Project Rusty.

dieseldog69 · Nov 19, 2018

resto_d1 said:
As in a van style bulkhead? That's good of you cheers.

Mate, you used to put your advance signage out on a job and by the time you'd circled back round the plate was gone lol. P.s. all the big stuffs still plate but there are cameras everywhere lol. After you mentioned it I drove up to the yard and it clicked. It's perfect for the job. Also using a rigid frame to make my new tank cradle bracket. Going to bevel edges down to 3mm. It looks perfect size but haven't measured.

I can post some pics if you like but yeah it is a folded ally tread plate on a box section frame, Belgian rules say that for a vehicle to be converted to commercial it has to have a minimum 250mm bulkhead separating the load bed from the front seating. You're more than welcome to it as I think you'll be able to use/adapt/modify it to suit your camper conversion, I am putting rear seats back in mine so it is totally surplus to requirements.

dieseldog69 · Nov 19, 2018

resto_d1 said:
I've got to buy a crossmember too. I accidently put a deposit down on a watch pre-order that i had been waiting for though lol

Looking at them incessantly on YRM at the mo, really got a bee in me bonnet an I am struggling with not buying it

resto_d1 · Nov 19, 2018

That's awesome thank you. I'd modify so there's a cut out at the back of passenger seat for my feet to go when ly8ng in back.

dieseldog69 · Nov 25, 2018

Went outside and played a bit today

@resto_d1 this is my "get me out of the sh1t" set up for the day I run out of gas, which I did today

Not exactly a great success but it did the job despite this happening.

Comes to something when your regulator freezes solid and you have to get it a hot water bottle

But meh, did get something done despite all the faffing around LOLZ

Underside all painted with the first coat of primer.

I will probably flip it over tomorrow night and get the inside roughed up and primed so that I can get the seam sealer on both sides and then a second coat of primer on the underside ready for next weekend.

Still in a quandry over the boot floor as I can't find the blind captive nuts that I want to use. If anyone knows of a supplier for these then please post up.

The Mad Hat Man · Nov 25, 2018

dieseldog69 said:
Still in a quandry over the boot floor as I can't find the blind captive nuts that I want to use. If anyone knows of a supplier for these then please post up.
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My cupboard

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glad to a see it coming on................ oooooooooooooo new rear wheelarch

http://www.normandyfasteners.co.uk/product/flange-head-closed-end/ is the closest I have found, but they are aircraft fittings,..... @wammers might know.

dieseldog69 · Nov 25, 2018

The Mad Hat Man said:
My cupboard .
glad to a see it coming on................ oooooooooooooo new rear wheelarch

Did you see how well I treat my tools, getting them hot water bottles an cocoa

Right then, need about 35 of them captive nuts, give me a price

The Mad Hat Man · Nov 25, 2018

corse - yu could buy some of these

dieseldog69 · Nov 25, 2018

The Mad Hat Man said:
corse - yu could buy some of these

It just took 15 minutes of my life to find out exactly what they are called "sealed anchor nuts"

Just about to place an order for about 50 of them, not paying that price per piece though as I've found them for as little as £1.65 each now

The Mad Hat Man · Nov 25, 2018

made by Arconic, I believe.

http://catalog.arconicfasteners.com...ug-floating-miniature-self-sealing/mf1968-08h

all seem to be UNF/UNC thread tho.

dieseldog69 · Nov 25, 2018

The Mad Hat Man said:
made by Arconic, I believe.

http://catalog.arconicfasteners.com...ug-floating-miniature-self-sealing/mf1968-08h

Them be the ones, found them on eBay.com (US site) not placed the order yet as I'd rather a UK seller gets my hard earned

The Mad Hat Man · Nov 25, 2018

LAS Aerospace Ltd

resto_d1 · Nov 25, 2018

Oooo the nuts are a good shout. That a froggats arch? That makes things easier to drop in!!!

The Mad Hat Man · Nov 25, 2018

ere doozil..... what length welding hose is good - 3M/4M etc?

dieseldog69 · Nov 25, 2018

resto_d1 said:
Oooo the nuts are a good shout. That a froggats arch? That makes things easier to drop in!!!

Yeah the wheel tub is from Friggits, great when you combine it with the new side sections, as long as you assemble it as I did before fitting them, it goes fast and easy.

clamp it together and line up the inner edges, scribe the line and then drill it for plug welds, I opted to do intermittent tacks on the inside too I'll run a wire wheel around the joint on the inside before I paint it but it has added a lot more strength and it all feels more rigid with the intermittent tacks

The Mad Hat Man said:
ere doozil..... what length welding hose is good - 3M/4M etc?

For the gas bottle? I have mine on a 4 meter airline so that I can dump the bottle and still have the welder portable, I think I'm going to go for a bigger bottle when I exchange mine this week.

Welding cart build coming soon I think as well.

The Mad Hat Man · Nov 25, 2018

dieseldog69 said:
Yeah the wheel tub is from Friggits, great when you combine it with the new side sections, as long as you assemble it as I did before fitting them, it goes fast and easy.

clamp it together and line up the inner edges, scribe the line and then drill it for plug welds, I opted to do intermittent tacks on the inside too I'll run a wire wheel around the joint on the inside before I paint it but it has added a lot more strength and it all feels more rigid with the intermittent tacks

For the gas bottle? I have mine on a 4 meter airline so that I can dump the bottle and still have the welder portable, I think I'm going to go for a bigger bottle when I exchange mine this week.

Welding cart build coming soon I think as well.

nar - not gas but the actual lance

dieseldog69 · Nov 25, 2018

The Mad Hat Man said:
nar - not gas but the actual lance

I was just looking at a 4 meter eurotorch kit.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mig-Weld...h=item4635bbc0c4:g:G7wAAOSwa6JbvIH0:rk:2:pf:0

The Mad Hat Man · Nov 25, 2018

dieseldog69 said:
I was just looking at a 4 meter eurotorch kit.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mig-Weld...h=item4635bbc0c4:g:G7wAAOSwa6JbvIH0:rk:2:pf:0

wont 4M get all tangled and be too long? its weighing convenience against problems.

this is cheaper

dieseldog69 · Nov 25, 2018

The Mad Hat Man said:
wont 4M get all tangled and be too long? its weighing convenience against problems.

The convenience is being able to leave the welder away from the work piece and it should make it safer/easier/more convenient to move around the work piece without getting tangled up or tripping over it, that was also my reasoning for going with a 4 meter electrode lead on my stick welder.

resto_d1 · Nov 25, 2018

Definitely. I was looking at Euro torching mine and also going to put in a new long earth. I always have to move my welder to get to my earth

The Mad Hat Man · Nov 25, 2018

just querying a 3M against a 4M?

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