Greg 's truck pit

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