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Step 2Chassis underbelly
the dirty underbelly. this is a good detail shot of the chassis of the trailer. the chassis is made from 8020 extrusions of aluminum. this stuff is robust and re-useable, kind of adult lego, but it is expensive. you could similarly make the same chassis with pieces of timber, or even an old aluminum ladder might work well. nuts inside the extrusion are used to affix things. you can see the cross member plate is affixed in this manner, as are the axles at either side. The axles are 1/2in steel that fit to cheap wheels also bought from mcmaster. they were originally for a front loading tricycle I was building, but i got distracted...
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Oct 20, 2006. 7:52 PMMade0Meat
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Pure genius for the use of materials at hand. Adding a notched 8020 extr. strut parallell to the axle, at the front and rear corners of the box could help with load distortion to the box. Jus' da tang, when yo' Mama send you to make groc'ry. P'raux
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