OK, time to get serious about mounting the shower enclosure. I did this with out the help of my son as of this post he is on his way to Japan for 6 months with the marines.
I removed the rails from the camper shell the other night and mounted them under the basket per specs. Re checked the measurements and snugged everything down. Now for the shower install. The rails on each side of the basket measured 14" plenty of space for where I wanted to mount the enclosure, about an inch back from the edge. Photos are not in any order.
I just did not want to mount the shower with 2 bolts so I came up with a bracket So I have a total of 6 bolts. First I laid the enclosure on the rails and got it centered. Next I needed make a template so I know where my bends were going to be. Thinking back to shop class we did lots of templates with a coat hanger. I am a big advocate of shop classes, they need to bring them back IMHO! So off to sneak a hanger out into the shop. I cut off the long section on the bottom why? Because it's straight and long. I slid the wire under the round rail and made my first bend, than the second bend. Easy, peasy, Japaneese. Sorry I borrowed that from Shak Shank Redemption.
After I was happy with the angles and the length, I got some 1/8" x 1" band steel took some more measurements and transferred them to the band steel, made my marks and placed the steel in the vice. Next I used a square to make sure is was plum and clamped it Jethro! Tight! There was just enough space for the coat hanger to slide into next the steel. I used a compound leverage wrench aka ball peen hammer and with a couple of wacks my first bend was done to equal the bend in the coat hanger. I rechecked to make sure I had a nice square bend yes! I repeated the process on the other end and bent that one as well. Need less to say I did the second one as well.
Next I took my finished creation over to the shower unit and checked the bends and placements. A few minor tweak's and we were looking pretty damn good. I rounded the edges and wired wheel the burrs off after I cut every thing to length. Marked 2 drill holed in both and deburred this holes as well.
Doubled checked one more time and we are go with throttle up! 2 coats of primer and 3 coats of black paint let dry.
After the paint was dry I marked and drilled into the cross bars all the way through. Bolted both in place and left lose just enough to wiggle a bit. I marked 4 holed on the shower enclosure box and drill those as well. So far so good. I did one more final check and bolted them all in place and tightened. Next is to paint the bolts black tomorrow and that project is done! ?Few pictures for ya
