Looks like I lost everyone with all this talking stuff going on....
mud man thanks for hanging in there!
So I got my bed frame all in place and am ready to get the tubs now welded in place. I had to remedy alot of bedside bowing from the cutouts and the rust repairs that heated them up too much. But they are straight now.
ok well heres some pics of my tubbing....
So I made my own tub parts using 18 ga. sheetmetal. Had the circles cut out by a local HVAC shop. They can cut it easy with a circle cutter to whatever diameter you need and then simply shear it in half and you have 2 sides! Mine were 36" diameter! I then cut two 48" x 12" wide pieces for the flats and two pieces 1.5" wide x 48" for the bed side strips that would attach the finished tubs to the inside of the bed.
So Pic 1: is the strips layed out and hole-punched for spot welding - these can be drilled also.
Pic 2 is the tub hole in the bed side
Pic 3 is the strip welded into place with the punch marks about 1/8" inside the bed to be able to spot-weld the tubs onto once they are fitted in place.