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[duramax-rob]

wow, very nice! good work.

[geezer]

Nice, looks good

[Bls repair]

Nice work

[Lis2323]

Geez. It looks too nice to use.

[ronsii]

Geez. It looks too nice to use.

LOL!, was thinking the same thing

[tapwelder]

Nice box. Well done.

Will you add a tray? Will it bow when loaded? Can you stand it?

[davec]

What's this alum crap? You run out of copper? Very nice work!

[therider]

Made a quick and simple brake attachment for the harbor freight 20 ton press.

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[acourtjester]

I made one like that years ago the only difference was no middle angle and there the arrow points I added shims so the inside angle was slightly over 90 to compensate for the spring back.

[therider]

Very interesting. What is a spring back? I did notice that if I press too much I get less than 90 degree even though middle angle is thick.

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[!sledhead!]

I made something just like that for a customer a few years ago.

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[Welder Dave]

Depending on the thickness you are bending, you need to space the bending die (angle irons) appropriately to get a 90 deg.+ bend. Steel will spring back some so may need to experiment a little to get an accurate 90 deg. bend.

[geezer]

like it, hope you add progress posts

[Munkul]

you guys

[Oscar]

Made a stand for my metal blade chop saw, using scrap 1¼ " square tube and scrap ½ " OSB.



Small cutting "station" away from my welders and other machines

[BluCllrPlt]

Not a lot of welding yet as I wanted to build a proof of concept with cheap materials before I committed to steel. A lot of people build these tables with fishing line so they appear to be floating but I was after a more substantial look and the chain would be able to hold up the table top and have a useful load. I made the top as the Gadsden flag logo out of 11 gauge and the chains are welded to all thread so they have some adjustment. Planning on making the steel one out of 2x3 tubing and the support arms will be 1/4” with lightening holes.

[therider]

Upcycled a scrap SS pipe to a holder in the style of old forts.

My Ellis 1800 was very helpful in cutting the slices.



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[geezer]

[QUOTE=BluCllrPlt;8765706]Not a lot of welding yet as I wanted to build a proof of concept with cheap materials before I committed to steel. A lot of people build these tables with fishing line so they appear to be floating but I was after a more substantial look and the chain would be able to hold up the table top and have a useful load. I made the top as the Gadsden flag logo out of 11 gauge and the chains are welded to all thread so they have some adjustment. Planning on making the steel one out of 2x3 tubing and the support arms will be 1/4” with lightening holes.




So the chain links are welded together and the ends welded to all thread for vertical adjustment?????

[cwby]

That's some heavy welding cwby, but I gotta ask ...WHY? Someone screw up the tower design or what?

Nah - these carriers just keep adding more loading to the existing structures & it is cheaper to upgrade the tower than replace it. Also the standards that determine the structural capacity of the towers has changed a couple of times since the original design making the old design less than required.

[hddnis]

[QUOTE=geezer;8765725]

Not a lot of welding yet as I wanted to build a proof of concept with cheap materials before I committed to steel. A lot of people build these tables with fishing line so they appear to be floating but I was after a more substantial look and the chain would be able to hold up the table top and have a useful load. I made the top as the Gadsden flag logo out of 11 gauge and the chains are welded to all thread so they have some adjustment. Planning on making the steel one out of 2x3 tubing and the support arms will be 1/4” with lightening holes.




So the chain links are welded together and the ends welded to all thread for vertical adjustment?????

I think it all hangs from the center chain and the four corner chains act in tension to keep the top parallel to the base. Don't think the links are welded.

[BluCllrPlt]

The center chain is what hold the table top up. The four corner chains just keep it in place.

[ronsii]

Made a cover for the battery compartment on the big tex flatbed trailer today. hopefully this keeps the methmaggots from getting another battery from us

I had welded in this separator to keep the chains/straps away from the battery a year or so ago but never bothered with a cover... hindsight says I should have...


Had some 10 gauge pieces laying around that just needed a little cutting and fitting to throw together a slide in cover, but went to grab the milwaukee grinder I keep in the front of the truck and the switch was gone??? WTH!!! I don't even know what could have 'bumped' it but this is one more thing to add to my list of never buy milwaukee chincrap again!!!


Finally got it welded up and painted but forgot to take pics of the process... was too mad at the milwaukee crap

And I also forgot to take a pic of it installed-- I'll add one later it has two bolts - one bottom front and one top back on the left side plus a padlock hole top center

[ronsii]

Was also supposed to mount this box under the trailer but had too many other things going on to get to it...

Any suggestions on how to mount it??? can't go directly to the crossmembers as they are too high so I'll need to drop about 2 inches to clear the side rails and didn't want it flush with the side rails... the box is 18x18x36inches the front door sticks out and inch so 19" deep. Was thinking run a piece of 2.5 angle across the crossmembers in the front... and either drop flat bar down the back to bolt in the lower back of the box like I've seen done before for flatbed truck installs... makes it easy to get to the bolts in the back unless someone has a better... simpler method I'm all ears

[Munkul]

I don't think there's a right or wrong answer to that, Ronsii. I'd be making two angle hanging brackets from the crossbars I think.