The BAD AST Project - Faze II

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Got a good start on the enclosure today. Made the side brackets out of 18ga and got them pop riveted to the side walls. I bent them up with the Swag bender, figured out the hole pattern for the rivets and drilled those. Here's the driver side clecoed in place

Once they were clecoed I used the brackets to drill out the rest of the rivet holes.


Setting the rivets.

The passenger side all riveted in.

Building a support for the cross tube.

I cut the tube to length and got it clamped in place. This will be the front of the enclosure and the point where the lid will hinge from.


I'll pick away at this during the week. I have to make templates for the front of the enclosure to fit around the wheel tubs and decide if I want to make the panels out of aluminum or steel.