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Yep. Got me some bits of pine, and made me some sledging device. Right start off, 100cm by 15cm length of pine. Curved the edges up.  They're on those foil things to stop them getting dragged on the floor (and they're and warm and padded to sit and kneel on!) Marked out and attached batons down each side:  Screwshot:  Add some struttage across:  Gap was left as I still need to attached the seat. Ignore the tatty bit of wood, was testing for footrest. Bit of MDF for some rigidity and another piece at the end of the slats. Front bit is footrest.  Nother shot:  And here I've added another bit to the front for support:  Its upside down in the garage at the moment, after glueing and screwing some plastic strips to the runners, piled a few bits of wood, and board, and a 110V transformer box on top to help the glue  Update tomorrow. Cheers. Matt |
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marksparks999
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good skills... may have to dig out the one i built in wordwork class when i was 12 at middleschool!
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Retroless at the moment... but on the hunt for something old!
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Nice work. I wonder.... (looks at pile of pallets in corner)
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And its done   Plastic strips down the runners. Which promptly fell off. So I'll be making some metal ones, and some sort of steering system since it was quite unpredictable on the slopes. Cheers for the comments guys Matt |
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Dec 23, 2009 10:14:37 GMT
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cooool.
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Right, since more white stuff fell out of the sky, its time to fit metal runners. Started off with this metal channelling:  Hammered along the creases so it'd wrap over the bottom of the runner. This was then made:  Whassat? You say. Add a mallet and it does this:  Hit down, off, move along, hit and so on. Then remove a shim to lessen the space, and go along again to really tighten the metal against the wood. And then some tin-snippery happened, which has left me with this:  Should be less breakable now. Its getting some stencils made up, and some pinstriping in the next few days. And some handles. Taking it for a run on Tuesday. Thanks for looking. Matt |
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as far as steering a sledge like that you just need independant brakes ... one on either side ... simply a metal spike that digs in when you pull up or back on a handle ...
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That was exactly the plan Have been thinking against it, as my feet seem to work well enough. |
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lae
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Jan 11, 2010 17:28:38 GMT
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Whereabouts in York do you live? The GF and I rent in Tang Hall about 2 minutes from Morrissons. I'm away at uni at the moment though
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Mk1 Focus blandmobile
Formerly:
1969 MG Midget
1972 Avenger GT
1981 Datsun Cherry
1989 Corolla
1979 Mercedes W123 200D
1995 Ford Falcon
1996 Ford Telstar (bet you had to google that one)
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that looks brilliant fun  awesome stuff Matt  |
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Cheers Paul! Frink, creepy as it may sound, I know where you live  This is evident by the cars I've seen on your drive, and confirmed by the Google Streetview image you posted aaaaages ago. I'm off Hull Road, near the Black Bull, so pretty close to you If you have seen this idiot, on this device up at the uni, then it was me.  |
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lae
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Jan 12, 2010 14:07:40 GMT
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I have moved to Fourth Avenue now, except I dropped out of york uni a few years ago and now I'm doing car design at Coventry, so I'm only in York during weekends and holidays.
The Black Bull is a weird place. I used to live in Badger Hill so I would frequent it occasionally.
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Currently:
Mk1 Focus blandmobile
Formerly:
1969 MG Midget
1972 Avenger GT
1981 Datsun Cherry
1989 Corolla
1979 Mercedes W123 200D
1995 Ford Falcon
1996 Ford Telstar (bet you had to google that one)
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lae
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Jan 12, 2010 14:07:59 GMT
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'Frequent it occasionally'. Yes, I did just say that.
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Currently:
Mk1 Focus blandmobile
Formerly:
1969 MG Midget
1972 Avenger GT
1981 Datsun Cherry
1989 Corolla
1979 Mercedes W123 200D
1995 Ford Falcon
1996 Ford Telstar (bet you had to google that one)
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