Today I've been busy making grooves on the outsides of all battery boxes. This is what it looks like.

In the next few days I'll try to weld them all. This should make them stronger than just having them glued.

The last battery box is all glued up now. Was a bit tricky with that extra corner in it but I succeeded. The batteries are firmly packed but they're also still easy to remove.

Here you can see how these last 2 battery boxes will be placed.

Here all 4 together.

And a picture of the whole quad bike.

Unfortunately the motor is still off the rear swingarm and also no progress with the controller yet. Nothing has been done yet with the adaptor and mounts. No idea why it's taking so long this time. But it will come sooner or later. For now I can continue with finishing the battery boxes anyway.

Just as I thought, the last battery box is pretty hard to make. The sizes of the plates really have to be perfect for this one otherwise the batteries won't really fit well. But 2 plates are already glued now. Will take me 3 days to complete this one though since there are more plates than with the other boxes. Can't glue everything at once as the plates might move a bit because of the clamps.

Hope to be done with all the boxes in the weekend. Then I will glue them all one extra time on the inside and weld them from the outside.

But they're still not ready then, the higher parts for the cable glands still have to be added around the holes. And the clamps to keep the batteries in place with all the holes to attach the covers. And some EPDM rubber inbetween. Think I'll still be busy with this for another week or two.

The 3rd battery box is all glued up now.

And the plates for the last box are sawed. This one will be the most difficult to put together since it isn't just a rectangle, there's another corner in it. But I think I'll succeed with that as well.

The 3rd battery box is being made as well now, first 2 plates are glued.

And here you can see how the first 2 battery boxes will be placed. They barely fit, but there's still some space if I'd have to add some aluminium L-profiles around them. In any case, there will have to be quite some welds on the frame to be able to attach them.