{"id":211,"date":"2011-06-15T00:46:43","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T05:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/?p=211"},"modified":"2011-06-15T00:46:43","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T05:46:43","slug":"day-1-chassis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/?p=211","title":{"rendered":"Day 1: Chassis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I started on the chassis. I’m going with aluminum, and trying my hand at welding it together. I’ve been practicing aluminum TIG for a few days now, but still just getting the hang of it. I could really use tips, especially on making fillet welds.<\/p>\n

Here’s a rough CAD model, mostly used to figure out what the box tube frame should look like. The grey sketch lines are where my legs should go, so I probably won’t be using the steering wheel shown in the CAD.<\/p>\n

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preliminary CAD model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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machining the two main struts together to keep everything aligned<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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cutting channels to fit the cross struts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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frame components ready to weld. It was cool that it only took two clamps to hold everything.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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close up of the rear cross strut joint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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top and bottom are welded. Held vertical to weld a reinforcement block in the "arms"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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close up of the support block in the "arm". The end of this will soon have a C-bracket that will hold the pivot for steering the front wheels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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top view of progress for today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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dramatic front view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

more to come tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I started on the chassis. I’m going with aluminum, and trying my hand at welding it together. I’ve been practicing aluminum TIG for a few days now, but still just getting the hang of it. I could really use tips, especially on making fillet welds. Here’s a rough CAD model, mostly used to figure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}