[big_al]

I want to make the rear frame section of my sprty out of small I-beam, WHY? cause I think it will look cool, I am funny that way....

I spent all day yesterday going to steel yards in Houston looking and asking, they think what I want does not exist...

I am looking for a small i-beam, 1 3/4 to 2" tall...and an inch or less wide......any ideas?

My only idea is to weld two pieces of channel steel together and create an i-beam.....

What do y'all think?

 

[caffeine]

i dont quite see your vision, but i know that mcmcaster carries steel i-beam in a few different sizes in 4 and 6 foot sections althogh it might be pricey, if THEY have it surely any steel/metal supply will have it.

 

[caffeine]

im no engineeer by any means, and probably talking out of my ass but i dont think a ibeam would be ideal for that type of structure that needs support from all angles both up and down and side to side rigidity. but i could be wrong.

 

[tom]

George at Spartan Frameworks makes a rightous "I-Beam Springer" all hand fabricated and tig welded...soo sweet:

 

[Tony Bones]

Take a piece of square or rectangular solid bar and have someone mill the channel and radius the edges.

 

[nifty]

I want to make the rear frame section of my sprty out of small I-beam, WHY? cause I think it will look cool, I am funny that way....

I spent all day yesterday going to steel yards in Houston looking and asking, they think what I want does not exist...

I am looking for a small i-beam, 1 3/4 to 2" tall...and an inch or less wide......any ideas?

My only idea is to weld two pieces of channel steel together and create an i-beam.....

What do y'all think?

Get it right and it'll look the dog's bollocks!http://www.jockeyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8464&stc=1&d=1155148047

 

[Moonshiners]

early ford front end...? or is that to close to the latest "bitch builder" craze...?

 

[big_al]

early ford front end...? or is that to close to the latest "bitch builder" craze...?

That might be a good idea.......

 

[Moonshiners]

don't say that you'l give me a complex! but yea, best way to get a good sturdy I-beam... dunno if it will work but it's what i'd use if i needed one -

only cos when i need something i try and make it out of something i already have, cos i'm a cheap SOB, and have a ton of crapola lying around....

 

[tbone16]

The early ford front end aint gonna be the easiest to weld, gonna have to heat it up with a torch or something. It would be way word it though. didja try triple S steel? those guys have all kindsa junk.

 

[big_al]

The early ford front end aint gonna be the easiest to weld, gonna have to heat it up with a torch or something. It would be way word it though. didja try triple S steel? those guys have all kindsa junk.

Triple S said , "No DIce"

 

[jabber]

Al, I'll talk to my dad, he friends with a bunch of comercial shops that might have something.........

 

[caffeine]

mcmaster has it just do a search. not sure what sizes etc. you are loooking for though

 

[Voneville]

I think the early ford is ductile steel to allow for flexing. Not to mention it's fucking heavy as all hell.

For what you're trying to do I would think the T bar with a piece of flat bar welded to the bottom (or top) would to the trick. I've never seen T or I bar in anyting smaller then 3".

 

[big_al]

mcmaster has it just do a search. not sure what sizes etc. you are loooking for though

Theirs are too big....

 

[jabber]

The old man said No, 3 inch or bigger, sorry.

 

[Creepinogie]

Vincent Metals in Minneapolis. They have all sorts of weird shapes for steel, brass, and aluminum. And a nice pocket sized catalog.