Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: wizard on July 28, 2011, 05:25:12
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As business is a bit slow at the moment i thought I would have an attempt at making an aluminium roof rack for our 110.
I have some nice interlocking sections for the base, and some 50 x 25 mm box section for the frame. Just need to learn how to weld alli !!!
I will post some pix when it is finished.
wizard
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I would love to see a low profile rack for the 110 that hugs the roof contour akin to those fitted to some Aussie military landies.
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Well after 10 hours of fabrication / welding and a whole
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we shall not believe you then :cheesy:
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Here we go
(http://inlinethumb60.webshots.com/7227/2515895910036974080S500x500Q85.jpg) (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2515895910036974080dDsBLg)
(http://inlinethumb10.webshots.com/49097/2805818930036974080S500x500Q85.jpg) (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2805818930036974080MjPsJL)
(http://inlinethumb02.webshots.com/34241/2901778350036974080S500x500Q85.jpg) (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2901778350036974080RfZAho)
wizard
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nice work. :cool:
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how you get on with welding the alloy?
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welding the flat parts was fairly easy, i battled a bit on the 90 degree corners for some reason.
It looks ok and it wont fall apart, the main thing with welding aluminium is that it has to be 100% clean.
wizard :evil:
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Nice, I like that.
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nice job gerraffe, did you use TIG?
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Hi Mike
Yep 1st attempt at tig. I had a bit of a practice and one of the welders gave me a few tips. Once I got the hang of it it went quite well. I just need to clean the boot marks off the top of the roofrack !!!
wizard