Tuesday, July 27, 2010

How to attach your drawers to the 4 WD?

So, to attach the drawers to the truck, I could just build a set of kitchen drawers and slide the whole system in - but I reckon I can get a bit more space by not having a back on the system and attaching the vertical panels directly to the sides of the vehicle with aluminium angles.



Positioning the panels is critical for the drawers to run properly and you need a way of keeping them in position while you measure things. How about this for a nice system? - you just get a nearby 4 x 2 (oregon studs work well). You put one end on the back of the drivers seat and the other on the panel - neat!









Then you can position the aluminium angles, drill the holes, rivet them onto the walls and drill them into the vertical panels.









Down at ground level commercial operators put a plywood floor under the whole thing to make their work easier, but I can get a bit more space by attaching things directly to the floor. Just have to put a few little plywood pads in place under some of the vertical panels - like this. You wont see this in the finised product as it will be under a rubber mat that goes down the asle between the drawers and the bank of stuff on the passenger's side.




Here we're getting a few more of the vertical panels nicely attached






Attaching the runner to the draw - I wonder if it will fit the other half attached to the vertical panel.

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