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Has anyone bought or built a frame table? I'd be interested to see what people are building things on
thanks in advance
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Dez
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Thanks Dez, that'll be useful to look through I just plowed through this loon's thread and he made a wooden one, but it's a very lightweight build nocones LMP subaru madness
The RSJs are a great idea, I have 2 handy but they're going in the garage build, Stepping down to a sub 1 tonne car build, what do you think you could get away with that's still rigid enough not to twist and screw it all up or it'll probably just be easier to lurk on Gumtree and grab RSJs as they pop up |
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Last Edit: Feb 7, 2021 21:42:35 GMT by legend
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Dez
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Yeah in terms of cost/weight/strength it’s hard to beat them, unless you get given something for free. These are the largest ‘common’ size at 10” deep, so a bit overkill for most things, but then I always seem to end up doing daft stuff. For smaller, lighter or monocoque cars some 6” or 8” ones would be fine.
It’s all down to what you’re planning to build on it really. As long as whatever you’re using is flat/straight/level and stiffer than what you’re building, it will work. Before I built this table I used to use my
4 poster ramp bed.
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Last Edit: Feb 7, 2021 22:34:24 GMT by Dez
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oilyt
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I just picked up some 6x6 box section from our local scrap yard to build a table cheap . one thing to check when picking lengths of rsj or box is for bows n bends along the length. walked away from a few un till i found the right straight ones.  |
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elfman
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I am building a space frame competition car as its a one off I made mine out of a sheet of 1" x 5ft x 10ft plywood with a very strong base of 6 x 2 timbers and 7 x 4in sq legs on casters.
All checked with a lazer level and marked on the garage floor to always be exactly flatin that location.
I painted it white so nice and easy to draw on as well..
If i was building more than one car/chassis I would have gone for steel but did not think one build warranted it.
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slater
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Depends how accurate you want it. Proper Celettes and the like are machined flat. RSJs usually are pretty good tho. If you weld the thing on a flat surface it helps too.
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elfman
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Ill be getting ride of mine in the future but it would be a difficult thing to transport..
Main thing is make sure its not only a flat surface but perfectly level in every plain, hence me marking the floor in the garage, and this was on a superposed to be machine finished floor...it wasn't. So adjusted it to suit the floor using a industrial lazer and multi levels.
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I've used my 4 post lift, tt has sturdy flat ramps so it's just a matter of adjusting the cables until it's level in all directions.
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oilyt
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I'm going to use a fluid leveling system for setting my table similar to this with a sight on each corner.  |
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