Technology is great
Technology is great
A while back I brought all my rolling stock home to work on and they've been sitting on the floor in the garage. Pain in the butt! I decided I needed a couple roll-around stands for them so I sat down and designed a stand in CAD. I work for Ryerson and we have three tube lasers at our facility so I thought, "I could make quick work of all this tubing by designing the parts to be cut on the laser."
They're made from 1x1x065wall tubing. I designed each part with tabs and slots so they all basically "snap" together. This means that when I go to weld them up everything will already be square and aligned. It also means that I don't have to touch my bandsaw.
Here's the general design: Here's some of the parts converted to 3d parts in Solidworks: And here's the cut parts right off the tube laser: (more ...)
They're made from 1x1x065wall tubing. I designed each part with tabs and slots so they all basically "snap" together. This means that when I go to weld them up everything will already be square and aligned. It also means that I don't have to touch my bandsaw.
Here's the general design: Here's some of the parts converted to 3d parts in Solidworks: And here's the cut parts right off the tube laser: (more ...)
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Over the next couple weekends I'll get these welded up. I'll post more as I go along.
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That takes all the challenge out of it. Besides, why would you want to deprive yourself of listening to the screeching noises coming from the band saw as it cuts through thin tubing?John_S wrote:I decided I needed a couple roll-around stands for them...we have three tube lasers at our facility so I thought, "I could make quick work of all this tubing by designing the parts to be cut on the laser."
They're made from 1x1x065wall tubing. I designed each part with tabs and slots so they all basically "snap" together. This means that when I go to weld them up everything will already be square and aligned. It also means that I don't have to touch my bandsaw.
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Music isn’t at all difficult. All you gotta do is play the right notes at the right time!
Music isn’t at all difficult. All you gotta do is play the right notes at the right time!
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Whir, whir, whir, whir, sccreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, whir, whir, whir, clunk!BigDumbDinosaur wrote:Besides, why would you want to deprive yourself of listening to the screeching noises coming from the band saw as it cuts through thin tubing?
I do still have to cut up a bunch of 1/4x3 flat bar to make the bases that the legs and casters attach to, so I have that to look forward to!
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Very nice! Is 1x1 going to be rigid enough for a loco, or is it for rolling stock only?
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That shouldn't screech.John_S wrote:I do still have to cut up a bunch of 1/4x3 flat bar to make the bases that the legs and casters attach to, so I have that to look forward to!
BTW, here is a pic of the erecting stand I built for my shop. It's eight feet long, rolls on eight inch casters with roller bearings and can support 2000 pounds. Needless to say, it wasn't built with thin wall tubing.
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Music isn’t at all difficult. All you gotta do is play the right notes at the right time!
Music isn’t at all difficult. All you gotta do is play the right notes at the right time!
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I like the concept of using lighter weight material. Looks nice!
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Rolling stock only, nothing over 150lbs.Jawn wrote:Very nice! Is 1x1 going to be rigid enough for a loco, or is it for rolling stock only?
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A little work tonight getting started putting the first of two together. Building it upside down on the shop floor.
Only downside to doing this on the floor is the awkward welding position with the TIG.
Only downside to doing this on the floor is the awkward welding position with the TIG.
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That is great. Jon Eric Nystrom did a steam locomotive in LS&OR magazine a while back like that. Frame parts on one sheet, cab parts on another of thinner material. As I recall, his tabs came through such that he used TIG without filler rod.
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Finished one of two stands tonight. It turned out nice. Lightweight, very strong, and rolls around smooth as butter.
Fun project, and I still have one more to go!
Fun project, and I still have one more to go!