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I haven't liked my plastic storage box in the bed of my truck. It is large on the outside and small on the inside. Another issue is I didn't have a good space to store my long side spare front shaft. I have alloy shafts but with a dana 44 and 37"s I still have my doubts on the strength. So I decided to build my own box. After some measuring and computer time I cut the shape of the box.
20151106_164458 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
If you look closely on it you can see where I wrote up and down for the direction each bend had to go. My biggest mistake is I should have made the relief cuts longer on the bend lines as I do not have a good way to bend metal. After a few hours with the help of Tracy I was able to get it all bent. A little more time with clamps was able to get it all welded together. I built a lid and used a piano hinge on the back. I still need to finish the lock and add a handle to it.
20151107_182127 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
20151107_182133 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
20151107_182152 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
20151106_164458 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
If you look closely on it you can see where I wrote up and down for the direction each bend had to go. My biggest mistake is I should have made the relief cuts longer on the bend lines as I do not have a good way to bend metal. After a few hours with the help of Tracy I was able to get it all bent. A little more time with clamps was able to get it all welded together. I built a lid and used a piano hinge on the back. I still need to finish the lock and add a handle to it.
20151107_182127 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
20151107_182133 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
20151107_182152 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr