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04-24-2007, 11:37 PM
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It shrank!!
After looking hi and low for a short wide bed for the 68 I am building and only finding ones that needed way too much work, or were way out of my budget, I decided to cut a long one down. Here are a couple of pics. Tell me what you think of my first attempt. Now its time to work out the damage in the lower right corner.
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04-24-2007, 11:39 PM
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Re: It shrank!!
Hey that looks great Mark. I need to stop by and check it out.
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04-24-2007, 11:42 PM
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Re: It shrank!!
Awesome work, so exactly how much did you cut out in front of the wheels, and behind the wheels?
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04-24-2007, 11:46 PM
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Re: It shrank!!
Looks good man. I am going to have to find me some LWB beds and start cutting them all up. What were your measurements by the way?
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04-25-2007, 12:02 AM
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Re: It shrank!!
The front was cut 12 inches.. and the back 8 inches. it even uses the factory mounting holes.. I couldn't believe how straight forward it all was. the front lined up perfectly.. the rear took some pushing and shoving.. I ended up cutting the rear portion down to just below the body line then angled the cut toward the wheel well to make the differences line up easier
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04-25-2007, 12:07 AM
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Son of a gun
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Re: It shrank!!
I'm getting set to do this, and those are the most awesome pics I could have to show what to do and where to do it, I swiped 'em to my computer.
What did you use to do the cutting? you do really good work 
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04-25-2007, 12:16 AM
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Re: It shrank!!
Thank you for the compliments,
95% of the cutting was done with a cut off blade in a skill saw the rest was with an angle die grinder and also a straight die grinder |
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04-25-2007, 01:54 PM
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Re: It shrank!!
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Skill Saw  - got any pictures of that, seems dangerousoh and what type of electric Cut-Off grinder is that? - do you like it compared to an air cut-off?
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04-26-2007, 12:20 AM
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Re: It shrank!!
Thanks for all the compliments guys!!
arkracing... I do have a couple more pics of the outside after grinding.. it does look better from distance .. go easy on me as I am not an expert on sheet metal welding.. MORE PRACTICE MORE PRACTICE MORE PRACTICE.. Sorry no pics of the skill saw.. never dawned on me to take any , Its just a normal 7.5 inch saw with a cutoff blade make for skill saws.. The electric die grinder is a Hitachi.. Yes I do like it much better than an air one.. not much slows it down unlike the air grinders, the downside is it can not get into tight places. Last edited by Livrat; 04-26-2007 at 12:20 AM. |
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04-26-2007, 12:44 AM
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Re: It shrank!!
great job looks fantastic pics were a plus thanks this will help a lot.
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04-26-2007, 07:47 AM
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Looks like good welding to me. It's very tough to get MIG welds "metal Finished" - i.e. look like they were never there. on the Skill Saw - is it a "Grinding Wheel" type blade - one of these things: http://www.metaldevil.com/index.html Videos here  http://www.metaldevil.com/seeing.html
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04-25-2007, 12:19 AM
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Re: It shrank!!
Sweet, that makes me want to go cut mine down right now...in the rain...in the dark...
OK maybe I'll wait till this weekend 
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04-25-2007, 12:22 AM
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Re: It shrank!!
Mark that looks great!!! What a fine job you did. You'll never be able to tell. But we all will know, HA,HA............
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04-25-2007, 02:46 AM
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Re: It shrank!!
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET...u da man!
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04-25-2007, 02:55 AM
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Re: It shrank!!
good job dude, always love when its bare metal, just looks friggin awesome
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04-25-2007, 11:51 AM
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Re: It shrank!!
Looks like you've done a great job!
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08-10-2009, 09:04 PM
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Re: It shrank!!
Do you have info from the front? I just need that so I can measure from the front
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04-25-2007, 12:01 PM
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Re: It shrank!!
That is some SWEET @SS work!!! Welll Done. I bow down to you almighty sheet metal god!!!
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04-25-2007, 01:12 PM
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Re: It shrank!!
I don't think I would have the gutt's to try that! Great job.
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04-26-2007, 04:24 AM
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Re: It shrank!!
Nice job, when I welded aluminum fuel takers we used skil saws and regular tooth blades for cutting out our welds, they had to be continious welds so you got real good real fast its tough holding one of those over your head very long. lol great job.
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04-26-2007, 06:40 AM
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Re: It shrank!!
Awesome execution.I like the jog at the bottom to bring the taper more together.It looks like minimum plastic is required.Your welding looks good to me.I`ve had bodymen scared to weld mid-panel ever since I`ve been working on stiff.
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04-26-2007, 10:04 AM
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Re: It shrank!!
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04-26-2007, 10:11 AM
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Re: It shrank!!
Nice looking project LivRat. I never understood why GM didn't build an extended cab; I'm sorry but to my the crew cabs were fugly.
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04-27-2007, 05:24 PM
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Re: It shrank!!
Nice metalwork Livrat. It gives those of us in search of short beds a little to think about. Thanks, .....Jerry
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04-27-2007, 05:57 PM
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Re: It shrank!!
Where do you buy "the metal devil blade"? looks worth trying
p.s. where did they move "the unfinished nationals" ? always a good show !
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