Home made Door and Side windows for Thomas

I searched for a cab enclosure for my Thomas T243HDS. I found a couple, but wasn't ready to spend over $1000.00 on the set. I purchased polycarbonate for the front window and cut a blank out of cardboard. I used 1" wide 1/16" on the outside and 1/8" on the inside frame backed by magnetic tape. I applied window silicone applied to the aluminum to seal it to the poly and screwed it together. On the sides I used lexan and weather strip tape then screwed it to the cab using the factory holes. So far I have the following for the front door: Polycarbonate $70.00 Piano Hinge 7.00 Handles 6.00 1"x1/8" aluminum 20.00 1"x/16" aluminum 8.00 Magnetic Tape 40.00 Hardware 7.00 For the sides: Lexan 50.00 Weather strip 20.00 Hardware 12.00 Total: $240.00 You can see a short video on you tube http://youtu.be/tUu0jzvfvP4

Here are shortcuts to the pics of the door. I can't upload them to the forum. Can anyone tell me how to upload pics from photo bucket? http://s408.photobucket.com/user/thekroog/media/door2.jpg.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0 http://s408.photobucket.com/user/thekroog/media/door.jpg.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2

kroog said:

Here are shortcuts to the pics of the door. I can't upload them to the forum. Can anyone tell me how to upload pics from photo bucket? http://s408.photobucket.com/user/thekroog/media/door2.jpg.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0 http://s408.photobucket.com/user/thekroog/media/door.jpg.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2

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All you need to do is load the image, right click/copy then paste it to the post

Tazza said:

All you need to do is load the image, right click/copy then paste it to the post

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Tazza, I keep just getting the web address when I right click copy/paste. This is what I keep getting: http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp162/thekroog/011-1.jpg What in the world am I doing wrong?

kroog said:

Tazza, I keep just getting the web address when I right click copy/paste. This is what I keep getting: http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp162/thekroog/011-1.jpg What in the world am I doing wrong?

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The way i do it is with Internet Explorer, open the image in photobucket, right click/copy then right click paste into the forum, it should show up as a picture, not a link.....

Tazza said:

The way i do it is with Internet Explorer, open the image in photobucket, right click/copy then right click paste into the forum, it should show up as a picture, not a link.....

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Here are a couple videos of the finished door and how I built it. I don't use it commercially, so the door works just fine for me. The magnetic tape seals it very well. My cab doesn't have heat, so some air leaks don't bother me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiTLLSlLBtU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVeLOVYmgSY

kroog said:

Here are a couple videos of the finished door and how I built it. I don't use it commercially, so the door works just fine for me. The magnetic tape seals it very well. My cab doesn't have heat, so some air leaks don't bother me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiTLLSlLBtU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVeLOVYmgSY

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Looks good, cheap and functional.
Especially like the LED light bar you have on it

Tazza said:

Looks good, cheap and functional.
Especially like the LED light bar you have on it

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Here's a couple more short videos of the front door. 1 shows how I assembled it and the other shows the final fitting. I don't use it commercially, so I just wanted something to keep the wind and snow off me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiTLLSlLBtU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVeLOVYmgSY