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To all NS'ers who know anything about working with metal

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t-rent
Posts: 3038 - Karma: 63
this school year i have metal tech, and i need to know what to make for the class, (i dont want to make a rail for skiing to simple and i want to win), so what do you think ould be some ideas that are within reason


ive been thinking about making a mini bike, but how hard would it be, i would make it real simple, no suspension, maybe 1 head light, just real simple

what do ya think?!?!?!!
Aug 4 2008 10:04PM
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ktollefson_1080
Posts: 2061 - Karma: 183
make a dinosoar
Aug 4 2008 10:15PM
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kzrstf
Posts: 2778 - Karma: 695
a very detailled hdr-fx1
Aug 4 2008 10:54PM
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Mr.May
Posts: 126 - Karma: 57
make a casting of a marionette about 1.5 ft tall with all the moving joints and stuff

i was going to make one but i got to lazy
Aug 4 2008 11:01PM
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Inbred_Redneck
Posts: 2776 - Karma: 28
I actually built a minibike over the summer. Its really fun to play around with and its totally worth it to build one.  PM me if you have any questions.
Aug 4 2008 11:04PM
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Happy.
Posts: 1248 - Karma: 9
Make a mini bike for sure. They're sick and suprisingly easy.
Aug 5 2008 12:21AM
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Evan.Frazee
Posts: 2285 - Karma: -33
Build a crazy rail like the red bull rainbow box with the swings under it that thing is sick. itd be hard to make too.
Aug 5 2008 12:31AM
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babujib
Posts: 5039 - Karma: 104
make a dope drop in, or make this

Aug 5 2008 12:37AM
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MLB
Posts: 4462 - Karma: 298
make a go cart man, or a buggy. Takes  a little more time, but is fun as hell.
Aug 5 2008 2:22AM
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cottonwoodarmada1651
Posts: 1734 - Karma: 40
The only metal that matters
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Aug 5 2008 2:28AM
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Sideways_Shane
Posts: 756 - Karma: 73
i made some gettoh ass brass nucks and a skier dude made out of hella of this wire shit it was rad.
Aug 5 2008 2:29AM
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josh.
Posts: 3469 - Karma: 42
go cart ftw
Aug 5 2008 3:13AM
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lydiaiskwllol
Posts: 514 - Karma: 11
make a candle stick. that should do the trick
Aug 5 2008 7:58AM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
Posts: 9097 - Karma: 777
Go with the go cart man, like off road style, with a cage around it and shit. You'll win for sure then.
Aug 5 2008 8:04AM
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GatoGordo
Posts: 1496 - Karma: 10

Build a picnic table bike. Take a picnic table, and weld a frame, put 4 bike tires on it, and throw some other necessities on it(cooler, grill, etc). It was on line's webite a while ago, but i couldn't find it.

Aug 5 2008 12:42PM
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t-rent
Posts: 3038 - Karma: 63
i only have about 70-60 days to do it, 90 minutes a day, and we only have the basic things like welders, grinders, drill press, we do have a metal bender, its a hand one, not sure if it could bend the metal for the frame of the bike, i will have to ask my shop teacher when school starts, i will go to this yamaha dealer near were i live, i know the girl whos dad own it
Aug 5 2008 2:32PM
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skier151
Posts: 50 - Karma: 10
my senior year of metals i built a real nice kayak/canoe/utility trailer. since then i have driven it cross country a few times. it was definitely a good project.
Aug 5 2008 2:42PM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13084 - Karma: 18,731
In machine shop ill im building a Sterling engine...fuck its hard
Aug 5 2008 4:51PM
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oiECSoi
Posts: 1447 - Karma: 10
i made all sorts of shit in two years of shop class in high school. here are some things i made and  cool stuff my friends made for ideas you can use.
- Luge (build frame outa metal and use skateboard trucks and wheels things fly)
- Snowboard Rail
- Fistpacks
- Vice
-Trailer Hitch
-Grill out of a 50 gallon drum ( use plasma cutter or wizard wheel slice it in half and then customize the crap outa it. Then use it for a cookout on last day of shop class, use charcoal so tasty)
- Grappling hook
- various signs out of a bunch of scrap steel
-Bottle opener ( on a lathe)
- There's tons of stuff you can make, just use your imagination or look it up on google, which is much more resourscful than newschoolers on this topic. But good luck
Aug 5 2008 5:16PM
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ryan.c
Posts: 6592 - Karma: 14
last year in a class i was in we made sit down three wheeled bikes, like the 3 wheeled motorcycles. ours had 2 wheels infront, but 2 wheels in back can also be done
Aug 5 2008 6:01PM
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slashquatch
Posts: 874 - Karma: 17
have you seen iron man. make that
Aug 5 2008 6:05PM
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SKI3PO
Posts: 96 - Karma: 11
Make an Industrial looking bar stool. I love that look.
Aug 5 2008 7:47PM
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