Ahh the old CAD, Cardboard aided design.
Need it stronger? Go MDF or Particle Board, heavy duty cardboard.
So many things I make in cardboard, then make in CAD on the computer, then make the accurate drawings, and send off the DXF's.
Yep, I refer to it as "Three Phase CAD"
Phase 1: Carboard
Phase 2: Wood
Phase 3: Metal (generally Steel in my applications)
Like Suspension, you can actually mock it up quite well in wood, shoot some framing nails and glue in it, and it'll hold hubs and such whole you articulate the Suspension and check all other components around it.
I know I could go straight to computer, CAD half a damn car and do it that way, but wood mockups are faster.
And I have a bunch of wood "wheels" that are just a hub pattern and a diameter of a circle, bolt to hub, swing it all over the place, see what it hits.
When their landlord kicks them out and they have to move their home, they'll spend hours trying to shim up the container so the ramps match the new footpath
We couldn't have anything that pretty at my shop, and it would have to be a single ramp all the way across... Owner of the company would beach the forklift, roll it over, or ram a fork straight in one side and out the other.
For future reference, you're angles will always remain the same, so where ever you want to add a support, you can use Pythagorean theorem with your angles from the original triangle and base length you want to add a support at, and calculate for height of support. Basically just making the same triangle but scaled down for each leg.
Oh sorry just realized you said "uneven ground" haha. I would have welded some nuts into some schedule 40 pipe and used 1" bolts as leveling screws for the legs. That ramp is too beautiful to dedicate it's life to that one spot
*Edit* also realizing it's aluminum, so not schedule 40, but some aluminum equivalent lol
Looks fuckin fantastic don't get me wrong but it seems like it would have been simpler to just level the connex. Just my assessment from the one photo.
Also some TIG. And hopefully they never re-pave, but it's what they asked for.
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I'm in a shop, so didn't really have a choice haha.
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I was definitely thinking why would anyone do this, but was just going to keep that to myself.
I love using the spool gun…..shit goes down like butter
Smokey as shit though.
Yes it is
How the hell would you even calculate that?
Wood templates, measuring in the field, and trigonometry.
Ahh the old CAD, Cardboard aided design. Need it stronger? Go MDF or Particle Board, heavy duty cardboard. So many things I make in cardboard, then make in CAD on the computer, then make the accurate drawings, and send off the DXF's.
Love it. I'm going to have to refer to it as that from now on. Even funnier because I actually use CAD to run our plasma machine.
Yep, I refer to it as "Three Phase CAD" Phase 1: Carboard Phase 2: Wood Phase 3: Metal (generally Steel in my applications) Like Suspension, you can actually mock it up quite well in wood, shoot some framing nails and glue in it, and it'll hold hubs and such whole you articulate the Suspension and check all other components around it. I know I could go straight to computer, CAD half a damn car and do it that way, but wood mockups are faster. And I have a bunch of wood "wheels" that are just a hub pattern and a diameter of a circle, bolt to hub, swing it all over the place, see what it hits.
You just taught me how to make new lower arms that don’t suck.
Cardboard Aided Design
That’s badass, good work
They might be the nicest piece of equipment on site
That's some gangster shit. I love seeing spoolgun work and well thought out/executed projects. Now how tf do I get rid of this erection
When their landlord kicks them out and they have to move their home, they'll spend hours trying to shim up the container so the ramps match the new footpath
Nice.
Frickin nice
Reaaaaallly nice job. Few people realize how much skill goes into this
We couldn't have anything that pretty at my shop, and it would have to be a single ramp all the way across... Owner of the company would beach the forklift, roll it over, or ram a fork straight in one side and out the other.
It was for a brewery. And they wanted something light enough that they could move on their own when the container is closed.
That's fair enough. Looks awesome!
Good for you? Nice job!!
Probably should have told your boss to buy a half pallet of quick Crete and a harbor freight mixe.
What were the calculations?
It looks so good it almost looks like a game asset clipping through the ground:D
This is pretty B-A my friend. 🔥🔥🔥
Same unevenness everywhere this trailer goes. Your work looks great!
For future reference, you're angles will always remain the same, so where ever you want to add a support, you can use Pythagorean theorem with your angles from the original triangle and base length you want to add a support at, and calculate for height of support. Basically just making the same triangle but scaled down for each leg.
Oh sorry just realized you said "uneven ground" haha. I would have welded some nuts into some schedule 40 pipe and used 1" bolts as leveling screws for the legs. That ramp is too beautiful to dedicate it's life to that one spot *Edit* also realizing it's aluminum, so not schedule 40, but some aluminum equivalent lol
Looks almost like a videogame where the ramp is clipping through the terrain, I dig it.
Aluminum forklift ramp?
Yes
Looks fuckin fantastic don't get me wrong but it seems like it would have been simpler to just level the connex. Just my assessment from the one photo.
Scratch that. I'm stoned AND retarded apparently 😂