AmboVan Restarted
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hobietony
Explorer
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Got them in this weekend, still need to seal around the perimeter, but it looks clean
hobietony
Explorer
Infrastructure upgrades
My next step is to start making a roof rack, a support for the AC, guards for auxillary lighting, etc - for this, I need a bender, and a notcher, maybe a roller for some more sweeping curves, maybe a press so I can make dimpled holes, still don't have a drill press, and still have a vise that has been in a box for a couple years, because I had no good place to mount it. I realized that the plywood/sawhorse method was not going to work anymore. So, I built a proper table, whose primary design criteria was mass and mobility. Came home from the local steel recycler with about 1500# in the trailer.
Most of that was in a 4'x8'x1"thick plate
Had to get a 2 ton engine hoist from HF to move it around
Pick point
working...
Getting it on it's feet
Much better
My next step is to start making a roof rack, a support for the AC, guards for auxillary lighting, etc - for this, I need a bender, and a notcher, maybe a roller for some more sweeping curves, maybe a press so I can make dimpled holes, still don't have a drill press, and still have a vise that has been in a box for a couple years, because I had no good place to mount it. I realized that the plywood/sawhorse method was not going to work anymore. So, I built a proper table, whose primary design criteria was mass and mobility. Came home from the local steel recycler with about 1500# in the trailer.
Most of that was in a 4'x8'x1"thick plate
Had to get a 2 ton engine hoist from HF to move it around
Pick point
working...
Getting it on it's feet
Much better
bknudtsen
Expedition Leader
JINX!
You know you're on a forum with a bunch of project junkies when you get multiple folks admiring the table you just built yourself ... lol
BTW ... nice table!
Yep......but really now......4'x8'x1"steel on rollers ...omg that's an awsome table. Gee just the cooling and jigging factors are worth admiring. In 10,000 yrs it will still be out there in a field surrounded by a trace of foundation.
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VanIsle_Greg
I think I need a bigger truck!
Celebrated the table build with a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale...well done sir.
hobietony
Explorer
Needed to test it, seemed to hold that bottle up fine
VanIsle_Greg
I think I need a bigger truck!
Obviously a well built table then.
Loving this build, great idea and the topper is awesome.
Loving this build, great idea and the topper is awesome.