Assembly

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Chassis Fabrication
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Plan
Decisions & Unknowns
What I need to figure out:
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Tasks
What I need to do:
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3D print new 90° cut guide and verify the fitment
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Measure OD of tube bender pins and buy replacement
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Buy air hose, fittings, Teflon tape for tube bender
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Align 3D Printed chassis table guides on table
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Design 3D printed guides to center and align main hoop
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Print Guides for centering main hoop
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Tweak main hoop to fit alignment guides
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Notch Main Hoop
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Clean and prep 4 lower tubes and main hoop for Tig welding
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Clamp all tubes together
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Verify whole square is level
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Tack lower square together (Tacks on all 4 sides
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Design 3D printed clamps to clamp lower box tubes to table while welding (Need to constrain in 3 axis)
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Weld lower square
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Tack main hoop to lower square
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Bend A-pillar bars
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Order thin extended sharpie markers for marking tubes
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Buy longest extruded aluminum angle
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Mount Tube bender mount to Engine hoist legs
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Build tube bender
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Retrofit Air over hydraulic ram to tube bender
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Level Chassis Table
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Mark Center on Chassis Table
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Find a level reference in all planes
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Cut the 2 straight tubes on lower chassis and get fit to chassis table
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Do test bend to figure out bending parameters