I, being not a fabricator and lacking in fabricating equipment, had an idea. (That I may need to be talked out of...)
I want a rear interior cargo rack for my Xterra and they cost too much to purchase at over $500 shipped, which got me to thinking about making my own.
I have little welding experience and have not done so for 20 years and I have no equipment, so I first thought of PVC pipe. As luck would have it, I have even more common sense than what God gave gravel, so that idea was lost in about 12 seconds.
Then I thought about using aluminum tubing and brazing it together. What do you master fabricators out there think? Is it doable? Will it be strong enough? All it would be is vertical supports secured to the cargo channel in the floor attached to a horizontal frame with either a criss-cross of tubing, expanded metal or plywood for a floor. How strong is a brazed joint?
Thank you.
I want a rear interior cargo rack for my Xterra and they cost too much to purchase at over $500 shipped, which got me to thinking about making my own.
I have little welding experience and have not done so for 20 years and I have no equipment, so I first thought of PVC pipe. As luck would have it, I have even more common sense than what God gave gravel, so that idea was lost in about 12 seconds.
Then I thought about using aluminum tubing and brazing it together. What do you master fabricators out there think? Is it doable? Will it be strong enough? All it would be is vertical supports secured to the cargo channel in the floor attached to a horizontal frame with either a criss-cross of tubing, expanded metal or plywood for a floor. How strong is a brazed joint?
Thank you.