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Finished welding and grind smooth:
1964 FJ45 LB “RB1” Project
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Cleaned up the corner support then separated the two pieces for additional cleaning before reassembly:
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Separated the 2 pieces and now its ready for more cleaning:
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yooper
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project! I'm responding just to subscribe to the thread.
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They're Butt Weld Panel Clamps and I bought them:
http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=1159&itemType=PRODUCT
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I haven't had any updates lately as I've been side-tracked on another project. However, the other project is related to the fj45. I'm attempting to build a tool to fabricate some of the pieces that I will need to complete the bed. Its been a little more difficult than I thought and it turned out to be a bit of trial and error. Today, I had some results that look promising, so I'm hoping to have some pictures to share soon.
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OK, finally got some more stuff to share. After several attempts to make a tool to form or shape sheetmetal, I finally acheived the results I was hoping to get. Here's a picture of a test piece I was using to see if the dies were correct to get the shape I wanted for the floor of the bed. Then I had to figure out the shrinkage of the metal after being shaped so I could determine the spacing to correctly span a 40" center section of the bed.
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After doing some calculations, I settled on the spacing I needed and then went to work on this 63"L x 48"W piece of 18ga. Once I have it shaped, I will trim it to 40" wide to fit the center section of the bed. The length I need is 63" so that part is already the final dimension.
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The dies I made make a single ridge, or 4 bends at one time. Here's the first one completed. Only 14 more to go for this piece! These 2 pictures show a single jack but I'm using 3 rated at 20 tons each.
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More pictures of the progress.
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Shaping is completed for this piece. Just need to trim to correct size. It took about 1.5 hours to shape this piece but I took my time in order to get each ridge parallel and spaced correctly.
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Next piece is the front of the box. Here's the original. The bottom drivers side is rusted out and a part of the bottom lip is missing. I had already drilled out the spot welds on the braces so they are just sitting there for show at this point...
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Here's the new one I made on the same shaping tool. The 90 degree bend was made with a different set of dies. I forgot to take any pics when I was making this piece.
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Here they are side by side.
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And here's a couple of the two pieces placed on the bed supports.
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Finally, a couple shots of the underside.
very nice work. you make house calls?
Jason
Jason
man that is a cool custom jig.
That looks great. Project is coming along well. Thanks for sharing/educating. 
