theksmith 5,879 Posted October 11, 2019 fridge slide done! i used a couple sections of 1-1/2" x 1/8" thick angle aluminum and more 1/2" plywood to create the tray. the right slide bolts to the drawer case, and the left slide attaches to a 2" x 1/8" thick piece of angle aluminum (which then bolts down to the base). the slides attach to the aluminum with a copious number of rivet nuts thanks to the Tacklife Rivet Nut tool i bought a while back. IMO, rivnuts just make things easier to assemble than having to use a bunch of actual nuts and washers. that middle section of plywood was left out for weight savings. 2 short vertical sections of plywood are there for strength near where the fridge will eventually tie down to 4 footman loops. a ton of pocket hole screws were used again to tie the wood pieces together. then i countersunk flat-head screws into bottom of the aluminum rails to hold them to the wood. the little section of tray at the end is for an old laptop bag that holds most of my recovery gear. i've kept the bag there for a long time as it's the perfect pyramid shape for that space and i can easily get to it by flipping down the back seat. having it on the slide just gives me another way to access it. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgaz 752 Posted October 11, 2019 Looking good! You have become a pocket hole screw master! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 5,879 Posted October 12, 2019 never done this before, let's see how it goes! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4x4tographer 3,668 Posted October 12, 2019 Interested in how that Raptor Liner adheres to the wood/primer you laid down. Looking great! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 5,879 Posted October 12, 2019 4 hours ago, 4x4tographer said: Interested in how that Raptor Liner adheres to the wood/primer you laid down. Looking great! hopefully it makes a durable final surface. i'd read somewhere that you aren't supposed to use the Raptor liner directly on bare metal or wood. Killz primer can be top coated with oil-based, latex, or pretty much any other sort of paint you can think of so i think it will be ok for the Raptor. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 5,879 Posted October 13, 2019 well the 2 Liter kit of Raptor Liner i got didn't got as far as i had thought ! i only got a little over half done, so i ordered a couple more bottles. i was able to coat 1 side and the edges of everything plus the second sides on a couple boards. i'm pretty happy with how it came out, especially considering i only bought the $17 standard spray gun. i cranked the pressure up to 70 PSI, which is a little higher than recommended - but i'd read it would give a finer texture and it did. you can't go too high or it blows out so much material so fast that you lose the texture again. apparently you can get an even finer grain if you spring for the $75 adjustable gun, or mix with reducer and use an HVLP gun. at the 70PSI, i ended up needing to hold it a good 12+ inches from the surface and move pretty fast to keep it from getting "muddy". i still ended up with that smooth look in some corners where i overlapped too many times: i used 3M 18mm automotive refinish masking tape over any screw heads that need to come back out still. each piece of tape was removed with a pick tool about 30 minutes after spraying. this whole strip will be covered with a piano hinge: yesterday i also spray painted several areas black where i needed to tape over a screw head but was worried that the uncoated edge might not be fully covered up by a hinge or whatnot. here's one more photo showing the overall texture and sheen. now i'm super anxious as i've got this nearly ready-to-assemble project but the rest of the Raptor Liner isn't going to be here till Thursday! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgaz 752 Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) Wow! That turned out nice. You did a great job spraying that, especially with the “cheap” gun. In my experience, you were smart to use the masking tape you listed. The home center tape doesn’t seem to be as good as it used to. I recently had to go with the 3m green auto painting tape for a project where the plywood edge needed to be a different color than the face. I just couldn’t get a clean line, even with Frog Tape. Thanks, as always, for the included links. Edited October 13, 2019 by jgaz 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ob1jeeper 858 Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) WOW Kris... Looks GREAT ! ! ! ! GREAT use of the former laptop case also... Edited October 14, 2019 by ob1jeeper 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 5,879 Posted October 18, 2019 (edited) 95% done! i just ordered the second pair of drawer slides for the fridge tray. i had been waiting till now just to spread the cost of the project out a bit, but they are exactly like the ones i used for the drawer and should bolt in quickly once they arrive. due to a little oversight, i still need to Raptor line one side of both sleep platform supports. i ordered one of their aerosol cans to wrap that up. i'll be interested to see how the texture compares to all the other stuff i sprayed with the gun. these little UFO looking discs at the front and rear are for use with the L-track tie-down anchors that i already had. you can also see in the above photo that i used some nylon hole plugs from Ace Hardware to fill those installation access holes Jim had asked about. i gave them a coat of Raptor liner too so they would match better. 🤪 i think the drawer part came out really nice. i went back and trimmed the case to fix that 1/16" of variance i mentioned before since it was really bothering me! i used tab-style aluminum cabinet pulls on the bottom of the drawer for a spot to squeeze the slide releases against and also grab while pulling the drawer out. i used this same setup on the fridge tray too. since i didn't leave a ton of gap around the drawer, i routed shallow notches in the bottom of the face board so the pulls would sit flush - little touches! i sprayed the final coat Wednesday and the Raptor liner is still curing so i probably shouldn't have put it in the Jeep yet - it smells awful! looks like i'll be leaving it with the windows down and not driving it for a couple more days! i'm excited to get everything wrapped up once the second set of slides comes in and then i'll probably make a little video to show it all off! Edited October 18, 2019 by theksmith 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgaz 752 Posted October 18, 2019 (edited) Dang! Talk about finishing up the details! it looks beautiful Kris. Especially with that 1/16” fixed😉. Lol I did wonder about the smell when I saw everything was installed. At least it’s not “horrible hot” anymore. Edited October 18, 2019 by jgaz 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
