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Custom app to control a 4 channel Bluetooth relay board. the idea is to be able to control future Scene lights front only drivers side only passenger side only rear only all lights on software runs on the tablet dedicated for the truck Here are the results of digging through the...

The homemade awning is turning out to be fairly durable. All things considered . Held up well to the gulf winds. 15 to 20mph winds.. But with out guying the awning there was no way I was going to trust it overnight. The poles where buried a couple inches in the sand and with the back...

For now it will be painted. Satin black to match the sliders...I am wanting to build a powder coat oven big enough to handle the bars and a future project. When that is done it will get sandblasted and powdercoated.

Well. After a bunch of work trimming the ends 0f the bed bars I finly reached a point where all 3 bars appeared to be running level with each other. Which in the end is the important thing.... I may end up making another set taking into account what I learned on this first set. Which...

Spent the day cutting the 60 degree angle.qhere the bars mate to the brackets. Bit more involved than I first expected. The hardest part was matching the 3rd bard to the first ., and getting all 3 to the same height. All with out the best tools.for.the job. Since my saw has a max angle...

Still getting my butt kick from the aftereffects of the recent visit from the covid19 . But I did manage to get the bars bent sadly I messed up the 2nd one and had to redo it. Considering I have never bent tube before this project, I am pretty pleased with how close they ended up to...

Made some progress this afternoon.. FINALLY!!! First bed bar... I spent part of the afternoon laying out the bed bars. Ran some numbers double checked numbers. And then ran the layout with a couple different versions of the numbers just to confirm I did in fact understand what was going on...

Well.. getting a couple steps closer. I finally got the right die set Then then found out that I got the wrong tube the steel yard gave me 2" instead of the 1.75".. minor delay while they order in the right stuff this time. Expensive stuff... there was a couple of.short pieces that will...

The flats for the bed brackets arrived., remember the first set i ran into an issue where the part was bent wrong. This was mainly due to how I designed the original part and a lack of understanding of the sheet metal design tools in inventor2020.... As you can see this time they turned...

Well... this one had a oops moment I was cutting the slots to hang the curtain webbing when the router grabbed and and took a big chunk out. Time to practice aluminum tig welding so I can weld the hole up and recut it.. In the mean time... here is one of the side rails with some very ugly...

Still working on a design for that.. planning a on a table with a 4'x4' cut area thinking 2x2 tube for the base table 3060 extrusion for the gantry 25mm linear rail s with 20mm ball screws possible downdraft over a water table And that is about the extent of a very flexible design in...

Test print #2... only a portion of the bracket printed again Turned out much better with the slot moved down Once I had confirmed the new design, I sent the files off to the laser cutter.

Test printed a slice of the brackets to double check the slot location and over all fit.. need to shift the slot down ~1/4".. that should get the mounting bolt in the center, and allow for equal room on each side to adjust as needed.

redesigned this bracket, using the knowledge learned by the above mistake, and learning better ways of modeling a sheet metal part in CAD. I think I am gonna 3D print a slice of the bracket for a test fit. Also in the very very early stages of designing my own CNC plasma table, that should be...

well... at least the stand for the bender is coming along nicely. need to do some clean up on the mounting plate, I needed to cut some clearance for the the air over hydraulic mounting bracket to bolt up . and prep the stand for paint.

Well... this project suffered a bit of a setback, due to stupidity.. it seems taht when I bought the bender and Die, I bought the Die for the wrong bender . how I have no clue but I did.. so now I have to jump through hoops to get the old returned wait for the refund, and then hope the wife...

Been practicing with the tig welder. Bit frustrating learning a new skill. Especially when you are stuck doing the self teaching route. At least I have some past experience with stick and some gas welding. So it is not 100% .foreign in concept. Couple shots from today's practice...

Quick update... This is going to have some life breathed into it... Just placed an order for a new JD2 model 32 tube bender along with a TIG welder. been working on getting the shop outfitted with some big ticket items.

plan is carbon fiber nylon for the final print. I bought the harden nozzles to go with it. the stuff is extremely tuff, I printed a dimple die from it;

The low resolution Test part finished up, threw a quick coat of grey primer on it so it stands out better. And roughly held it in place by hand. Main goal was to verify the light pod fit, which it does with a nice snug fit. And to get an idea of how it would look on the rack itself.