tig welded a stainless bed rack for my truck!

Ressler711 · Feb 10, 2023

been slowly chipping away at this bed rack project utilizing some scrap 2” tubing i had from some car projects. i had the tonneau compatible brackets made from 7 gauge and the side panels and mounting brackets made from 1/4”. all designed by me on a couple pieces of cardboard and converted to a dxf. pie cut bends serve no purpose other than to look cool and get some practice! everything is 304 stainless steel. also made some stainless modular bed rail mounting plates! bed stiffeners up next. what do you guys think of the raw look? going to make a second version in mild steel or aluminum so I can powder coat it, it’d be a sin to powder over the raw stainless.

tugboat_marty · Feb 10, 2023

Those welds dude !! That’s awesome! I’d leave it raw for sure

notaezwin · Feb 10, 2023

Wow looking really good!

Skydvrr · Feb 10, 2023

Nice! Get some clear powder coat

GilbertOz · Feb 10, 2023

Nice welds, and a nice flag.

alwaysHI · Feb 10, 2023

Wow! Incredible welds! Yeahhhh I wouldn’t powder coat that either haha

Bedawson · Feb 10, 2023

Badass!

dangeroso · Feb 10, 2023

Dude, that is super cool. Nice work!

01 dhrracer · Feb 10, 2023

Why so many joints?

Sharpish · Feb 10, 2023

Buttery welds

turkeyslayer66 · Feb 10, 2023

Looks great, love the raw fabbed style.

faawrenchbndr · Feb 10, 2023

Looks great……

bulalo · Feb 10, 2023

Ressler711[OP] initial post: ↑

been slowly chipping away at this bed rack project utilizing some scrap 2” tubing i had from some car projects. i had the tonneau compatible brackets made from 7 gauge and the side panels and mounting brackets made from 1/4”. all designed by me on a couple pieces of cardboard and converted to a dxf. pie cut bends serve no purpose other than to look cool and get some practice! everything is 304 stainless steel. also made some stainless modular bed rail mounting plates! bed stiffeners up next. what do you guys think of the raw look? going to make a second version in mild steel or aluminum so I can powder coat it, it’d be a sin to powder over the raw stainless.

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Wow. Beauty in all it’s naked glory. Great job there . Don’t paint it.

Shmellmopwho · Feb 10, 2023

01 dhrracer said: ↑

Why so many joints?
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In OP’s post he said this

“pie cut bends serve no purpose other than to look cool and get some practice”

I wondered the same thing at first and then read the whole post. I think it looks pretty dope.

Great work @Ressler711

Tacospike · Feb 10, 2023

Epic job

DeckerIhardlyknowher · Feb 10, 2023

You're an artist. Looks awesome.

MadKatt · Feb 10, 2023

You have skills for sure love a set of those bed mounts

Trail Limo · Feb 10, 2023

Wow. That looks sweet!

InChrist · Feb 10, 2023

Nice! Love the welding table

01 dhrracer · Feb 10, 2023

Shmellmopwho said: ↑

In OP’s post he said this

“pie cut bends serve no purpose other than to look cool and get some practice”

I wondered the same thing at first and then read the whole post. I think it looks pretty dope.

Great work @Ressler711
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I guess I need to learn to read.

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