Born in the USA... The Jeep family is growing

[Robs07junk]

Man I'm Diggin Your Build !

[Tossedman]

C'est formidable!

[ctrwannabe]

Beautiful work, love the cantilever subframe so cool! Are you sand blasting the parts before you photograph as well??

[hanjin-san]

Yes, the stainless brazed/welded parts are sandblasted. Only the aluminum parts are brushed for a smooth finish.

[fr8cture]

Wow amazing work. I would love a chassis like that.

[hanjin-san]

Thanks !

[aMac_pt]

This is an amazing build!!! Congrats!!!

Please keep on going!!!

[Peaker]

Thats some next level s,,,,tuff

As a machinists too i have to agree, CNC are for mass production, manual machine are for craftsmanship.

I say that cuz i never liked those CNC machines, and i ended my machinist education in 1987 not really having operated such a contraption.

Dont get me wrong i love the CNC machines and that they can do, but i would not like to work on such a machine, or rather today you are supposed to run several CNC machines.

And trust me if i get to that place the first things that will move into my shop at home was a lathe and a mill, maybe a grinding machine like i ran in my last job for the really precise and smooth surfaces.

I did prefer welding when i was a apprentice machinist, you get to see things grow faster in your hands, and welding at a high level it is a challenge indeed.
O and crawling around on huge diesel engines working on them, not the house sized ones i later got to crawl around on and inside, but a 20 CYL GM train engine are a nice place to start for a "little" kid

[hanjin-san]

Some updates here, the transmission is done !

So, all the t-case parts:



For the main transmission, I choose a RC4WD R3 2 speed for his look and I wanted a t-case directly bolted on transmission housing like the real ones.
So I drilled 4 holes on the R3 housing:



And screwed a coupling piece:



The front t-case housing in place:



With the gears (Robinson Racing steel 32p gears), 1:1 ratio:



Mounting some realistic parts for the global look and engraving the name just like the real one :









The stock RC4WD spur is swapped with a Traxxas smallest one and I made a new motor plate to match the new gears.
I'm currently working on the SDI drive shafts (I have to shorten them).
More pics coming soon.

[cooper_xl]

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awesome stuff right here

[hanjin-san]

The transmission is in place:

[JatoTheRipper]

So sexy it hurts! What time of machinery are you using to product your parts?

[hanjin-san]

Thanks Honestly, I do not count the hours but there are many !

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by hanjin-san

Thanks Honestly, I do not count the hours but there are many !

Sorry, I meant which types of machinery tools do you use?

[hanjin-san]

Essentially conventional lathe and milling machine and sometimes CNC milling machine and EDM machine.

[ThatJeeper2017]

Was that trans made on a CNC or a mill?


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[hanjin-san]

The outer shape was cut with a wire EDM machine, the inside shape with a CNC mill and all the rest including bearing bores on a conventional milling machine.

[doubler]

Your a show off. I wish I could be to.....

[hanjin-san]

Hi everyones, the JK project isn't gone !

So, here are the latest evolutions since my last post.
First, I trim all the non needed part on the New Bright body (stock bumpers and sliders) and I made the mounting parts.
The body is mounted on his stock studs. A little cut is made on the front of the floor for the transmission:





I also made the front bumper:



The winch is seated on a "L" shaped pieces brazed on the main structure of the bumper:





The mounting is realized like the real one, with some brackets bolted to the front of the frame rails:







And a protection plate is added to the bottom:



Now the sliders:

[soze]

I was wondering what happened to this build and whether or not you ever finished it!