BUILDING an aluminium CANOPY from scratch
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- čas přidán 1. 04. 2023
- In this video we design and build an aluminium canopy for my Landcruiser.
We use a CNC pressbrake, a CNC plasma and a TIG to fabricate it all before paint.
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As someone who spent 10 years designing utility truck bodies and canopies for a US manufacturer that builds 20k trucks/yr, I just want to say you guys did a good job.
Nice work Richard! How the doors/seals/gutters/floor level etc were constructed is so well thought out. Plus the paint job is mint👌🏼 Looking for to the fit out and 12 volt set up videos
Done an amazing job and designed it awesome with thought out strength for the locks and doors no false floor is a wing for weight and more space inside!!!!! Just awesome! Can’t wait for the fit out and build inside now🎉
Quite an interesting video seeing the way you've done this, I'm an apprentice fabricator working in the ally canopy/4x4 accessory industry spending a bit of time on the tig and a lot of time on the brake press. Very nicely done, looks sweet.
OK, the solution to the 50mm lip at the bottom is so brilliantly simple. All other canopies I've seen have to have a false floor put in, which makes access so much worse.
Very nice.
This vid. came up on my feed. All hail the algorithm! Looked at your channel and realized I need to watch the build from the very start. Binged the whole thing and now I’m back where I started. What a great channel and then to see you put her through her paces was awesome. Thnx for documenting and sharing Richard. You have a new fan/subscriber here in BC Canada 🍻
Thank you!! Love BC, you're lucky to call it home :)
Far out that is mint Richard. Grab some insulation material (high density closed cell foam for example) and place inside the roof and doors of the canopy. I did this with mine and it really cut the heat down.
Cheers Andrew, cracking idea
Got all the CNC equipment but weld with a passive lens helmet. You know he got skills when… great work! canopy looks awesome!
looks fantastic
Awesome mate. It's come up great
Great job. Loved the design insight 👌
Mate you have some awesome skills - well done!!
Looks awesome man. Great job.
clean and functional design well executed.
So good what a awesome truck👍👍
awesome job guys
Awesome work bud
Far out that looks amazing
Superb workmanship👍🏻🇬🇧
Nice work mate. Very similar to the builds I use to work on at Chameleon AMLS. I do like the 3 point locking setup they used better but the way the door seal you used is a better way
The canopy has come up grouse mate, very nicely designed unit 👌
Paint job makes it mate! Thanks again
Dude looks awesome well done 🤌
Nice work.
looks insane!!
Thank you :)!!
Gday, mate I’m bloody impressed with how the canopy turned out, really like the flat floor and seal on the door, it’s little things like this that make all the difference, i’m keen to see how the fit out looks when it’s all done, brilliant job mate, cheers
how cool is this thing matt!
@@SarahandKeelanTravels it’s bloody awesome, lots of thought has gone into this
Awesome 👌
Greetings from south africa 🇿🇦
Nice build 👌
I hope i saw this early. I mean the way you show the process, it's really help a lot as someone who new and start on manufacturing and design journey
Thank you!
Badass Rig!
Top notch job , but I really like the flat deck look , made it stand out from the crowd
Awesome 👍🏿🍻
That's a tough fj mate.
I ran a Brake for 22 years at Kysor Warren!! We had about 25 brakes, When a die would get broke it was so loud!!!! But that was a NO NO!!!
can't say I've experience a die braking!
very nice
Well done. Now subscribed! Cheers
Very cool vid, great to see one of these come together. Looking at the shot of gunshot at the end, your canopy would have tapped the wall. That made me think would you be better with a rear removable rollbar to take the corner hits?
yeah possibly could be the move, would look great if it was integrated in - hard to do with steel/ally
that goes alright
Nice VC on the hoist
Hey mate, just wondering how the bottom of the canopy stops water/dust ingress. Assuming a bead of glue along all the aluminium uni strut? Great video to show the process 👍🏼
Hey mate, excellent work. Where'd you get the ally unistrut from?
Hey mate. loving the build. Just wanted to know where you got the fuel and water fillers from on your headboard? also how you encorporated the fuel tank breather.
Hey Nathan, fuel and water fillers are just from ebay! I think boat fillers, breathers are just out the top of the tanks - have a look at my fuel system episode!
How are you going to put your uni nuts in the track ?Great canopy looks great.
You can just slot them in mate!
As a welder, the thumbnail makes my brain hurt.
Looks awesome. What grade aluminium is the plate? I'm surprised it wasn't cracking with the zero-radius folds.
5000 series
What CAD software do you use? I want to design and build my own tub canopy and not sure what CAD would be best?
Looks good mate!
How are you going to seal around the tubes for the jacking points where they're not fully welded?
Thanks Corey! End caps were welded in before we welded them in the canopy!
@@DesignedandBuilt Ah of course, I didn't think of that!
Keen to see it finished
What cad do u use and is it for free 👍👍❤️❤️🍺🍺 love the build
Awesome setup, I think the design from the unistrut to the seals , all make for what I think is the ultimate setup, my only question is how is it anchored to your tray?
Gravity!! 🤞🏼
4xm12s through the tray with crush tubes on the canopy so it doesn’t pull the floors down :)
Cool, I know there’s a few people out there that would think gravity is enough, just checkout people leaving Bunnings !
what sort of cloth does old mate have on the bottom V in the press? looks like there is no V marks on back side of ally
Onya Richard, well done mate, is the canopy bolt to the tray or some other means, looks fantastic, great colour choice. Seeya Rob
Cheers Rob, 4 X M12s and crush tubes holding it all down
Another informative ep there Richo and using local companies and still having hands on approach is bloody awesome, now you're with LCS will you be offering models of canopies like yours for other 40s owners
Can you do a video of your cad work flow? Make some awesome stuff and I’m trying to learn fusion myself it’s a struggle
What material is old mate using to stop scratches on the press brake? Looks like kevlar or something
Hi mate, just wanted to know what CAD program you use. Cheers
Very nice. What sheet Ali was used to get the bends, 6061?
I'd bet it would be 5052/5005
6061 can be kinda hard, I've used it in sheet form but it's mainly extrusion.
That plasma table is pretty sexy.
Nice work! Any reason not to use the backguage on the Press Brake? I saw him adjusting the flange manually...
The back gauge is more hassle than it’s worth half the time, I like to visually confirm the press location to get perfect profiles
Why did you choose 3mm sheet? If you do this again would you use the same or lighter, maybe 2mm to reduce the weight?
Not quite DIY when you're getting professional help with CNC machines 😅
Good work though mate, enjoy the videos, keep them coming
Blurry line, I could have just outsourced the cutting and folding like I normally do and then would it be DIY? 💁🏻♂️
Thanks though mate, appreciate it :)
Nah, love your work, keep it up. I'm only just down the road from you, been hoping I'll spot this weapon on the road in the flesh one day
Thanks mate! Hopefully I catch ya around :)
Hey bro, this is most beautiful build i saw, can i know the size of the canopy and the tray please
Best self build ever! You motivated me to make my second canopy next year,with a steel tray.Great model and drawing!No one who has a brain and ability should buy an expensive one!
Thanks mate, good luck with it!
Hey mate how much did the canopy cost in materials
Can you share the tolerances for the door seals?
I don't think the colour matters that much, all paint is black in infra red. The fact that an organic material like paint is conducting to aluminium will heat it as much as anything, but aluminium has a pretty low convection rate and high conductivity, so it should stabilise some of the heat out as a heat sink. That said, most of your surface area is inside, so if it really doesn't want to stay cool and cooks your shit, cover the top of the roof in aluminium RHS before adding your accessories on top. That will offset back down closer to ambient at least, for little weight addition.
Great work mate, do you have a link for this business?
aylettcustomfab.com.au/
What supplier did you use to get the aluminium c channel?
Ullrich Aluminium
What discs are the using for grinding the ally?
Just regular disks, I use WD40 or Anti-Splatter on them and keep spraying regularly
Hi, what glue is being used ? Thanx !
Weird Question, what cloth or meterial is that on the brake press?
I do a few odd things and I always have to polish my parts and things after bending but I see this cloth helps with preventing bending marks.
What is it called and where would I be able to buy some of it?
Looks like kevlar
Bunnings bought Fire Blanket that you see in the Red packs
How is it secured to the tray? Sorry if I missed it.
Should have added it in the video. 4 X M12s with crush tubes!
Mate, you've gone soft. That spartan setup was cool af.
Hahaha, agreed. Like the look of it more than the canopy!
Aluminium unistrut is $32 a metre. That diy build cost nearly a grand in unistrut alone. I'd like to see your costings for this project mate!
I am always hesitant to give out costings as they may have changed over time, suppliers, wholesale price etc. But the unistrut cost was half of what you're suggesting.
fancy that someone comes to shepparton for a purpose that's not related to the fruit industry
Shepp resent 😂
Plenty of other great industries here
We’re in shep was that being I’m from shep and love to get some laser stuff done ?
Check out his instagram mate!
@@DesignedandBuilt like what’s the place called
@@mattmuir4388 Aylett Custom Fabrication
Frooooooth
OOTG
Get thall on here
How to assemble canopy with car bed?
Where can we get the Unistrut from?
Ullrich Aluminium
Thought you might have gone not quite full length and had a small amount of tray space at the rear.
Hey Richard, had a good think about it and I didn't think I would use the small amount of tray space, but I guess we'll test if out for the next 12 months and see!
Where can I buy the unistrut material ?
Ullrich Aluminium
its a ver nice work, butacas I get to tell you, thats not a DIy proyectos and is not from scratch... congrats
how did you mount it to the tray?
4 bolts!
@@DesignedandBuilt if it rains the water will pool on the tray, how do you know that it’s not going to fill up the canopy from underneath?
Tray has drain holes mate!
@@DesignedandBuilt mine did also, hope it works for you!! Love the design👌🏽👌🏽
Be careful where that contacts steel. ...know what I mean?
Galvanic corrosion... you should have a nonconductive spacer in between.
Who’s KE Rolla is that??
That would be my brothers
1st
thanks m8
Beaut….. Dimensions please Justin?
Ya missed formply for canopy construction materials bud
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funny to see how hightech tools can avoid any cratches on the aluminium.
When the canopy get totured in the bush afterwords anyway. I guess.
You and your group did excellent job and appreciate that so much
Please I would like to visit your location to see all of you and see your project
Send me your address