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Look at the stupid thing, for me it is worthless.

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In traditional Ben mannor, start with a cardboard template

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Take your time and measure out where you plan to cut, if you are me draw more lines than you need an...

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499 hits | 64.91 KB | Posted: 12/11/06
I chose a copping saw to make most of the cuts. You can use whatever floats your boat....I would ha...

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486 hits | 67.78 KB | Posted: 12/11/06
One side done. You could theoretically cut the whole thing off. I wanted to do it this way to keep...

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Both sides off, now you have a good place to glue things to.

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My best friend and peice of aluminim

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Rough fit, I made a boo boo on the left. It wont matter latter.

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Looks pretty good so far.

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461 hits | 77.27 KB | Posted: 12/11/06
Measure and then center punch the holes for thw switches.

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I use a forstner bit to drill these holes.....yes I know they are only for wood and only for a drill...

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all the holes drilled, not all perfect but there is enough play in the switches that it all works ou...

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Now sand it with 220 all in the same direction. Then wash it off and slap some polish on it. Still...

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Starting to look decent.

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Switches in, still needs some glue and wires.

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I got a little creative with the clamps.....er weights, eh whatever works.

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All glued up, little bit of extra...but that can be scraped off pretty easy.


Yes I was watching...

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View from the back before wires.

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Pic with the wires, I re-did the wiring after this pic so I could eliminate some of the connectors.

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Here is the wiring harness before I put it in. Again, I re-did it after this pic to fix somethings.

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Here is the wiring diagram I made for the wiring harness I made.

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Still needs cleaning, you can see some of the marker on it, but other than that all done.