The Lair

Looks good! What happened to that last hole there, looks like a mouse got hungry for some steel lol

 

Had to wallow it out with the plasma cutter lol

 

Ah ok. My go to choice for that type of stuff is a carbide burr bit. Very easy to control and those bits seem to last forever. Besides the angle grinder it’s probably the second most tool I use when cutting metal.

https://www.eastwood.com/8pc-dual-c...qwf9cqzHgJppcP552sAZdVGkSHJ9RYvQaApscEALw_wcB

 

I’ve used those before in a dewalt die grinder, works like a charm. This was the “quick and dirty and not visible since it’s covered by a washer” method.

 

haha I gotcha. Yeah I know that feeling. If ain’t nobody gonna be seeing it don’t have to be perfect. Otherwise one job ends up taking half the tools in my garage.

 

Yea, I was gonna start callin' you grandpa already.

 

rustoleum tends to be more glossy than duplicolor that’s the only reason I don’t like it.

 

Good to know. I need to spray my sliders with something before the winter snow flies and freshen them up.

 

Ok thanks! I’ll probably be ready to pull the trigger on something next month I’ll send you a PM.

 

Got them mounted early because I just really wanted to drive the truck around. Waiting on the foam tape still.

 

Came here for the flex pics....

 

Looks great Randejo

 

I was bored and reading through my bobbed thread and found a good "before" pic for my bed rails. They didn't look bad by any means, but the cut is still very visible.

 

As in GOOD if you want to make me cringe.

 

Good as in it accurately depicted what my bedrails looked like before I built my steel ones.

 

Potato Patato

 

My foam tape came in for my rails so I put the bed back together. I also put D rings up front instead of the Toyota cleats. They wouldn’t fit the extra wide loop of this heavy duty strap which is why I’ve been using a regular baby tie down.

 

Figured you'd just integrate a Ram style in-bedside storage!! Hinge point already defined and all!

 

Hmmmm...I see a new repurposed D ring mod that's just a few t-nuts away from being reality.

EDIT: shit I realize I need a rear rail (though I don't have a powertank mounted there)!