deck design

[lloyd]

maybye, thats what I was thinking... I just might forget about it for now...

 

[Big L]

yeah so welded side plates only. other ideas about the material?

i am saying just aluminum, but with reinforcements, easiest, probably cheapest too

what kind? two steel plates on each side? because my idea is to make a deck that doesnt need to be reinforced lol. so Im thinking the deck plate out of steel, and the square tubing under it out of aluminum.

and heres a simple brake idea to go with it:

i mean like sell them with square reinforcements or make them, because i do not know if you are selling them

 

[matthewcarbotti]

how m,uch u think they will be? and how much will urs be madis?

 

[the_SD_local]

I think they are made in some kind of mold or something. I'm not sure.

Razor brakes are stamped, blade brakes are cast. Either way you need dies and molds.

 

[Jdbug_rob]

why make a break, you can just use razor brakes.
and if you weld the headtube into the deck wont that mean you will have a lowe headtube?

 

[Big L]

why make a break, you can just use razor brakes.
and if you weld the headtube into the deck wont that mean you will have a lowe headtube?

low head tubes are better, makes the deck more balanced out, i cant ride with my back higher than my front

 

[me1]

Sweet idea. For the brake maybe take some layers of sheet metal and bend it over a mould or something. Maybe just a brake glued in place with some things to make space over the top. Then put like reinforcements on the sides of it to keep it from bending. I don't know how to explain it that well. Maybe if I get around to it I'll sketchup it. And just a side note. Desing is actually spelt design.

 

[lloyd]

I think they are made in some kind of mold or something. I'm not sure.

Razor brakes are stamped, blade brakes are cast. Either way you need dies and molds.

thanks. Ill give up the break idea now haha.

why make a break, you can just use razor brakes.
and if you weld the headtube into the deck wont that mean you will have a lowe headtube?

just a little lower. like barely an inch. no big deal.

heres is what the deck will look like without the two foldy plates and the brake:

so no logan, I dont think reinforcements would be needed. just like that would hold great. Im just not sure about the amount of bolts needed to hold the square tubes with the plate...

Sweet idea. For the brake maybe take some layers of sheet metal and bend it over a mould or something. Maybe just a brake glued in place with some things to make space over the top. Then put like reinforcements on the sides of it to keep it from bending. I don't know how to explain it that well. Maybe if I get around to it I'll sketchup it. And just a side note. Desing is actually spelt design.

my idea is to make a good enough deck so that reinforcements are not needed. and I dont really get your brake thingy idea...

 

[Big L]

shitt that looks tank, id buy it

 

[lloyd]

shitt that looks tank, id buy it

if you want to help out, Ill check how much the materials cost and sell one to you just for the price of the material and the shipping. then you could try it out and tell me how it holds. Ill make myself one and ride it for a couple of weeks and judge that too and have my friend do some testing also. then Ill adjust the desing if I encounter problems. sounds good?

 

[Big L]

shitt that looks tank, id buy it

if you want to help out, Ill check how much the materials cost and sell one to you just for the price of the material and the shipping. then you could try it out and tell me how it holds. Ill make myself one and ride it for a couple of weeks and judge that too and have my friend do some testing also. then Ill adjust the desing if I encounter problems. sounds good?

ya sounds good

 

[lloyd]

how m,uch u think they will be? and how much will urs be madis?

I dont know Ill see how much the materials cost first.

shitt that looks tank, id buy it

if you want to help out, Ill check how much the materials cost and sell one to you just for the price of the material and the shipping. then you could try it out and tell me how it holds. Ill make myself one and ride it for a couple of weeks and judge that too and have my friend do some testing also. then Ill adjust the desing if I encounter problems. sounds good?

ya sounds good

cool then. Ill hit you up when Im ready.

now I need to know how many bolts I should put to hold the plate with the square tubing. fist, I was thinking to put many of them all along, but I think one or two at each end and one in the middle would do just the same with less drilling/bolting trouble.

 

[Big L]

2 seems good, but you could put 3 in just in case

 

[lloyd]

thanks lowg. Ill be getting the materials probably next weekend or this week and Ill start making the first one.

 

[scooterdave]

just weld the dang thing

 

[mat]

i have a sick design for you, i'll post it tomorrow

 

[ScootingFred]

Looks beastly. No alumnum ftw.

 

[Big L]

Looks beastly. No alumnum ftw.

why not? its still going to be tank with aluminum, look at the deck

 

[dre]

for the brake, get a pipe that's the same diameter as the razor brake, bend it using a pipe bender, then cut it in half lengthwise using some kinda saw (jigsaw? hacksaw would be hard...) then drill a hole in one end and add a spring of some sorts and a bolt and voila. Or if you don't want to spend money on getting a pipe bender if you don't already have one, then use an angled pipe fitting that's roughly the same diameter as a razor brake and cut that in half, etc, etc.

 

[D= its sam!!]

or sell it with everything but the brake n ppl can put it on themselves? lol, sick design, cant w8 to see it finished