briwy
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Having seen the boot drawer a few times but put off by the horrendous cost I decided to make one.
Total cost is about £160, the most expensive bit being the locking sliders at just over £100.
The frame is made from 100 X 100mm alloy angle with the corner plates being from steel to give more rigidity.
The frame, I mitre cut the sides and corner connection plates pop riveted in.
Made up some connections to the floor runners using steel plates and 8mm rivnuts and domed allen head bolts.
Plastic end covers removed and connectors slide in
Then hit a problem, about 100mm from the end is the seat stop which is welded in place in the channel, the plate won't slide over the top so the two rear connections had to be modified. The plate can then be slid along lengthways just under the aluminium extrusion over the stop and when in position at the back turned through 90 degrees to sit under steel runner channel.
The runners then attached with 6mm domed cap head bolts to the side supports which are then bolted down to the floor. The side supports have grooves at the rear end to slide under the washer on the connection which is already in place. The side supports can then be moved into position and tightened down. The holes/grooves in the support pieces are oversized to give some lattitude for final adjustment and lining up square.
The tray is then placed in position and bolted to the runners.
Pretty much done now, just need to trim the bolts to size and fit some plastic caps and fit a plywood base to the tray. All works fine, the red bits are the locking tabs so that the tray can be locked in the in/out position.
I left a space on the left hand side as we carry the awning rafter, awning poles, walking poles, skis etc in the this position. No reason the tray couldn't be the full width. The only difference would be the lefthand side support would have to wider on the bottom as the runner is offset from the cupboard.
I'm also going to bolt a vertical piece to the lefthand support up to the shelf to prevent items falling from the left onto the tray.
Edit.
All finished.
And loaded up again
Total cost is about £160, the most expensive bit being the locking sliders at just over £100.
The frame is made from 100 X 100mm alloy angle with the corner plates being from steel to give more rigidity.
The frame, I mitre cut the sides and corner connection plates pop riveted in.
Made up some connections to the floor runners using steel plates and 8mm rivnuts and domed allen head bolts.
Plastic end covers removed and connectors slide in
Then hit a problem, about 100mm from the end is the seat stop which is welded in place in the channel, the plate won't slide over the top so the two rear connections had to be modified. The plate can then be slid along lengthways just under the aluminium extrusion over the stop and when in position at the back turned through 90 degrees to sit under steel runner channel.
The runners then attached with 6mm domed cap head bolts to the side supports which are then bolted down to the floor. The side supports have grooves at the rear end to slide under the washer on the connection which is already in place. The side supports can then be moved into position and tightened down. The holes/grooves in the support pieces are oversized to give some lattitude for final adjustment and lining up square.
The tray is then placed in position and bolted to the runners.
Pretty much done now, just need to trim the bolts to size and fit some plastic caps and fit a plywood base to the tray. All works fine, the red bits are the locking tabs so that the tray can be locked in the in/out position.
I left a space on the left hand side as we carry the awning rafter, awning poles, walking poles, skis etc in the this position. No reason the tray couldn't be the full width. The only difference would be the lefthand side support would have to wider on the bottom as the runner is offset from the cupboard.
I'm also going to bolt a vertical piece to the lefthand support up to the shelf to prevent items falling from the left onto the tray.
Edit.
All finished.
And loaded up again
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