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Re: Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 12/18/2009, 9:48 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF (Terry Haines)

: Bill, you've hit the main design points. The joints are key.

: From a construction viewpoint, I'd build the frame in one piece
: with the sections meeting at double bulkheads, then go fetch a
: saw. When the longitudinal frame members are cut the strength
: and stiffness they originally possessed must pass through the
: bulkheads. The butt joints between them and the bulkheads must
: be stronger than the original members, also the bulkheads have
: to rigid enough to prevent any flexing between the sections. A
: geodesic pattern of struts (triangles, triangles) at the
: bulkheads adds rigidity for the least weight penalty.

: Terry Haines

Hi Terry,

I was planning on doing this at one point, plans changed and/or something else came up, forget which.

I'll be happy to watch someone else do this first :)

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF
Fabrice -- 12/16/2009, 5:57 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF
Bill Hamm -- 12/17/2009, 12:53 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF
Terry Haines -- 12/17/2009, 11:30 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF
Bill Hamm -- 12/18/2009, 9:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF
fabrice -- 12/17/2009, 11:08 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF
Aaron H -- 12/16/2009, 2:25 pm
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Scott Shurlow -- 12/16/2009, 12:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF
fabrice -- 12/16/2009, 1:45 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF
Scott Shurlow -- 12/19/2009, 8:04 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF
fabrice -- 12/19/2009, 10:09 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF
Bill Hamm -- 12/19/2009, 12:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF
Bill Hamm -- 12/17/2009, 12:56 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF
Charlie -- 12/17/2009, 1:07 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: building a take apart SOF
Bill Hamm -- 12/17/2009, 2:07 pm