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Now we had the bar receiver parts we were able to cut the pipe to match it. we turned it upside down and traced the arch of the tube onto the bar supports and with a jig saw and a steel cutting blade we cut them so we would have a cradling tight fit. |
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Here is the bar support in place for a dry fitting. We had cut this a little wide on one side so there was a gap. This can be fixed with a little fill welding and some grinding to clean it up. |
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Next we tacked the bar supports in place and installed the bar to test and verify square. If you need to make any adjustments in angle of the bar it’s easier to slide the bottom forward and back than to cut it up top. |
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With the bar verified to be square we permanently welded the supports in place. It’s really important not to blow through the top half of the bars support when welding. If you do you will need to spend some quality time with the dremel tool grinding it flat. Another thing to watch for is splatter. We used a spool of flux mig wire and ran gasless. Now this is good for getting a little hotter and deeper weld. But it creates a lot of splatter. This splatter fuses with the walls on the inside of the tube and will have to be ground out. That part kinda sucked... |
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Just another shot where you can see the notched end of the bar support seated around the lower bar support with final welds finished. |
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With the bar support installed we moved on to the wheels. That’s right I said wheels. We will be installing wheels on these baddies so that when the decks are turned sideways we can just clamp them together and they stand upright with the stability of 4 wheels so there easy to move or store. The wheels are staggered so that they will fit in the bar space of the other deck as well. That way you won’t have anything hanging out to step on or stub a toe on. |
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The deck with all its raw fab done! We installed the handles on the other side making it easy to pick them up and roll them around even at this point. One thing to remember when you’re installing the handles. when you start flipping and rolling this around make sure your still orienting the handles so they will close on their own when the deck is on the ground like normal. Its always a good practice to tack weld something. Step away from it. Then final weld it. |
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Now, as Danny was the one taking these homes, mixed with the fact he can’t weld... well I let him do all the grinding. Grinding is not fun. Make clean welds. And use a nice wire buffing wheel to remove rust from your materials if you need to. |
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The next step is to give this a coat of paint. We chose a nice silver rustolium for the paint on this project. Now spray painting is not hard. But it can be time consuming. So on this project we did 2 things. We used the little spray can handles you can attach to the spray can and make it into a little triggered gun. And we applied several coats of paint to the top surface of the deck along with several coats of clear so that it would have a strong durable finish. |
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Another tip is to let that paint fully cure. On a hot august day it takes a few hours to cure to a point you can be fairly rough with it. But it often takes 24 hours to fully cure. |
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