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Originally Posted by anthonygubbin
I meant your fabbed gear in general. Your slide unit looked pretty trick and because it was steel tube the weight is low compared to mine. I think you have a fair amount of inherit skill. I can make gear all day long and it rarely comes out ideal and can always be improved. From what I see you make, it appears you have already thought out any probs beforehand. When I make gear I can end up making it 2-3 times before I sort out all the things that did not work the first or second time.
Regards A
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Cheers AG but the drawer/storage unit that you're referring to was the 3rd installment/attempt at getting it right for what we want although our needs evolved over the years.
The first one which I still have was a simple shelf made of plywood with two plywood legs, it just sat in the back with a tab that slid into the cargo barrier to keep it from moving around too much.
It worked surprisingly well on the Jeep's first run to Tassie, we used an esky that we just slid out manually on one side and it meant that suit cases etc didn't need to be unpacked to do anything too much.
The we bought a fridge so I built a very simple (crude) fridge slide...
This also worked well but was limited so I then sat down and had a long think about what we now knew that we needed, as the wife uses the Jeep most of the time as a shopping trolley and like tomorrow I am planning on collecting a couple of Xj doors a permanent unit was never going to be on the cards which is why I decided upon the modular system with the side storage units but when I went to mount the shelf for suitcase duty I found that the base from made from 25mm SHS was too thick so I have to make a 100% compatible base frame out of 12mm SHS so everything would still line up so I could fit it out like this...
Even then I had to remove the bag from the fridge as it just won't quite fit, if the side units were just 10mm taller it would all fit fine....
So don't beat yourself up if it takes a few attempts and I find talking a design over with others can make a huge difference as they may see things slightly different and that make all the difference....
I also have access (albeit limited access) to a wide range od metal working machinery but I don't want to wear out my welcome so I keep it to a minimum...
Cheers JJ
