{"id":113,"date":"2015-06-08T21:42:25","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T11:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/?p=113"},"modified":"2015-06-23T22:03:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T12:03:48","slug":"launch-pad-installing-the-side-members-and-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/2015\/06\/08\/launch-pad-installing-the-side-members-and-legs\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch Pad – Installing the Side members and Legs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The platform sheet is particularly heavy and sharp and hence dangerous to handle. It is very easy to cut oneself on the edge of it. To deal with this, we have decided to attach 1″ square profile Aluminum tube. We have done this by cutting four lengths of tube and cutting out each end a 45 degree cut to ensure they connect together around the perimeter of the Aluminum sheet neatly. We pot riveted these square profile tubes to the sheet.<\/p>\n

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Pot rivets holding tubing on to sheet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Square<\/a>
Square Tube riveted to the plate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Next I wanted to install the leg hinges. I want the platform to be about 40cm above the ground and\u00a0 so with a leg length of 80cm, this means the legs must subtend an angle of 30 degrees with the platform. The side aluminum tube will provide a place for the legs to rest against to ensure 30 degrees angle is met. To get the angle of 30 degrees, we must place the legs a certain distance away from the tube. Please see calculations below.<\/p>\n

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\"Calculations<\/a>
Calculations to find hinge distance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I’ve started marking holes around and installing the hinges. See the picture below.<\/p>\n

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One hing attached<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The platform sheet is particularly heavy and sharp and hence dangerous to handle. It is very easy to cut oneself on the edge of it. To deal with this, we have decided to attach 1″ square profile Aluminum tube. We have done this by cutting four lengths of tube and cutting out each end a … Continue reading Launch Pad – Installing the Side members and Legs<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}