Window fan

LYKOS

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Bent Mountain Va

• Mar 19, 2012

• #1

I hope this is the right sub forum...

I have a 12v fan I am mounting to a piece of aluminum diamond plate that will go in my backseat window.


The idea I had was to pop rivet a piece of aluminum chanbnel on the top to fit int the window channel and a piece on the bottom that I can roll the window into to hold it in.


However, I cannont do this because the pop rivets stick out to far. Because it's channel I can't get in there to pop rivet from the inside.

I'm open to any suggestions on how to make this mount to my window.

Thanks

 

Mr.Shrek

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Murfreesboro, TN

• Mar 19, 2012

• #2

An idea i thought that might work for you is to rivet a piece of channel facing down to the panel. Make it a bit shorter top to bottom then the window opening. You can then slip the top edge into the channel of the window opening where the window ususally goes into when it is closed, then you roll the window up till it fits into the c channel on the bottom. Then that would hold your panel in place and be very easy to take in and out with out any modifcation to your stock door.
Here is a quick sketch in paint shop fo my idea.

 

LYKOS

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Bent Mountain Va

• Mar 20, 2012

• #3

Thats exactly what I want to do. But wont the long end of the rivet be inside the channel? Since you cant fit the rivet gun inside the channel to put the flat side inside? Or am I rivet dumb? Which might be the case.

 

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cemeyer

NAXJA Forum User

Location

CO

• Mar 20, 2012

• #4

Weld it?

 

LYKOS

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Bent Mountain Va

• Mar 20, 2012

• #5

Welding and I dont get along so well, especially aluminum. Someone suggested JB Weld. Think that might work?

 

Johnnie Walker

Piece of Fish!

NAXJA Member

Location

WA state

• Mar 20, 2012

• #6

Duct tape or industrial velcro?

 

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zachandandy

NAXJA Forum User

NAXJA Member

Location

Patterson, Ca

• Mar 20, 2012

• #7

Not sure where to get it, but the lathers at work use z channel, then the riveting would be easy?

 

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dypstick

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Pittsville, MD

• Mar 20, 2012

• #8

Drill holes in the back side of the c-channel (not the side that goes against the diamond plate. Then put your rivit gun through the holes to rivit from inside the channel. You may have to just cut a notch out of the side of the channel to make the rivit gun fit. Alternately, you could drill holes in the back side of the channel and drill and thread the diamond plate. Then just screw them together.

 

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chad

NAXJA Forum User

Location

lancaster, CA

• Mar 20, 2012

• #9

^exactly what I was gonna say

 

LYKOS

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Bent Mountain Va

• Mar 22, 2012

• #10

Yup yup, my brother and I came up with the same solution last night.

Thanks for the input.

I'll post a window fan build thread when I do the deed.