From concept to reality
Just over twelve months ago I had a brief conversation with Ashleigh Moore in regards to doing some type of promo design/ manufacture to help promote CVSA. I explained to Ash that I had this wizz bang CNC woodwork machine that I play with as my "other" hobby. Long story short the outcome was that he mentioned a bike rack design he had seen in a shop somewhere and I should have a go at designing / building something similar. Unfortunately my spare time over the ensuing months was sucked up by, 1) Building a new house 2) My other hobby, cycling. However, through sacrifice and hard work I finally finished my new shed and moved all toys into place in DEC. 2011. I had developed a CAD model of the bike rack a while back and in this final week of my annual leave I found time to start on building a prototype. It's still in a development stage and the construction is from painted MDF, final build will be of solid timber and aluminium / plastic, carbon fibre is also in the mix but only for bling factor. Even at this point it's remarkable stable and strong and you can back pedal the bike to oil the chain.
Big shout out to Ashleigh Moore, picture this in yellow and black with CVSA signage.
http://www.youtube.com/user/AllydsCNC/featured
The following pictures are in some type of order.
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Comment by Dahondude on January 5, 2012 at 21:30 -
Art! Well done
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Comment by Mick Adams on January 5, 2012 at 21:32
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Just insert rollers in it?
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Comment by RD6 on January 5, 2012 at 21:36 -
woohoo that will fetch $$$ on Ebay - good job Al
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Comment by Michael Moses on January 5, 2012 at 22:23 -
Nice piece of work, if you need some lettering or graphics done, give a holler!
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Comment by Gus K on January 5, 2012 at 22:41 -
Excellent, very creative. I hope you've got a patent pending on it, or at least a poor man's copyright.
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Comment by Rob (Chewbacca) on January 5, 2012 at 23:52 -
Very impressive.....when are you going into production ? Think I need about 8 of them :P
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Comment by Brett G-R on January 6, 2012 at 2:15
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I am associated with the sheetmetal fabrication side, i can provide you with info re laser cutting out of the top piece to save you time & money for multiple units, looks great, should be proud of achievement
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Comment by Patrick O'Kane on January 6, 2012 at 5:55 -
I like it Al, very nice.
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Comment by Jacob Speed on January 6, 2012 at 7:24 -
Where can I buy one??!!!
Great work, really admire the effort as I wouldn't even know where to start something like this!
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Comment by Tiny Avenger on January 6, 2012 at 7:31 -
Beautiful. Are you sure its a bike rack though? It looks much too pretty - almost like you shouldn't touch the bike once its in there!
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