Well folks, I have been planning to make some alu boxes for the twin for some time now. I was very impressed with some of the homemade ones I have seen around and they were near enough to what I wanted. But to cut down on cost and weight, I decided not to use the
angle profile some lads used. So I needed something to bend the aluminum at the corners. I came up with this contraption,
it consists of two 30in lengths of 2in angle and a 20in lenght to clamp the alu and two hinges I had lying around.
The angle is from some scaffolding I came across ! I tried welding the hinges on, but my welding is sh#t and it didn't hold,
so nut and bolt job. Drilled and tapped the top bar/clamp for a good grip on the sheet.
Here it is.
Added some vice grips for leverage.
I am using 2mm alu for rigidity. I was going to try and do them in one continuous sheet, but being a novice at this, I thought it better to make the side boxes
in four pieces as there was a chance of the one not marrying up. Having said that I'm going to chance a top box in one sheet. I also wanted to do two 45 degree instead of a 90, just for aesthetics and I like it.
Not too bad.
Two ends done.
Shaping up nicely.
The walls all done on number one.
Stay tuned for more trilling installments !!!!!!!
Cheers
Gerry
