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Most on an airplane is riveted and bolted together. Some exotic friction stir weld surfacing now..... but most is bolted and rivited. Surprisingly little welded on 10 Ton class part 25 jets

A few members have gotten parts and shown pictures here earlier in the thread.

Thanks John. It is a weird shape and I have found more flex panels that somewhat would fit. It appears that 50 watt is all I can size to. I will have a look a bit more. Cheers.

Now we are ready for the stainless steel piano hinge which should be here this tuesday.....and to move the lock from the Smitty tongue box over.

Lid is finished...... well.... almost. I am mounting a solar panel to the top that will mount straight to the controller. In addition I have a 50 watt portable panel to chase the sun with.i have not purchased the hard mounted panel yet. But a semi rigid monochrystaline on a composite, thus...

I too saw the potential for sagging on my big 4 person Tepui, and welded a third cross member.

When I had my 225 pound tepid on the truck, I used this one to store it. Liked it so much I bought another one. Now the tepid line es on the trailer and I use the recor for other story. Works really good...

Yeppers..... https://m.facebook.com/High-Desert-Carbon-Works-437413126297979/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2048197175219558&mt_nav=1&ref=bookmarks

Lid in process.......

Found it in there. I will try to ping Smitty and see if they would part with some, as it fits the bill, but if not McMaster and Amazon are up next.

Ouch...... that must not have been a good day for you. I will ping them and ask. Thanks

Now curing and about ready to cast the lid...... I see the light and it's not a freight train.... ha. Here is a question for the collective. The entire inner side of the opening will have a 1-2mm vertical brace. I plan to round up a weather strip gasket like the Smitty has on the main...

I can see how the lift system might be a good idea for people that tows the smitty with a smaller ride. My smitty is about level with the roof line of the 2018 F-onfitty, but more importantly to me, the empty space between the tent and box will eventually have a rack and perhaps some other means...

Top braces installed......

I have now used the vitron 10 amp blutooth controller for one season. I absolutely loves it. To the point that I use the output for it to connect the fridge and it shows the power consumption and history thereoff. It is a great charge controller

Center divider panel installed along with a base layer of Kevlar using MAX GRE from Polymer Composites. That is a gasoline and chemical resistant polymer and along with the Aramid will prevent abrasive and chemical intrusions.

Thanks, but it is really not hard, just time consuming.... :) :)

Front plate installed.....

Thanks. It obviously takes some time to do this, and I am using a bit more resin, tipping the cost to about $600 when it is all settled and done, but you also get a real nice box.