lol thanks Jeff.
Work continues on the side panels..
Ok, so these three pass-through holes are becoming more tricky than I thought at first. In order to get a nice clean transition
through the side panel, I need to add a lip around each hole. You can see in this first pic there is already a bottom lip, which is the
channel used to secure the panel onto the case. So I had some U-channel lying around, and will continue the lip around each hole with it.
All I had to do was make a cut into the open end of the channel, leaving the back side in tact, then bend 90° for each corner.
Three done, three to go for the other side panel.
To secure these to the side panel, I will be using some cold weld epoxy. I'm drilling a bunch of holes to give it something to grab onto.
And on the panel side I ground it up a bit, again for better adhesion.
Once I get it all epoxied up, I'll add some bondo around the seams and smooth it out. From the front it will look like the
side panel is 1/2" thick. But more importantly, I will have a flat surface to which the rectangular tubes will mate.