TRYING TO MAKE NEW FORKS FOR MY TEAM, MSK

[nathandominick]

hi there i really want to make forks for my team MSK but i do not know how to start or where to start! im not sure if i shuld start from scratch or design new forks from the PRO forks? can u guys help and chuk up some pics of plans so i can get an idea of what i want to do thanks heaps!..

 

[Tristan Mathews]

keep it simple at the start just say with a fork tube, a plate then 2 fork legs

then if they're not good or they snap/bend make new ones keeping in mind why the other ones were shit and why they snapped/bent, therefore you can make a great fork and sell it then lots of people will buy

 

[mynameisjaymez]

Base it on stock diemensions like Pachota did and it will turn out good.

 

[Mike Montgomery]

make sure you test them a lot.

 

[Chris Picone]

If you don't know how to make forks, don't try. It will take you about a year or so to finally get a design down and it'll probably end up inferior to SR forks anyway.

 

[Sshields32]

defenetly make the tube thicker, and threadless.

 

[Andy Rhode]

and dont be stupid... make it a 1 piece fork tube... fuck that welded in the middle shit.

 

[Snow Patrol]

If you don't know how to make forks, don't try. It will take you about a year or so to finally get a design down and it'll probably end up inferior to SR forks anyway.

indeed.

and andy a weld is always stronger than the metal, the only thing that would make it break is if something was wrong with the weld.

 

[stukwon-do]

It'd be really great if you could test it on some quite big stairs or hard impact to test brute strength lol. Gussets are a must to prevent bending... and a thick, prefferabally threadless forktube.

 

[Eat Joo Food]

haha if he made really crappy forks and you had someone test a 14 set on them and they snapped in mid air hah

 

[todd]

If you don't know how to make forks, don't try. It will take you about a year or so to finally get a design down and it'll probably end up inferior to SR forks anyway.

thats dumb. its like saying to a beginner scooter rider "if you dont know how to ride, dont try", obviously he has to start somewhere and even if they arnt as good as SR forks maybe he wants his OWN forks and people make homemade parts all the time and theres probly something better out there but its there choice to make not yours.

 

[calknowles]

it'll probably end up inferior to SR forks anyway.

 

[ryankeong]

If you don't know how to make forks, don't try. It will take you about a year or so to finally get a design down and it'll probably end up inferior to SR forks anyway.

are u stupid i my homemade forks worked awesome first time round havent bent or snapped and they are really simple threaded fork pole steel plate cut to shape and two lengths of thick tubing all welded together then just drilled out for the axle to fit through. all the dimensions were taken from a stock forks except the frok legs are a bit longer so they can fit a 125 wheel

 

[zprestoe]

hm id kind of look at a sr fork for sesigns
or just search thee "your scoot thread"

 

[Eric Magray]

If you don't know how to make forks, don't try. It will take you about a year or so to finally get a design down and it'll probably end up inferior to SR forks anyway.

indeed.

and andy a weld is always stronger than the metal, the only thing that would make it break is if something was wrong with the weld.

mmmm nah, sorry john but base metal is almost always stronger than the weld. for a couple of reasons:

1 welds dont have an organized grain like the base metal, meaning less tensile strength
2 filler metal is made to be easily welded with but still keep strength in mind

really the only time the weld is equal to the base in strength is when the same alloy filler is used and the finished piece is then heat treated.


and about a fork design, just play around with dimensions. go maybe try a little more or a little less offset from stock and see how you like it then go for strength. or just keep stock dimensions and work on structural design. everyone on here knows how and why forks break, just make a design that fixes the problems of stock forks and keep improving on the design over time.

 

[idk47]

Forks are easy to make, finding someone to weld is the hard part. I have materials for a really good fork sitting next to my TV, it's been there since like February and i need to get it welded soon !mistrust .

 

[OllieScoots!]

i wanna make forks but cant make the part where the bearing race goes on...

 

[jcas367]

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i wanna make forks but cant make the part where the bearing race goes on...

why would you bump this thread from last year?

 

[demo]

john do you have a degree in welding or soemthing??

 

[JonnyJonDogg]

noob bump.