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03-11-2013 04:21 AM #11
Thanks guys! Charlie, Owosso is about 20 minutes NW of me. I was over there last evening.
Spent today working on the floor again. I made up templates for notching the rear bulkhead panel around the clearance tunnels.
http://images55.fotki.com/v268/photo...MVC016F-vi.jpg
http://images12.fotki.com/v155/photo...MVC015F-vi.jpg
Once those were done we trimmed a sheet of 20ga to size and laid out the notches for cutting.
http://images52.fotki.com/v641/photo...MVC018F-vi.jpg
http://images49.fotki.com/v566/photo...MVC019F-vi.jpg
I cut them out with a die grinder and cutoff wheel and cleaned them up with a stone in the grinder.
http://images43.fotki.com/v398/photo...MVC020F-vi.jpg
Test fitting the panel.
http://images61.fotki.com/v439/photo...MVC022F-vi.jpg
Once we did a little fitting we clecoed it in place and marked the tunnels for trimming.
http://images15.fotki.com/v792/photo...MVC023F-vi.jpg
Once the tunnels were marked we pulled one out and I laid out cut lines to trim to. We left it about an inch long so we could roll up a flange for welding to the floor.
http://images46.fotki.com/v529/photo...MVC019F-vi.jpg
After a few runs through the bead roller with the tipping dies in place we had a nice flange that only took a hammering to get flat enough to cleco in.
http://images57.fotki.com/v1613/phot...MVC021F-vi.jpg
http://images46.fotki.com/v274/photo...MVC022F-vi.jpg
This is under the floor. We had a bit of fitting to do to get it sitting right.
http://images43.fotki.com/v1505/phot...MVC023F-vi.jpg
Once we had everything fit together we put a couple of cleco's in the top flange and called it a day...
http://images50.fotki.com/v1513/phot...MVC007F-vi.jpg
The fit is pretty good underneath. This will get tightened up a bit while we are welding it in.
http://images56.fotki.com/v1599/phot...MVC005F-vi.jpg
Thanks for watching.
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