BUILDING an aluminium CANOPY from scratch 

As someone who spent 10 years designing utility truck bodies and canopies for a US manufacturer that builds 20k trucks/yr, I just want to say you guys did a good job.

Far out that is mint Richard. Grab some insulation material (high density closed cell foam for example) and place inside the roof and doors of the canopy. I did this with mine and it really cut the heat down.

This vid. came up on my feed. All hail the algorithm! Looked at your channel and realized I need to watch the build from the very start. Binged the whole thing and now I’m back where I started. What a great channel and then to see you put her through her paces was awesome. Thnx for documenting and sharing Richard. You have a new fan/subscriber here in BC Canada 🍻

OK, the solution to the 50mm lip at the bottom is so brilliantly simple. All other canopies I've seen have to have a false floor put in, which makes access so much worse. Very nice.

Nice work Richard! How the doors/seals/gutters/floor level etc were constructed is so well thought out. Plus the paint job is mint👌🏼 Looking for to the fit out and 12 volt set up videos

Got all the CNC equipment but weld with a passive lens helmet. You know he got skills when… great work! canopy looks awesome!

Done an amazing job and designed it awesome with thought out strength for the locks and doors no false floor is a wing for weight and more space inside!!!!! Just awesome! Can’t wait for the fit out and build inside now🎉

Nice work! True craftsmanship!

Quite an interesting video seeing the way you've done this, I'm an apprentice fabricator working in the ally canopy/4x4 accessory industry spending a bit of time on the tig and a lot of time on the brake press. Very nicely done, looks sweet.

Gday, mate I’m bloody impressed with how the canopy turned out, really like the flat floor and seal on the door, it’s little things like this that make all the difference, i’m keen to see how the fit out looks when it’s all done, brilliant job mate, cheers

looks insane!!

Top notch job , but I really like the flat deck look , made it stand out from the crowd

looks fantastic

clean and functional design well executed.

I ran a Brake for 22 years at Kysor Warren!! We had about 25 brakes, When a die would get broke it was so loud!!!! But that was a NO NO!!!

Looks awesome man. Great job.

I hope i saw this early. I mean the way you show the process, it's really help a lot as someone who new and start on manufacturing and design journey

Awesome mate. It's come up great

Best self build ever! You motivated me to make my second canopy next year,with a steel tray.Great model and drawing!No one who has a brain and ability should buy an expensive one!

Nice work mate. Very similar to the builds I use to work on at Chameleon AMLS. I do like the 3 point locking setup they used better but the way the door seal you used is a better way

Mate you have some awesome skills - well done!!

Another informative ep there Richo and using local companies and still having hands on approach is bloody awesome, now you're with LCS will you be offering models of canopies like yours for other 40s owners

Superb workmanship👍🏻🇬🇧

The canopy has come up grouse mate, very nicely designed unit 👌

Very cool vid, great to see one of these come together. Looking at the shot of gunshot at the end, your canopy would have tapped the wall. That made me think would you be better with a rear removable rollbar to take the corner hits?

Great job. Loved the design insight 👌

Far out that looks amazing

Awesome 👌 Greetings from south africa 🇿🇦

Dude looks awesome well done 🤌

awesome job guys

So good what a awesome truck👍👍

That's a tough fj mate.

How are you going to put your uni nuts in the track ?Great canopy looks great.

What cad do u use and is it for free 👍👍❤️❤️🍺🍺 love the build

Can you do a video of your cad work flow? Make some awesome stuff and I’m trying to learn fusion myself it’s a struggle

Looks good mate! How are you going to seal around the tubes for the jacking points where they're not fully welded?

Hey mate, just wondering how the bottom of the canopy stops water/dust ingress. Assuming a bead of glue along all the aluminium uni strut? Great video to show the process 👍🏼

Any Chance of getting the gutter return section dimensions? just the sectional dimensions... the gutters and folds look so good!

Awesome work bud

What CAD software do you use? I want to design and build my own tub canopy and not sure what CAD would be best?

I don't think the colour matters that much, all paint is black in infra red. The fact that an organic material like paint is conducting to aluminium will heat it as much as anything, but aluminium has a pretty low convection rate and high conductivity, so it should stabilise some of the heat out as a heat sink. That said, most of your surface area is inside, so if it really doesn't want to stay cool and cooks your shit, cover the top of the roof in aluminium RHS before adding your accessories on top. That will offset back down closer to ambient at least, for little weight addition.

Nice VC on the hoist

Mint build!! Two questions but what mig he using and what glue is used? Got me motivated to build another one for myself 🤟

Not quite DIY when you're getting professional help with CNC machines 😅 Good work though mate, enjoy the videos, keep them coming

Badass Rig!

Aluminium unistrut is $32 a metre. That diy build cost nearly a grand in unistrut alone. I'd like to see your costings for this project mate!

Nice work.

Awesome setup, I think the design from the unistrut to the seals , all make for what I think is the ultimate setup, my only question is how is it anchored to your tray?

Hey mate, excellent work. Where'd you get the ally unistrut from?

Nice build 👌

Mate, you've gone soft. That spartan setup was cool af.

Onya Richard, well done mate, is the canopy bolt to the tray or some other means, looks fantastic, great colour choice. Seeya Rob

That plasma table is pretty sexy.

very nice

Why did you choose 3mm sheet? If you do this again would you use the same or lighter, maybe 2mm to reduce the weight?

Hey mate how much did the canopy cost in materials

What material is old mate using to stop scratches on the press brake? Looks like kevlar or something

Nice work! Any reason not to use the backguage on the Press Brake? I saw him adjusting the flange manually...

Hey mate. loving the build. Just wanted to know where you got the fuel and water fillers from on your headboard? also how you encorporated the fuel tank breather.

Looks awesome. What grade aluminium is the plate? I'm surprised it wasn't cracking with the zero-radius folds.

Well done. Now subscribed! Cheers

As a welder, the thumbnail makes my brain hurt.

Awesome 👍🏿🍻

that goes alright

Great work mate, do you have a link for this business?

Hi mate, just wanted to know what CAD program you use. Cheers

Thought you might have gone not quite full length and had a small amount of tray space at the rear.

what sort of cloth does old mate have on the bottom V in the press? looks like there is no V marks on back side of ally

Be careful where that contacts steel. ...know what I mean?

fancy that someone comes to shepparton for a purpose that's not related to the fruit industry

Very nice. What sheet Ali was used to get the bends, 6061?

Can you share the tolerances for the door seals?

How to assemble canopy with car bed?

its a ver nice work, butacas I get to tell you, thats not a DIy proyectos and is not from scratch... congrats

Hi, what glue is being used ? Thanx !

We’re in shep was that being I’m from shep and love to get some laser stuff done ?

Beaut….. Dimensions please Justin?

How is it secured to the tray? Sorry if I missed it.

Weird Question, what cloth or meterial is that on the brake press? I do a few odd things and I always have to polish my parts and things after bending but I see this cloth helps with preventing bending marks. What is it called and where would I be able to buy some of it?

What supplier did you use to get the aluminium c channel?

What discs are the using for grinding the ally?

Ya missed formply for canopy construction materials bud

Where can we get the Unistrut from?

Who’s KE Rolla is that??

Frooooooth

You and your group did excellent job and appreciate that so much Please I would like to visit your location to see all of you and see your project Send me your address

Drawings?

how did you mount it to the tray?

OOTG

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nHVrAF5VFTI.html funny to see how hightech tools can avoid any cratches on the aluminium. When the canopy get totured in the bush afterwords anyway. I guess.

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Where can I buy the unistrut material ?