Rear storage for the zook (pics)

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Howdy guys,

well i am almost finished on my rear storage for the zook. i have made it with alloy angle and fastened together with 3/16 round head bolts with nyloc nuts. i chose the angle as it was free and i wanted something light.. everyone make them out of steel etc but thats a tad too heavy for my purpose.. and its still strong enough to hold me up due to the extra support in the middle.
12mm mdf was used for the top. 6mm for the sides and centre baffle.
got bunnings to cut it for me. $9.70 for the 6mm mdf. and $7.** bucks for the 12mm. 4 bucks for them cutting it but its better than i could do for sure.
3 hinges a side for the tops. $1.45ea x 6. these were secured with 18mm 3/16 bolts and again nyloc nuts + washers. drilled all the way through for strength.
sides and baffle were secured with 3/16 x 12mm bolts/nuts and washers. also they are secured again with the hinges bolts going through em.

all uprights were pre drilled and then put together the fram in the back of the zook with a few tools.. these are as follows:

* Cordless Drill + bits
* Vice grips
* screwdriver
* sockets + ratchet
* angle grinder
* vice
* square and pencil
* tape measure
* beer
* scissors

i am uploading pics to a site now so they will follow shortly.

cheers.

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all the pieces cut and ready to go.



vice grips came in handy.. i had bought some cheap clamps from bunnings.. they couldnt hold a wet noodle in place .. 0.98c worth of crap



frame all bolted up an in the back - not screwed down yet



frome with top sides and baffles in. front piece yet to be made



elastic loops to hold the top pieces down when i get a bit stupid and jump teh zook . the knob is from bunnings and cost about 4 bucks. uber bling



so it may not be the best job out there but living in a unit limits the tools i can use. it was all put together in my car park and total cost was aprroximately 60 bucks max. if i had to buy the angle then that would have easily doubled the cost.

i may put slides in later on once i can source some rack mount kits from servers at work or something as they can handle 200+kgs easy.. cheaper than buying em

let me know what yas think.

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oh few more pics. this is the quick guide i made up to mark out the holes for the uprights (predrilling them). saved me trying to get the measurements right on all of them.


and a pic of it complete and all closed (without the loops)

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Lookin a bit better. you still havent cut the excess bit off the side.

I have just updated my buildup with pics of the rear area mods. as well.

Nic

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ah cool ill check yours out.. good stuff mate.
the excess will be used to bolt down my long handled shovel for camping. i just didnt know that till the other day