scooter99 Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Ok so I have pics from tonight. I have been brainstorming fro the last 45 minutes or so because I was, once again, over thinking the trim panel for the amp rack. Well my mind got to working and it's now blown! What I have in store for this thing, if I can make it come out right, is going to blow all your minds............................I hope anyway! LOL We'll see I guess!! Well let's get on to today's and tonight's progress. Last night I left you guys, the templates were all done and in the trunk. Now today it's time to make it an actual floor. So I got out the 3/4" birch to get ready to cut the floor out. Placed my template on it and traced it out. Got the majority cut out with the circular saw And then the rest with the jigsaw. I decided I needed to do something about the center. I decided instead of routering this out, I would just cut it on the line with the jigsaw. Came out pretty well. I'm happy with it. It's not going to be seen granted, however I also don't want to just go hacking anything up. SO I want even the unseen to be nice. So I needed to do a border on this so I could cut the middle out. How could I do that. It's not a square so I can't just measure in an inch and draw a straight line. SO I had to come up with a way to trace it. Grabbed some crap wood and cut it. One piece just for the guide, and the other for the distance I wanted from the edge. Drilled some pilot holes and put some screws in to attach the pieces together. Hard to see but I had them spaced apart about 3/4". Tapped a sharpie to the edge and now we have a homemade guide. And there's the border! This will give me a trim ring around the amp rack and I can also do a center panel off this as a cover for the amp rack. That'll be later. Facebook Page: S99Creations 2006 F250 Lariat Build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooter99 Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Next I cut out the middle with the jigsaw. This is where it'ls gonna go. Over the amp rack edges. Ok now that we're good to go on that, let's get this floor trimmed out and done. Picked up some two sided tape from Home Depot. This stuff is expensive! This is barely 30 feet and was $11.00. WTF!?! Taped up the back of the trim panels. And now we're ready for some flush trimming. Close up The weapon of choice! Porter Cable Router! With a flush trim bit! Made short work of it, and we're done! Final product after popping off the templates. Now I need to cut it in half so it's two pieces. The one piece whole won't fit in the trunk. I'm not fighting that battle! So a center line was measured and made with a speed square and is ready to be cut. Now it's ready to go in the trunk. Facebook Page: S99Creations 2006 F250 Lariat Build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooter99 Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Driver side in Passenger side in Trim ring in..........sort of. The back of the amp rack was sitting too high. I actually remembered at this point that it may have to be trimmed down, and now that is confirmed. LOL Bit better look So I took a break at this point and met my wife with the kids and had dinner. Was nice to take a break and let the mid rest. Then I got back at it. This is what needs to go. From that corner along the back To this corner on the other side. That's about how much needs to come off. But I wanted to do it from the back side. Marked and ready to cut. Now I know it's not straight. I knew it wouldn't be. I knew it wouldn't be when I made it originally. That's why I figured it would have to be cut. Now it's ready to go back in. Much better And it's much better. Sits down where it should be. Does sit up a bit back here, but that's from the amp rack. I need to get some nutserts so I can anchor it down to the floor. Does anyone know where I can get some good ones as well as the driver? I'll look on the interwebz but I figured someone may have a good place. I'm going to need quite a few inserts so hopefully I can find some for a decent price. Better view of how it sticks up. Only about 1/8 - 1/4", but it's enough to mess some things up possibly. See I can push it down and it flushes right up. So as soon as I can get the nutserts and get the amp rack anchored in, this will sit down just fine. Facebook Page: S99Creations 2006 F250 Lariat Build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooter99 Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 With the floor up and running and ready to go in, it's time to start on some trim panels. So I got the 3500 out, and now we're gonna make a template to go around it. First, we need to protect it though. Don't want to scratch the top or anything else for that matter. Little blue painters tape will do the job. Measured out a 1" rim around it, and flipped it upside down. Not sure if this is exactly how you do it, but hey, I'm learning as I go and this seems like the most logical way to me. Little measuring around the back side and it's a rectangle with a border and almost a template. I wasn't really fond of the hard corners though so I decided that the top off the paint primer can looked like a good fit to the size. So I grabbed it and rounded off some corners. I think that looks pretty good and balanced. I took it outside and cut the outside of it with the jigsaw, and then it dawned on me it was about 8:30 and it was a little late to use the power tools. So I decided to knock off for the night. Tomorrow I'll be back at it and we'll get this moving some more. So that's it for tonight. There's oh so much more to come. I'm rollin now. New ideas, based off these ideas, and if you all know me, sometimes it takes doing something and having to redo it to get it right. And quite frankly, I'm ok with that. Because in the end, It's going to be welllllll worth it! I know for me, I'm learning a ton! This is what I like to call fly by the seat of my pants installing! Enjoy the ride!! Facebook Page: S99Creations 2006 F250 Lariat Build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooter99 Posted November 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Ok folks. I've decided to change this to a separate UBL. It's linked in my signature, named UBL #3 - The Final Chapter. But it's also here if you want to go over to it. I'll be updating that one with the current build from now on. Pages 1 - 3 are all updated from here. I'm going to go ahead an leave this stuff here. But to pick up on the recent updates, you'll have to head over to the UBL #3 here. More to come soon, over there! Facebook Page: S99Creations 2006 F250 Lariat Build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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