Fat-fendered Ford battery tray
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==Construction== | ==Construction== | ||
| − | You can make trays out of 1/8 steel plate backed with 1/4 angle iron and flat stock, as well as stainless steel and aluminum. What you use will depend on what you have around and the equipment that you have to bend it and fasten it together. The box that you see here was made using a six inch vise and angle iron. Stainless steel makes a nice, bright, maintenance-free battery tray. Aluminum is easy to bend and drill, but requires a TIG to weld on. Combinations of any of these metals can readily be used and will make a nice strong tray. | + | You can make trays out of 1/8 steel plate backed with 1/4 angle iron and flat stock, as well as stainless steel and aluminum. What you use will depend on what you have around and the equipment that you have to bend it and fasten it together. The box that you see here was made using a six inch vise and angle iron. Stainless steel makes a nice, bright, maintenance-free battery tray. Aluminum is easy to bend and drill, but requires a TIG or MIG equipped with pure argon and either a teflon liner or a spoolgun to weld on. Not all migs can acept a spoolgun so check your owners manual for details on welding aluminum. Combinations of any of these metals can readily be used and will make a nice strong tray. |
==Pictorial build and installation in '40 Ford pickup== | ==Pictorial build and installation in '40 Ford pickup== | ||
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