Canopy BX25 Cab Build

[BCNorth]

What is the diameter of your plug holes?

dragoneggs, they are 3/16"...

 

[BCNorth]

You can easily enlarge the holes with a step drill

That's a good idea JLwoodworks, for some reason I wasn't even thinking of using a step drill. I guess there's some drilling in my day today.

 

[BCNorth]

Turns out the bigger holes make things a lot easier. Here's the progress I made so far this morning.



While I'm at it, I'll throw in a plug for PPE... despite wearing a full face shield, I almost got a good shard of metal in the eye when I was cutting some sheet metal. It hit me right in the corner of the eye, hard enough to leave my eye watering for the next few minutes. Can't imagine not wearing eye protection.

 

[BCNorth]

Well, this is where I stopped for the day. It's a good thing I have a grinder. Slow going, but steady progress.

 

[dragoneggs]

Looking good... some day soon I need to get up to Prince George. Do you know EB Horsman Company?

 

[BCNorth]

Looking good... some day soon I need to get up to Prince George. Do you know EB Horsman Company?

Yep, I'm familiar with the company. Do you work for them?

 

[BCNorth]

Well, I managed to find some time to work at the cab this afternoon. Because I'm going with regular safety glass in the windshield, and the rubber moulding can't make 90 degree corners well, I installed a 4 inch radius curve around the main windshield. A bit fussy, but good fun still. That wraps up the sheet metal work on the front... on to the closed side tomorrow.

 

[dragoneggs]

Okay BC... you changed it up a bit. So you just pieced in four inside radius curves? Well done!

 

[BCNorth]

Thanks dragoneggs... today, I started in the right side sheet metal. I've put a solid panel alongside where the fuel filler is. My intention is to access the fuel cap from the rear door. If I had my way, I would have a fuel cap on the outside of the cab on the right side, but I haven't come up with a practical way to do that yet. Once I finish the sheet metal on the lower right quadrant of the right side, I'll be moving on to the left door. I have the basic frame built, but need to install framing for a latch as well as a structural cross brace. More to come. For now, here are a couple of photos from today.

 

[BCNorth]

So, I finished up the right side sheet metal today and mounted the door frame back in the left side. I had forgotten, though, that I didn't fully weld the door frame before. All of the joints were just tacked. So, instead of working on a latch plan, or starting sheet metal on the door, I spent the rest of the afternoon doing complete welds on the joints in the door frame. Here are a couple of photos from today, doesn't look like a ton of progress, but every little bit counts.