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 Jan 13 2009, 04:55 PM
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As fast as poor can be  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 622 Joined: 25-May 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 349  |
I want to weld (mig) a bike rack (read bicycle) that will clamp onto the draw bar for my hitch. My hang up is lack of experience in choosing the correct gauge of metal. I'm thinking square tube, as thin as possible. It needs to hold 2 bikes.
General design is going to be a 'Y' to support each bike in 2 places. The clamp will unbolt from the bike rack itself to allow for different clamps for different draw bars. I have a design in mind for the clamps, really just need some advice on what size square tube (or alternates to square tube if needed). Any input? Thanks. -Jon |
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Jan 14 2009, 04:21 PM
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As fast as poor can be Group: Advanced Members Posts: 622 Joined: 25-May 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 349 |
No advice????? Alan? Anyone? :-)
I don't want to build a tank, and I don't want to be looking for bikes in the highway :-) Anyone have a good resource at least for metal/steel size vs application? |
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Jan 16 2009, 08:29 AM
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I build race cars Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,748 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Central coast, CA Member No.: 874 |
QUOTE (rushman @ Jan 14 2009, 08:21 AM)  No advice????? Alan? Anyone? :-) I don't want to build a tank, and I don't want to be looking for bikes in the highway :-) Anyone have a good resource at least for metal/steel size vs application? The design will matter more than material dimensions. Got a drawing? |
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Jan 16 2009, 11:31 AM
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As fast as poor can be Group: Advanced Members Posts: 622 Joined: 25-May 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 349 |
QUOTE (Blainefab @ Jan 16 2009, 03:29 AM) QUOTE (rushman @ Jan 14 2009, 08:21 AM) No advice????? Alan? Anyone? :-) I don't want to build a tank, and I don't want to be looking for bikes in the highway :-) Anyone have a good resource at least for metal/steel size vs application? The design will matter more than material dimensions. Got a drawing? I'll post one up soon. |
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Jan 17 2009, 02:10 PM
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As fast as poor can be Group: Advanced Members Posts: 622 Joined: 25-May 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 349 |
I'm going for something like this:
(IMG:http://www.kaboodle.com/hi/img/a/0/0/3/b/AAAACux6N3sAAAAAAAO8Qg.jpg) The actual horizontal bars that hold the bikes will be slightly different, square tubes with exhaust clamps around cut round tube with padding on the inside to clamp the bike frames. 2 bikes, not 4. Bottom section will be similar. For the clamp to the hitch/trailer i'm going to do something similar this (although smaller scale) to allow for some versitility: (IMG:http://www.bikerackshops.com/images/hitch_bike_racks/SG64025large.jpg) I'll probably make 2 clamps, one for parallel mounting and one for perpendicular mounting. I'll also allow the vertical portion of the rack to bolt in either direction to the base mount that goes into the clamp, so you can mount the clamp perpendicular but still have the bikes parallel to the car's bumper. I'm willing to go through a few iterations of this since this is really just a get better at welding project that has an ultimate use. |
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rushman building a bike rack Jan 13 2009, 04:55 PM
robz71lm7 QUOTE (rushman @ Jan 14 2009, 11:21 AM) N... Jan 16 2009, 02:24 AM StanIROCZ They make what you want cheap enough thats it... Jan 14 2009, 05:06 PM
rushman QUOTE (StanIROCZ @ Jan 14 2009, 12:06 PM)... Jan 14 2009, 05:43 PM pknowles I played around with where to place a bike on my t... Jan 14 2009, 08:25 PM souseless What are you planning to use to clamp the bikes in... Jan 15 2009, 02:53 AM rushman QUOTE (souseless @ Jan 14 2009, 09:53 PM)... Jan 15 2009, 03:05 AM souseless My quick guess is that you will have a hard time w... Jan 16 2009, 03:36 AM |
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