Adding Extra Rack brackets to DBS-4

[CoreyMac]

Today is the last day at the shop before Christmas and I never have much ambition to do any real WORK ;D So I decided to bring my 4 rack in and do the mod for adding extra racks. Just starting now so I was thinking I'll keep posting pics up through out the mod as I go. (boy I must really not want to work) ;D Here is what I am starting with. I stripped the door off to get better access.



More to come ;)

[CoreyMac]

Decided to use .040" aluminum, its very close to what Bradley uses.


It helps if you have one of these but tin snips would work also, just may take longer.



I just cut some strips to begin. 1 1/8 wide"



More to come

[CoreyMac]

Cut the long ones into 8 9" long strips



Ran them through the brake to bend the 90Deg



I put a rounded edge on them so they look similar to the factory brackets, plus it takes the sharp corner off.

[viper125]

Yes
i miss  my shop access to tools. with shears and a break it only takes minutes. I would have started selling them on here. I know I could have made money at half the price they sell them for.

[CoreyMac]

Pre-drilled the brackets for rivets.



Just used a tri-square to scribe some lines so everything is level and square. Scibing on the black walls was great, could see the lines easy.



Using 5/32" aluminum rivets



One down and 3 more to go.

[Mr Walleye]

Very nicely done Corey!  8)

Awesome having that kind of equipment at your disposal too!  ;)

Mike

[CoreyMac]

Got all the brackets riveted in.



Picked these up yesterday



DONE!! Seems like its going to work fine, now I just have to do some smokin so the new brackets match the old ones.

[squirtthecat]

Hang on, I'll run my OBS over...        ;D

[CoreyMac]

Hang on, I'll run my OBS over...        ;D

Better hurry I'm here for a little bit longer, how long a walk is it from Illinois to Alberta anyways? ;D

[viper125]

Did find some .050 Angle at Home depot here. Guess i'll have to buy it bent. really not bad though. It's less then 7.00 for a 8 ft. piece. Yours really looks nice. Great job.

[CoreyMac]

Did find some .050 Angle at Home depot here. Guess i'll have to buy it bent. really not bad though. It's less then 7.00 for a 8 ft. piece. Yours really looks nice. Great job.

Perfect .050" will work fine. The one thing I notice with this mod was the bracket width can only be 5/8" wide. I almost made a whoops but caught it. I made my brackets 3/4" and the racks wouldn't have fit. I cut them down and they worked good.

[ghost9mm]

Real Nice job my friend, well done..

[KyNola]

Nice going.  I just installed a similar rail system in mine and really like it.  Even if you are not smoking mass quantities, having 8 positions to place a rack is really nice.

[viper125]

Did find some .050 Angle at Home depot here. Guess i'll have to buy it bent. really not bad though. It's less then 7.00 for a 8 ft. piece. Yours really looks nice. Great job.

Perfect .050" will work fine. The one thing I notice with this mod was the bracket width can only be 5/8" wide. I almost made a whoops but caught it. I made my brackets 3/4" and the racks wouldn't have fit. I cut them down and they worked good.

Well it comes in different sizes. I thought 1/2 by 1/2 would probably work goo but haven't measured yet!

[CoreyMac]

Did find some .050 Angle at Home depot here. Guess i'll have to buy it bent. really not bad though. It's less then 7.00 for a 8 ft. piece. Yours really looks nice. Great job.

Perfect .050" will work fine. The one thing I notice with this mod was the bracket width can only be 5/8" wide. I almost made a whoops but caught it. I made my brackets 3/4" and the racks wouldn't have fit. I cut them down and they worked good.

Well it comes in different sizes. I thought 1/2 by 1/2 would probably work goo but haven't measured yet!

Yup the 1/2 x1/2 will fit the bill I think.