anothervanman
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I am building a roof rack storage for my 2017 Ford Transit Connect. The idea is to build a rectangular box with a lid that I can screw my 3 solar panels on. Off of one side I am also going to build an awning eventually.
I have 3 possible ideas:
I have 3 possible ideas:
- Aluminum Extrusion frame and lid with a wood panels to seal it all up. The huge problem with this is that it seems very expensive, heavy, and the connectors for aluminum extrusions are as expensive as the extrusions which seems insane to me.
- Aluminum Tubing where I braze (weak welding) the entire structure together. Then use wood seal all of it. It seems like it will be lighter but I am not sure how strong it will be.
- I can use aluminum diamond plates and score it will an angle grinder and then bend it into a box. this seems like the worst idea.