Weld in flip door

[thelonerife]

Did I mess up by making mine round?

[Trsmotrhed]

Originally Posted by thelonerife

Did I mess up by making mine round?

That looks pretty good to me.

[swamp rat]

Originally Posted by thelonerife

Did I mess up by making mine round?

Did you mess up? Keep posting more pictures, show a shot from the back looking forward, Looks good to me.

[MP&C]

Originally Posted by thelonerife

Did I mess up by making mine round?

I've found that having a consistent width of your "inset" panel to the door opening, without having any sharp corners, will provide best results. For a square door, a square cutout with radiused corners, and for a round door with finger tab like you show, the egg shape is about perfect. For a completely round with no finger pull, a round cutout. Weld dots, planish, grind, repeat..

[swamp rat]

Originally Posted by thelonerife

Did I mess up by making mine round?

I'd love to see more pic's as you go as far as filler tube, mods ect.

I'm planning on having the center line of the door on the same plane with the center line of the marker lamp

[LONGHAIR]

Originally Posted by thelonerife

Did I mess up by making mine round?

I don't think so, especially for a round door.....I would put significant rounding on a square opening too. I would avoid "points" on patches of any shape.

[thelonerife]

Originally Posted by Trsmotrhed

That looks pretty good to me.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by swamp rat

Did you mess up? Keep posting more pictures, show a shot from the back looking forward, Looks good to me.

I'll post more in my build thread below

Originally Posted by MP&C

I've found that having a consistent width of your "inset" panel to the door opening, without having any sharp corners, will provide best results. For a square door, a square cutout with radiused corners, and for a round door with finger tab like you show, the egg shape is about perfect. For a completely round with no finger pull, a round cutout. Weld dots, planish, grind, repeat..

So I guess I didn't mess up. It 's hard to planish with the inner panel in the way.

Originally Posted by swamp rat

I'd love to see more pic's as you go as far as filler tube, mods ect.

Check out my build thread. I'm sure I'll put it in there.

I'm planning on having the center line of the door on the same plane with the center line of the marker lamp

I thought about that but I wanted to get it as low as I could so the tube in the bed wouldn't be so big.

Originally Posted by LONGHAIR

I don't think so, especially for a round door.....I would put significant rounding on a square opening too. I would avoid "points" on patches of any shape.

Thanks for your input. I have aftermarket bed sides and of corse the metal is thinner than original. I am battling flat spots. I got two out tonight but I'm not done welding it in. I weld,then blow it with an air hose, and go to the opposite side and weld blow, repeat.