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How considerate of you..... However I'm generating enough smoke due to my brain overheating at the moment... Regards Stephen

And so it begins.... Operation breathe !! Regards Stephen

I could.... But ! Is that not what electricians are for..... Regards Stephen

Kind words thank you very much Regards Stephen

Be gentle... The poor lad is fairly quivering with electrical anticipation......... Regards Stephen

A bit more pottering Bottom folded Tried for size Couple of bits of 12 mm aluminium for holding bolts to tap into Box for window channel to sit on Door surrounds Folded Then used vice in stages to compress angle to what I need roughly fitted over You get the idea Will cut and weld later, no rush as window runners not here yet Regards Stephen

Did that a few posts back when pretty much everything that needed to be on was however it will probably happen again now I've got mud flaps etc on Regards Stephen

Pottering on..... Regards Stephen

That is the plan my friend I would like Sid breathing by the end of the weekend Regards Stephen

Canvas fitted, in a fashion Now the in a fashion bit Due to shortening the body many moons ago a swb canvas is now around 10" too long, I've always just made do, but I think that needs to change, hence looking at constructing a new canvas at some point in the future, however I will be looking to modify this one sooner rather than later @CwazyWabbit has a point, makes a bit of sense to have some weather protection when wiring the clocks, also seats to be fitted shortly, again a bit of weather protection won't hurt Regards Stephen

I can at least see the logic in that Regards Stephen

"Really" Regards Stephen

Hood sticks straightened out, Welded where cracked and fitted regards Stephen

My ten pence worth.... For only a couple I would trace the outline on card, but out the centre and place it over the new flange and mark the outline you want cutting with a sharpy, then cut out with whatever you've got and shape accordingly with a flap wheel, once painted it will be champion and it would be very hard to tell the difference You could do a couple in a milling machine but from what I can see the bottom of the recess has a flatter area so a single diameter cutter will not do it all without a rotary table, from my own point of view I could cut out and shape faster by hand than setting up on a mill to do everything in stages. For mass production a cnc milling machine would be the best way to go, even with cnc plasma or water jet the finished edges would need rounding off If you need a couple doing, send them up and I will do it for you Hope this helps regards Stephen Edit, if you wanted a shot at doing them and need to practice first you could get some plate cut to the diameter, drill the bolt holes in and then draw in cut out section then set too with whatever you've got to start shaping, learn the best technique ( 6 cut outs to practice on ) and then do it for real Regards Stephen

This is a Landrover forum..... Not comedy bloody central..........lol Regards Stephen

Bloody comedian..........lol Regards Stephen

I'm trying very hard to do a Ross on the wiring.....lol Regards Stephen Edit apologies Ross

Err how's door tops sound..... Regards Stephen

Door finished and fitted Regards Stephen

Very funny @Wytze.................. NOT...........lol Regards Stephen

Door completed other than actually fitting onto Sid regards Stephen

@Gazzar did you invoke the gods of wind and rain ???? Anyway it worked to your advantage 20230219_091948.mp4 Regards Stephen

A wee bit of progression on door, still getting to grips with my spool mig, it's a hell of a lot faster than tig, not as pretty but fast Paint cleaned off aluminium and marked out to cut handle recess then clamped framework on ans stitch welded into place regards Stephen

Obtaining it, I'm just Joe public, also there is the implications of storage, to be honest there are so many ways available now to cut steel you can just about get away without oxy acetylene/propane and how often do you need to cut 70mm steel at home. I'm probably one of the users of thicker steel on the forum, yet I manage without quite well, what I do is a hobby and not a business as I guess that would cause me some restrictions with regards to highly flammable gas on the premises regards Stephen

I do, but using the grinder with slitting discs gives me more accuracy, also once my bottles run out I wont have any so I use it sparingly, this did not come under the "no other option" category Regards Stephen