Greg 's truck pit

[mariopatti1]

Two heavy duty ramps over the pool should do it. Are stairs available??
Mario1985fc35 At Flying Fags

[Rob Robinson]

Hahahah I love it Mario.

2009/10/16 mariopatti1 <"mariopatti1@yahoo.com">

 

Two heavy duty ramps over the pool should do it. Are stairs available??

Mario1985fc35 At Flying Fags

--
Rob, Sue and Joey Robinson
94 WLWB

[gregory O]

I'm gonna need some help soon trying to figure how to get the shoe on top of my bus. I have a 14 foot height limit for the parade at several locations . I built the shoe toe part to be under the limit but I need a way to fold the up arch and the heel. for now one thing at a time. I spent some time on the frame today


no arch sole



bending the opening



slow progress. Tim checks every weld



OMG I'm so Bald



Scale of shoe model


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[Donald Watson]

Good Grief Greg!

What an undertaking. Nice work. What’s the wire size?

Great work scaling from the model shoe.

How about using a couple of hinges, like tube and pin or bolt
perpendicular to the wire?

Chainfall for the vertical hike, eh?

Is it that time of year for the ‘Pride’ parade?

Is the Miller mig or tig?

Regards,

Donn

From:
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of gregory O

Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 1:08 AM

To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Greg 's truck pit

I'm gonna need some help soon trying to figure how to get the shoe on top of
my bus. I have a 14 foot height limit for the parade at several locations
. I built the shoe toe part to be under the limit but I need a way to fold the
up arch and the heel. for now one thing at a time. I spent some
time on the frame today



no arch sole



bending the opening



slow progress. Tim checks every weld



OMG I'm so Bald



Scale of shoe model

.

[Jqrjr]

Lay it down on it's side

Thanks

Jim Riordan

On Oct 17, 2009, at 12:08, "Donald Watson" <"dwatson@oceaninlay.com"> wrote:

Good Grief Greg!

What an undertaking. Nice work. What’s the wire size?

Great work scaling from the model shoe.

How about using a couple of hinges, like tube and pin or bolt
perpendicular to the wire?

Chainfall for the vertical hike, eh?

Is it that time of year for the ‘Pride’ parade?

Is the Miller mig or tig?

Regards,

Donn

From:
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of gregory O

Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 1:08 AM

To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Greg 's truck pit

I'm gonna need some help soon trying to figure how to get the shoe on top of
my bus. I have a 14 foot height limit for the parade at several locations
. I built the shoe toe part to be under the limit but I need a way to fold the
up arch and the heel. for now one thing at a time. I spent some
time on the frame today



no arch sole



bending the opening



slow progress. Tim checks every weld



OMG I'm so Bald



Scale of shoe model

.

[gregory O]

Lay on the side is a good option but I need to have it remotely raised and lowered to height several time during the event. in the movie Priscilla Queen of the Desert, that is how they stored the prop.

the wire is 3/8 hot rolled for the shape. ( hot rolled bends to quick and I cant get a even curve, when you add some heat to cold rolled rod you can dictate the bend) problem with cold rolled is the rod wont flex as well to keep from cracking so after the shape was set I went to the less tensil strength cheaper hot rolled.

I will build an interior frame with rectangle tube to reduce the flex and twist ( square tube gives movement resistance in two directions where rod and round is best to resist plumb gravity forces.) , I should have planned that and reduce the weight and wire size from the start ( next time I build a stilleto, I'll know) after the initial shape I reduce the wire size to keep the weight down.

Miller is a Mig, I am a hack welder and have no idea how to Tig . I work with a stick welder on different metals , dirty buckets, and hardface to keep in practice.


I need some sort of a hinge system and short of a skylight in the bedroom, I was thinking of cantelivering 2/3 of the prop off the back of the bus? that way I can transfer 2/3 the weight to the hitch??? Making the shoe fold out of shape would be an added perk as the shoe automatically takes shape parade side.

We hope to set it up for events across the country for publicity , to promote our club, Rainbowrv.com. If this doesnt work I may look into building a weather balloon????

Greg of Tim&Greg
94ptca

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Jqrjr wrote:
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> Lay it down on it's side
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> Thanks
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> Jim Riordan
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> On Oct 17, 2009, at 12:08, "Donald Watson" dwatson@... wrote:
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> Good Grief Greg!
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> What an undertaking. Nice work. What’s the wire size?
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> Great work scaling from the model shoe.
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> How about using a couple of hinges, like tube and pin or bolt perpendicular to the wire?
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> Chainfall for the vertical hike, eh?
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> Is it that time of year for the ‘Pride’ parade?
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> Is the Miller mig or tig?
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> Regards,
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> Donn
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> From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of gregory O
> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 1:08 AM
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Greg 's truck pit
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> I'm gonna need some help soon trying to figure how to get the shoe on top of my bus. I have a 14 foot height limit for the parade at several locations . I built the shoe toe part to be under the limit but I need a way to fold the up arch and the heel. for now one thing at a time. I spent some time on the frame today
>
> no arch sole
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> bending the opening
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> slow progress. Tim checks every weld
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> OMG I'm so Bald
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> Scale of shoe model
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[gregory O]

Tim and I had some time this weekend and worked on the shoe. We tried
to attach wire mesh or screen to the metal frame for a foundation to
hold spray insulation foam. the mesh idea was hard to deal with so we
decided to add some 3/16 steel rod between the 3/8 inch rod for a
better foundation for mesh wire. the result turned out to be more
artistic than intended and we decided to scrap the foam process for the
first parade and enter the shoe as a steel-etto.







adding more 3/8 rod







below is the frame with 3/16 rod added to the steel-etto







the frame looked good as a steel structure but now we need to remove
and rebend some structural 3/8 steel that is not up to par.Notice the
strap steel that wrapped the outer heel was removed and I need to make
the center 1x1 square tube pieces into a truss to hold the 3/5 of the
shoe weight and strong enough to be a leaver for some fold up
engineering I am thinking of doing







with the 1x1 center square tube re welded up as a truss It now will hold me (175lbs LOL ) and some of the cage weight







I needed to use a plasma cutter to remove the center heel supports and
a torch to heat the cold rolled steel to add strength
to the critical
welds on the high carbon rod.
>

[Joyce and Richard Hayden]

Greg and Tim,

That shoe is amazing and, if there's a prize, you should win it.It is ingenious - you are very talented. Joyce and I are impressed. Hopefully we'll get to see it up close sometime; maybe in an art gallery?

Regards,

Dick and Joyce

----- Original Message -----

From: "greg@rainbowrv.com"

To: "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"

Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:00 AM

Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Greg 's truck pit

Tim and I had some time this weekend and worked on the shoe. We tried to attach wire mesh or screen to the metal frame for a foundation to hold spray insulation foam. the mesh idea was hard to deal with so we decided to add some 3/16 steel rod between the 3/8 inch rod for a better foundation for mesh wire. the result turned out to be more artistic than intended and we decided to scrap the foam process for the first parade and enter the shoe as a steel-etto.



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[Ernie Ekberg]

Greg- thats a work of art Ernie Ekberg 83PT40 Wanderlodge Weatherford, Tx 817-475-3991 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/erni...gandrepair --- On Wed, 10/21/09, gregory O wrote: From: gregory O Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Greg 's truck pit To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 11:00 AM Tim and I had some time this weekend and worked on the shoe. We tried to attach wire mesh or screen to the metal frame for a foundation to hold spray insulation foam. the mesh idea was hard to deal with so we decided to add some 3/16 steel rod between the 3/8 inch rod for a better foundation for mesh wire. the result turned out to be more artistic than intended and we decided to scrap the foam process for the first parade and enter the shoe as a steel-etto. adding more 3/8 rod below is the frame with 3/16 rod added to the steel-etto the frame looked good as a steel structure but now we need to remove and rebend some structural 3/8 steel that is not up to par.Notice the strap steel that wrapped the outer heel was removed and I need to make the center 1x1 square tube pieces into a truss to hold the 3/5 of the shoe weight and strong enough to be a leaver for some fold up engineering I am thinking of doing with the 1x1 center square tube re welded up as a truss It now will hold me (175lbs LOL ) and some of the cage weight I needed to use a plasma cutter to remove the center heel supports and a torch to heat the cold rolled steel to add strength to the critical welds on the high carbon rod. >

[Greg Young]

Greg, you are such a Burner! (about the highest compliment in my book...)

Greg

'86 PT-40 still working on the fuel problem inFt. Stockton TX

Each time you judge yourself you break your heart.
-Kirpal Venanji

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From: gregory O
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, October 21, 2009 11:00:09 AM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Greg 's truck pit

Tim and I had some time this weekend and worked on the shoe. We tried to attach wire mesh or screen to the metal frame for a foundation to hold spray insulation foam. the mesh idea was hard to deal with so we decided to add some 3/16 steel rod between the 3/8 inch rod for a better foundation for mesh wire. the result turned out to be more artistic than intended and we decided to scrap the foam process for the first parade and enter the shoe as a steel-etto.



adding more 3/8 rod



below is the frame with 3/16 rod added to the steel-etto



the frame looked good as a steel structure but now we need to remove and rebend some structural 3/8 steel that is not up to par.Notice the strap steel that wrapped the outer heel was removed and I need to make the center 1x1 square tube pieces into a truss to hold the 3/5 of the shoe weight and strong enough to be a leaver for some fold up engineering I am thinking of doing



with the 1x1 center square tube re welded up as a truss It now will hold me (175lbs LOL ) and some of the cage weight



I needed to use a plasma cutter to remove the center heel supports and a torch to heat the cold rolled steel to add strength
to the critical welds on the high carbon rod.
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