Bobsticle
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Got sum mecul today 
. Need some way of transporting bits for the never starting trailer build so I thought rather than an yewge great roof rack I’d buy a set of roof bars.
Then I noticed the price of them and the fact they are probably made of recycled milk bottle tops so I decided to over engineer some.
Mecul
Sum 2mm and sum 3mm along with a length of ‘T’ profile and a lump of channel.
Costs so far is £20 as most of it is from a local bus company engineering department.
Had a quick look this afternoon and managed 4 of these witch will obviously be the gutter brackets.
I welded a bit of the 3mm on the bottom edge to thicken up the 2mm plate. I wanted to bend the plate at the 130 mark but I can neither get it in the vice or have a bendermibob.
Next job is vertical strength using some more 3mm strips and a welding rod.
I’m sure I have a roll of 2mm rubber to stick on the bits that touch the gutter.
. Need some way of transporting bits for the never starting trailer build so I thought rather than an yewge great roof rack I’d buy a set of roof bars. Then I noticed the price of them and the fact they are probably made of recycled milk bottle tops so I decided to over engineer some.
Mecul
Sum 2mm and sum 3mm along with a length of ‘T’ profile and a lump of channel.
Costs so far is £20 as most of it is from a local bus company engineering department
.Had a quick look this afternoon and managed 4 of these witch will obviously be the gutter brackets.
I welded a bit of the 3mm on the bottom edge to thicken up the 2mm plate. I wanted to bend the plate at the 130 mark but I can neither get it in the vice or have a bendermibob.
Next job is vertical strength using some more 3mm strips and a welding rod.
I’m sure I have a roll of 2mm rubber to stick on the bits that touch the gutter.
