Hello,
I am almost finished.
Today I will report on the final steps of the metalwork on the tub.
For the toolbox bottoms I decided to use repro. I also used repro for the toolbox frames.
This what it looks like before welding.
And this is what it looks like after welding (I did cut out the old toolbox bottoms such that the weld will be covered by the frame).
The toolbox frame covers the weld of the toolbox bottom
The toolboxes repair took me 6 hours of work.
I still needed to weld in the repair of the back bottom part (another 1 hour):
After having finished all this work I did put the tub on a rotisserie and did a lot of minor clean up things which consisted mostly of cleaning welds and spot welds adding smaller parts that I had removed. This took me another 6 hours.
After that: DONE!
At least no more welding and grinding.
In my next post I will show some pictures of the finished tub and will come up with the total number of hours I reported on.
Greetings
Hans