This month we moved onto our front end. We went online and looked at some different designs and once we found the ones we liked we drew the design up. We then talked about how to build the front and what kind of design we wanted to use. We built the kingpin inclination at 13 degrees and we were able to do that by cutting the angle on the band saw. Our spindles were built by first drawing it in class. Then we figured the angles, built a jig out of wood that would properly set all the pieces for our spindles in place while we welded them together. We were using a 3/8" bolt as the king pin to hold the spindle on. (PICTURED ABOVE IS THE JIG WE USED TO BUILD THE SPINDLES note: king pin inclination was designed and built into spindle)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
October
This month we moved onto our front end. We went online and looked at some different designs and once we found the ones we liked we drew the design up. We then talked about how to build the front and what kind of design we wanted to use. We built the kingpin inclination at 13 degrees and we were able to do that by cutting the angle on the band saw. Our spindles were built by first drawing it in class. Then we figured the angles, built a jig out of wood that would properly set all the pieces for our spindles in place while we welded them together. We were using a 3/8" bolt as the king pin to hold the spindle on. (PICTURED ABOVE IS THE JIG WE USED TO BUILD THE SPINDLES note: king pin inclination was designed and built into spindle)
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