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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
typed by ben's 2001 Lowe 1648M all aluminum build (UD 6/27)
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<blockquote data-quote="typed by ben" data-source="post: 334869" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>couple more things done tonight... finished seaming up the deck. i think ill do two more tie bars between the two sub assemblies just to make it nice and rigid. wont hurt at this point in the game.</p><p></p><p>today i sheared some material to make my foot pedal recess box. this is .080 3003 alloy, just like the lids. </p><p></p><p>the bottom sat on my welding table. one of the sides was then set on top of that material and clamped to a piece of angle. that set my height- which makes it much easier to get a proper chamfer when you go to seam your tray</p><p>[ATTACH=full]58596[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>the corners had to be chamfered a little bit as well to make room for tacks:[ATTACH=full]58602[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>after you get your first piece in place tack it in the corners and move piece by piece, and hopefully it all meets up like this:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]58601[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>seam it up, polish your welds flat if you need to maintain fit like i did:[ATTACH=full]58598[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>voila, foot pedal recess- (truthfully not 100% complete, this one will have a 1" flange around the top to make it a drop in that sits on top of the deck)[ATTACH=full]58599[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="typed by ben, post: 334869, member: 11717"] couple more things done tonight... finished seaming up the deck. i think ill do two more tie bars between the two sub assemblies just to make it nice and rigid. wont hurt at this point in the game. today i sheared some material to make my foot pedal recess box. this is .080 3003 alloy, just like the lids. the bottom sat on my welding table. one of the sides was then set on top of that material and clamped to a piece of angle. that set my height- which makes it much easier to get a proper chamfer when you go to seam your tray [ATTACH type="full" alt="20131119_191125.jpg"]58596._xfImport[/ATTACH] the corners had to be chamfered a little bit as well to make room for tacks:[ATTACH type="full" alt="20131119_185156.jpg"]58602._xfImport[/ATTACH] after you get your first piece in place tack it in the corners and move piece by piece, and hopefully it all meets up like this: [ATTACH type="full" alt="20131119_191437.jpg"]58601._xfImport[/ATTACH] seam it up, polish your welds flat if you need to maintain fit like i did:[ATTACH type="full" alt="20131119_214529.jpg"]58598._xfImport[/ATTACH] voila, foot pedal recess- (truthfully not 100% complete, this one will have a 1" flange around the top to make it a drop in that sits on top of the deck)[ATTACH type="full" alt="20131119_214454.jpg"]58599._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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