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Beer Can Truck |
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Beer Can Truck |
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Started:
01 April 2006
Finished:
22 April 2006
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| 08 April 2006:
I glued the leaf spring assemblies below the chassis. |
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| Next, I had to decide on what I should use for the whels and tires. Since this was a truck utilizing as much Efes Pilsen materials as possible, I gave up the idea of using wheels and tires from my parts box, and went on to manufacturing them from bottle caps. I made a press die set for the wheel center effects. For the fronts, I made a convex stamping and for the rears, a concave one. |
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| Now the fuel tank is glued to the chassis. |
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| For the differential casing, I made two stampings from the can aluminum like the photo, and trimmed. |
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| Parts to form the rear axle and differential. |
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| The rear axle assembly. |
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| Then I drilled one pair of "rear wheels" for the axle, and fixed the rear double wheels on the axle by kneaded steel putty between the wheels. |
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| I also prepared the front axle with kneaded steel putty and steel wire, and with the wheels posed slightly to the left. |
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| Then I glued the front and rear axle assemblies to the leaf springs and got the "rolling" chassis... |
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| For the air tanks, I prepared the domes by forming the beer can metal and some plastic tubing for the body. |
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| 10 April 2006:
I manufactured the air tanks assembly by making two mounting brackets and glued them on the chassis too. I also made the spare wheel and the hanging bracket as in the photo. |
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| I tailored, bent and installed the ladder steps between the bumper and the mudguard. |
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| I made the mirrors from the can aluminum as in the photo. The mirror itself is a separate piece from a bright polished beer can. You can see the reflection of my fingers holding the camera... |
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| Then I glued the mirrors on the cab. |
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| I made the drive shafts from steel rods with formed and glued joint ends from the beer can. |
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| 11 April 2006:
I manufactured the rear mudguards. |
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| Then I glued in the driveshafts. |
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| I fixed the rear mudguards to the chassis by brackets made from steel nails, with epoxy glue. |
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