Getting There…
Drilled the five brackets that will connect the two top panels.
Drilled holes in one side and just pushed the bolts in place to locate the top panels.
Marked up, drilled holes, filed smooth and fitted the brackets to one of the top panels.
Then drilled the holes in the other side panel, using a clamp to ensure the holes lined up on both pieces.
With all the nuts and bolts tightened on both sides I had this.
Which allowed me to mark and drill the holes in the other top panel.
Quite a few rivets later…
Next up was the bottom panel and I had enough of the extractor fan ally left over to make it in a single piece.
Some more CAD work gave me the odd shapes required to secure the bottom panel.
These will be rivetted to the ends of the bottom panel like so.
And then bolted to the side pieces like this.
Not quite at the right height, but this gives a good idea of the final shape.
I will also make a bracket to connect the bottom panel to the front chassis.
But I need to have everything fitted into place before I can do that.
Unfortunately, at this point, rain stopped play.
So, until next time, take care, Paul.
