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[Mongoose!]

10 minutes ago, Jakkals. said:

you need to up those numbers.

n + 6 where n is greater than one...lol

[ChrisF]

Had some fun with a few off.cuts ....

 

Friend can paint it to his liking ....

 

Folds away perfectly

 

Thought I might as well measure up the rack .....

 

It is just possible the bracket is marginally over engineered ....   This was literally made from off-cuts steel I had.  The 80x80 angle iron provides enough off-set from the wall for the bracket to swing through 90-degree and be completely out of the way when not in use.  M10 bolts are used as the pivots, with a washer to ensure a smooth swing action.  From there it all just came together ....

 

 

Home-made bender ....

 

Figuring out the dimensions ....

 

Some final esthetic finishes for later .... (probably not very neighbourly to finish this off at 5:50 ....)

 

Final edit ....

Bracket mounted.... works VERY well

 

Edited February 5, 2022 by ChrisF

[The Ouzo]

16 hours ago, ChrisF said:

Had some fun with a few off.cuts ....

 

Friend can paint it to his liking ....

 

Folds away perfectly

 

Thought I might as well measure up the rack .....

 

It is just possible the bracket is marginally over engineered ....   This was literally made from off-cuts steel I had.  The 80x80 angle iron provides enough off-set from the wall for the bracket to swing through 90-degree and be completely out of the way when not in use.  M10 bolts are used as the pivots, with a washer to ensure a smooth swing action.  From there it all just came together ....

 

 

Home-made bender ....

 

Figuring out the dimensions ....

 

Some final esthetic finishes for later .... (probably not very neighbourly to finish this off at 5:50 ....)

That looks flippen well done. 
 

 

[Mattman]

I find the Levitate bike racks very handy. They make it easy to overlap bikes and they don’t dangle in the way and take up extra space - the tyres sit against the wall  

[The Ouzo]

On 2/4/2022 at 9:26 PM, ChrisF said:

Had some fun with a few off.cuts ....

 

Friend can paint it to his liking ....

 

Folds away perfectly

 

Thought I might as well measure up the rack .....

 

It is just possible the bracket is marginally over engineered ....   This was literally made from off-cuts steel I had.  The 80x80 angle iron provides enough off-set from the wall for the bracket to swing through 90-degree and be completely out of the way when not in use.  M10 bolts are used as the pivots, with a washer to ensure a smooth swing action.  From there it all just came together ....

 

 

Home-made bender ....

 

Figuring out the dimensions ....

 

Some final esthetic finishes for later .... (probably not very neighbourly to finish this off at 5:50 ....)

 

Final edit ....

Bracket mounted.... works VERY well

 

A couple of questions

* The 10mm rod, would a thinner one be strong enough ? I'm thinking 6mm

* The pic of your home made bender, it looks like you're bending by hand, did the 10mm bend easy enough ? 

I'm stealing your design though. Thanks.

[JohanDiv]

Still need to find space for the tandem... and then mount a few shelves for helmets, spare parts, charging points etc.

 

[Shebeen]

1 hour ago, JohanDiv said:

Still need to find space for the tandem... and then mount a few shelves for helmets, spare parts, charging points etc.

 

what is the blue light behind the Tv for?

[JohanDiv]

9 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

what is the blue light behind the Tv for?

https://zwiftinsider.com/hue-smart-lights/

 

I'm basically at a point where I'd try anything to make an IDT interval session more interesting/bearable!

[ChrisF]

2 hours ago, ouzo said:

A couple of questions

* The 10mm rod, would a thinner one be strong enough ? I'm thinking 6mm

* The pic of your home made bender, it looks like you're bending by hand, did the 10mm bend easy enough ? 

I'm stealing your design though. Thanks.

 

I slip a pipe over the rod, then bend by hand.  This way the bend is "at" the bender only.

 

Do try to do the bend in one go, even slightly over bend it.  Starting a bend again has a horrible trend to leave a short straight section, and then the rest of the bend ....

 

I used a 70mm diameter tube to bend around, and the actual bend was about 90mm.  I messaged it in the bench vice to close it a bit.  Next time I will try a 60mm bender profile.

 

For the second arm (the 45 degree part) I actually used two pipes, lined up the centre with the bender and bent using both pipes.  Certainly will do it like this in future.  (sorry for not taking a photo of this ... ran out of arms ...)

 

 

Rod thickness .... 6mm vs 8mm vs 10mm ....

6mm may be "strong enough" for a light bike .... but it is super flimsy, from previous projects I avoid using 6mm.

8mm may do the job, but I just enjoy the look and feel of the 10mm rod.

 

 

Ouzo I am also thinking of making a "floor stand" using 10mm rod ....  With these stands now going for R350+ .... I need to check the lengths, but at a guess 2m of 10mm rod, with two short cross bars.  Maybe 4-rubber plugs to finish it off nicely ...

 

[Shebeen]

59 minutes ago, JohanDiv said:

https://zwiftinsider.com/hue-smart-lights/

 

I'm basically at a point where I'd try anything to make an IDT interval session more interesting/bearable!

thanks, I thought it might have been more than just a gimmick - so not a dumb question!

[ChrisF]

2 hours ago, JohanDiv said:

Still need to find space for the tandem... and then mount a few shelves for helmets, spare parts, charging points etc.

 

 

VERY nice setup.

 

Maybe two "wheel platforms" for the Tandem, then a bracket with a strap to hold the tandem .... bit of a variation on the "pedal hanger" ...

[The Ouzo]

2 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

I slip a pipe over the rod, then bend by hand.  This way the bend is "at" the bender only.

 

Do try to do the bend in one go, even slightly over bend it.  Starting a bend again has a horrible trend to leave a short straight section, and then the rest of the bend ....

 

I used a 70mm diameter tube to bend around, and the actual bend was about 90mm.  I messaged it in the bench vice to close it a bit.  Next time I will try a 60mm bender profile.

 

For the second arm (the 45 degree part) I actually used two pipes, lined up the centre with the bender and bent using both pipes.  Certainly will do it like this in future.  (sorry for not taking a photo of this ... ran out of arms ...)

 

 

Rod thickness .... 6mm vs 8mm vs 10mm ....

6mm may be "strong enough" for a light bike .... but it is super flimsy, from previous projects I avoid using 6mm.

8mm may do the job, but I just enjoy the look and feel of the 10mm rod.

 

 

Ouzo I am also thinking of making a "floor stand" using 10mm rod ....  With these stands now going for R350+ .... I need to check the lengths, but at a guess 2m of 10mm rod, with two short cross bars.  Maybe 4-rubber plugs to finish it off nicely ...

 

Thanks for the reply.

As I'm potentially making five or six of these I was thinking of making a jig with an arm that can do the bend for me, but if you're bending it easily enough by hand maybe I dont need to.

I was worried 10mm would be to thick though, but perhaps a bit of over engineering is better than having to redo them again later.

[ChrisF]

1 minute ago, ouzo said:

Thanks for the reply.

As I'm potentially making five or six of these I was thinking of making a jig with an arm that can do the bend for me, but if you're bending it easily enough by hand maybe I dont need to.

I was worried 10mm would be to thick though, but perhaps a bit of over engineering is better than having to redo them again later.

 

Thinking of "mass" manufacture ....

 

1,5m length of 10mm rod, mark the mid spot, 1m pipe on either side, BEND.  Once your bender is securely fixed it takes seconds for each bend.  The part is your steel supplier can pre-cut the 1,5m sections.  You could even pre-order the 500mm sections of the angle iron.

 

Then fiddly for the last bend towards the angle iron at the back .... cut of excess with angle grinder.

 

 

ENJOY 

[The Ouzo]

10 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

Thinking of "mass" manufacture ....

 

1,5m length of 10mm rod, mark the mid spot, 1m pipe on either side, BEND.  Once your bender is securely fixed it takes seconds for each bend.  The part is your steel supplier can pre-cut the 1,5m sections.  You could even pre-order the 500mm sections of the angle iron.

 

Then fiddly for the last bend towards the angle iron at the back .... cut of excess with angle grinder.

 

 

ENJOY 

I just need to figure out what I'm going to use for the bending profile, will see if my steel place perhaps has an offcut for me.

[dave303e]

34 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

I slip a pipe over the rod, then bend by hand.  This way the bend is "at" the bender only.

 

Do try to do the bend in one go, even slightly over bend it.  Starting a bend again has a horrible trend to leave a short straight section, and then the rest of the bend ....

 

I used a 70mm diameter tube to bend around, and the actual bend was about 90mm.  I messaged it in the bench vice to close it a bit.  Next time I will try a 60mm bender profile.

 

For the second arm (the 45 degree part) I actually used two pipes, lined up the centre with the bender and bent using both pipes.  Certainly will do it like this in future.  (sorry for not taking a photo of this ... ran out of arms ...)

 

 

Rod thickness .... 6mm vs 8mm vs 10mm ....

6mm may be "strong enough" for a light bike .... but it is super flimsy, from previous projects I avoid using 6mm.

8mm may do the job, but I just enjoy the look and feel of the 10mm rod.

 

 

Ouzo I am also thinking of making a "floor stand" using 10mm rod ....  With these stands now going for R350+ .... I need to check the lengths, but at a guess 2m of 10mm rod, with two short cross bars.  Maybe 4-rubber plugs to finish it off nicely ...

 

I did one with 10mm stainless steel for a lot less than R350- a few years ago, but I doubt 3m of 10mm stainless is R350. That way washing the bike on the stand is ideal, it is not well over 10 years old. If you do it cleverly you can do it with like 2m

[ChrisF]

21 minutes ago, ouzo said:

I just need to figure out what I'm going to use for the bending profile, will see if my steel place perhaps has an offcut for me.

I have used off-cut roof rafter to make a bender in the past.  Mark out your radius, jigsaw and you have the radius you want. 

 

Then bolt a piece of wood on either side, just to prevent the steel from slipping off while you are applying force to bend the steel ... 

 

Use a longer bolt, so you can use that to clamp your bender into your bench vice.

 

 

If you ever want to bend square tubing ... the RADIUS should be more than 5x the section of the tubing, so at least a 100mm radius for 20x20 square tubing.  It actually delivers a very nice product .... you get ONE stab at bending it !!  With the next attempt it finds a weak point and pinches it.  Yes, takes  a bit more elbow grease, but perfectly bendable by hand, using a nice pipe slipped over the square tubing.