brownbearclan
Active Member
I had never really done sheet metal, let alone pop rivets before, but I wanted this shape and had to figure out the measurements. So I made a card stock mock-up first and messed with the measurements till it looked right. It ended up being about 24" long X 17" wide and about 9-10" tall. The hardest was figuring out the measurements for the top and sides. Top was 12" X 8.5" then the long sides were 10" down and the wide sides were 11", although they may have needed to be the same. ::shrug:: On the inside I had to add an extra 1 inch kick out to get the bulb centered right. (It actually looks a little better now, I cleaned it really good and took off all the marker lines.)
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So I only ended up saving about $40 and if I could have done it over again I would have just saved up another couple weeks and ordered one lol. I guess it just depends on how broke you are though. I'll post pics of it hung up if anyone wants to see it in all it's ghetto glory. Peace. =)
![IMG_2265.jpg](/data/attachments/919/919738-1bbd32c8fe20b3b4de72e6c08c4a2084.jpg)
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So I only ended up saving about $40 and if I could have done it over again I would have just saved up another couple weeks and ordered one lol. I guess it just depends on how broke you are though. I'll post pics of it hung up if anyone wants to see it in all it's ghetto glory. Peace. =)