He's going to nail it to the perch in the picture.aww and I was hoping for a "Dead Parrot Sketch" themed rocket, unless it is...
starting with these...
Wasn't that a line from Monte [sic] Python?
Must be going to turn it into some kind of launch pad?
That went through my mind. Add some wheels and make it a trailer.
That was my thought.Maybe it will be both.
A launch pad trailer with tilt up beam?
HPR launch pad?
... and I can use some parts left over from other projects...
For a hot second, I thought the first thumbnail of metal stock was all motors. I nearly wept for the majesty of it all, but then it was bars.
THAT would have truly been majestic!
I do a little woodworking as a second hobby, and have some fond memories and mixed emotions with metal fabrication... my father could weld and made many unique projects from steel. As the saying goes, "Anything is possible, but not everything is practical." He once built a car from scratch, shortening the frame of a Henry J to the length of a Willy's Jeep, which he assumed was the shortest road-legal wheelbase. Then shoehorned a 1959 Corvette 283 block into it, leaving almost no room for his feet. The body was sheet metal from old hot water heaters, bent over electrical conduit tubing. Beautiful, and something today that could be done soooooooo much easier with composites. I'm okay with glue, but still, I wish I could weld. My dad passed 2 years ago, he would have liked to help with stuff like this.
But I digress... With my limited woodworking skills, I decided to make a model of the end idea. Both to show my hired welder what I want, and to confirm to me the moving pieces will function as intended and not interfere with each other. I had a bunch of scraps of 1/2" square wood dowels left over from my daughter's Science Olympiad projects (boomilever and wheeled vehicle), so we end up with 1:4 scale, since the grind rails originally set the framework to 2" x 2". I reposted the picture of the actual metal frame next to the model, as it somewhat corresponds and is identifiable in comparison. Working on the legs (model) and superstructure/frame (actual) next.
....wondering if he's gone off the deep end...
...thinking what the heck is SMR up to!...
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