfire but fire control was able to continue without an issue.
Did you fix the “D” on the good one? Looks like a great powder coating project. I need to make one. Did you post your cad file anywhere?
Looking great, I like the color.
