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Need a hinge guru....
Lol I know this sounds strange - but....
I want to make 4 sides (about 15" tall) to my 16x7' trailer, which currently has a 6" steel side wall. I want it to carry mulch and driveway rock gravel. So, what I really want is a single hinged rectangle that folds up to 16' max, with one corner only to join together to fix it in place. I can get three sides to fold in on each other flat, but I can't work out how to do the last side. Need some special type of hinge or something, I am not sure. All help welcomed! Thanks Dean |
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wrote in message oups.com... I want to make 4 sides (about 15" tall) to my 16x7' trailer, which currently has a 6" steel side wall. I want it to carry mulch and driveway rock gravel. So, what I really want is a single hinged rectangle that folds up to 16' max, with one corner only to join together to fix it in place. I can get three sides to fold in on each other flat, but I can't work out how to do the last side. Need some special type of hinge or something, I am not sure. Dean... One way might be to make 8 panels: four 3'6" wide and four 8'0" wide. I'll post a drawing to alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking to show hinge scheme. If you use hinges with removable pins you can store it as a 16' flat assembly or two 8' flat assemblies. Be wary of overloading your trailer and/or tow vehicle with the gravel. -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html |
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What you need is a special type of hinge that folds both ways, called a
double-acting hinge. Imagine a Jacob's ladder toy, except of steel. This type of hinge has two sets of overlapping leaves, and can be folded completely back on itself in either direction. This would let the sides fold back and forth in a zigzag pattern. Like this, except bigger: http://www.guden.com/display.asp?name=BIF These are the ones you commonly see in restaraunts between the kitchen and the dining area, where they have the doors that you push open and they swing close, back and forth until they stop. In fact, the spring type might be useful for keeping the sides closed until needed, rather than flapping open. Hope this info helps. |
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McMaster Carr
-- Rumpty Radial Arm Saw Forum: http://forums.delphiforums.com/woodbutcher/start - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - wrote in message oups.com... Lol I know this sounds strange - but.... I want to make 4 sides (about 15" tall) to my 16x7' trailer, which currently has a 6" steel side wall. I want it to carry mulch and driveway rock gravel. So, what I really want is a single hinged rectangle that folds up to 16' max, with one corner only to join together to fix it in place. I can get three sides to fold in on each other flat, but I can't work out how to do the last side. Need some special type of hinge or something, I am not sure. All help welcomed! Thanks Dean |
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ww88 - thanks for the hinge info. I'll look into it. But I think that
Morris is right, I don't think there is any way to get it to fold up to 16' long with two 16' uncut lengths. At least, not with my logic anyway Dean |
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It should work, because the pieces fold back and forth in a zigzag
patter, 8'-16'-8'-16' sections |
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"woodworker88" wrote in message oups.com... It should work, because the pieces fold back and forth in a zigzag patter, 8'-16'-8'-16' sections Smallest zigzag would be 24' Best solution is segments no larger than 8' - with the right hinges it would zigzag to 8' and be six segments thick. V |
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Robert - That's it! Great solution! I can put an external plank on each
of the shorter sides to hold them out flat, ye-oldy-castle-door style! Thanks Dean |
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