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Making a 110 roof rack
« on: July 28, 2011, 05:25:12 »
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.

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Re: Making a 110 roof rack
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2011, 07:27:11 »
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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Re: Making a 110 roof rack
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2011, 16:53:53 »
Well after 10 hours of fabrication / welding and a whole
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Re: Making a 110 roof rack
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2011, 20:55:04 »
we shall not believe you then  :cheesy:
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Re: Making a 110 roof rack
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2011, 05:27:42 »
Here we go








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Re: Making a 110 roof rack
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2011, 07:16:19 »
nice work.  :cool:
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Re: Making a 110 roof rack
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2011, 07:59:14 »
how you get on with welding the alloy?
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Re: Making a 110 roof rack
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2011, 16:35:48 »
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.

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Re: Making a 110 roof rack
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2011, 21:33:48 »
Nice, I like that.
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Re: Making a 110 roof rack
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2011, 21:35:07 »
nice job gerraffe, did you use TIG?
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Re: Making a 110 roof rack
« Reply #10 on: August 02, 2011, 05:22:19 »
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 !!!

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