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Small update, I’ve been busy with other aspects of life.. Anyways, this is the final pieces of the cab-to-bed structure before I seal the side with sheet metal and start on the aluminum bed. The bed bolts into the structures you see here. Frame work should be soon, very soon.
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Been working on the body design so that I can get parts printing to make molds. I have several months of printing to complete so that I can make the custom body. The idea is to get parts designed and printed while I am working on the other pieces. Printing a single front fender will take about 6 days…. The rear more like 10 days. Hood probably another 15 days because it’s multiple pieces. You get the point, lots of time needed to print the parts. After I print them I have to finish them and pull a mold off them so that I can make the end use part.
The rear door I will have to make a new skin for it because I do not use the arched opening for the tire.
So just bringing you along for the process.
This is the door as I am scanning it for reverse engineering.
From here I will take the mesh model and import it into a program that will allow me to make surfaces and export it to another program that I will use to model the final design. Rinse and repeat for most of the custom parts. I scanned both the front fender and rear door today while I was working on the project.
The rear door I will have to make a new skin for it because I do not use the arched opening for the tire.
So just bringing you along for the process.
This is the door as I am scanning it for reverse engineering.
From here I will take the mesh model and import it into a program that will allow me to make surfaces and export it to another program that I will use to model the final design. Rinse and repeat for most of the custom parts. I scanned both the front fender and rear door today while I was working on the project.
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Sorry I failed to update, y’all already know I stay busy 
Here’s the process on the bed. Cut stuff, weld it, grind it down.
Going to get into the frame this Weekend
The bed is 3/16 6061 aluminum
Here’s the process on the bed. Cut stuff, weld it, grind it down.
Going to get into the frame this Weekend
The bed is 3/16 6061 aluminum
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are you worried about the bed floor not being stamped for rigidity? Seems ripe for denting/bending once you actually start using it.
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Honestly no, I’m 275# standing in the middle of it and it’s insanely strong. I am going to be doing Eva foam in it for a few reason. I’m not putting anything crazy back there, bikes, cooler, etc.are you worried about the bed floor not being stamped for rigidity? Seems ripe for denting/bending once you actually start using it.
this is what i’m lining the bed with.
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Funny - literally just got done Ordering a roll of EVA before closing the Amazon window and coming here to check Messages. It’s for a spare tire platform I’m building. But I think I’m gonna dimple die my project to get a little more rigidity out of the sheet metal.
Love what you got going so far
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That’s funny. Honestly it’s so thick at 3/16, I’m already in the overkill zone. Yet the bed still come in around 100lb so it fit what I needed and didn’t add a bunch of weight.
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Did this project get put on back burner already, was hopeful to see an actual "build" on here.
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I did pull from SEMA this year. Build is still going, I had to pull back just a bit because of outside reasons. I work in healthcare and we all know there are a lot of changes at the moment. This is not going to turn into a political discussion, and I must put family first. I didn’t lose my job, and I have a lot of work that is taking my focus. Build is still happening, I’ll post an update soon, have been waiting on a few supplies to come in.
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