Sunday 5 August 2012

Progress is slow

though any progress is good...

So, all steel cut to length for new steel press frame. It came on to rain later but I stuck with it...




A & B are top beams, C & D lower beams. E is the lower support cross beam - F being the leftover to make a sliding upper beam.


The observant will notice that there is no provision for 'legs' to hold the setup upright... Unfortunately relations with the customer who supplied the steel took a turn for the worse (win some, lose some - get punched by just the one so far in 36 years of day job...), so I need to find some bits from somewhere to make some legs/stands...
The idea is to bolt it all together rather than weld, to help keep the whole thing more portable. Marking out to keep it square will be down to careful measurement...
Dimensions: Overall height: 6'2" Internal width: 33"
Lower crossbeam intended to be adjusable for height.
Fingers crossed as I ain't no engineer!

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