Landrover Restoration

October 9, 2008

Building the Tray - Step 1.

Filed under: Tray, Body Work — Steven Rowlandson @ 8:10 pm

PROCESS:
Make a rectangle of 50×25x2.0 mm RHS. 
2 Lengths at 1600mm
2 Lengths at 2000mm
All cut at 45 degree angles. 
Lay out on floor, raised on some 50×20mm flat bar. Hold all angles with magnetic 90 degree clamps.Check square with set square.
Tack 2 dots oninside and outside edge with ARC welder, re check its square. 

Tomorrow:
Cut 5 ‘ribs’ from 50×25x1.6mm RHS and cut  them on a 45 degree angle. 2 x tack welds on each to check they are ’square’ Flip and square up the other side and tack 2 dots in each corner. Then weld one surface at a time in each corner, checking angles and square as we go.
Welding will be done with a Tig welder. 
 
 

No Comments

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.






Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

Powered by WordPress