Hi all.I'm new here.Looking a bit of advice on something i'm considering making up.
The machine is called a static brush.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqmAnekX_wg ....http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WCx79lrTnBw/UBFQUSKrKDI/AAAAAAACA1k/w6s0GWKX0qo/Broomate_Streifen2.jpg
The price of them to buy is 14-1600eur for the smallest 6ft wide model,depending on where i buy it.It'd be a machine that i could really do with,but i cant justify buying one.The bristle strips for it would only cost me around 500eur,so i'm thinking of making one.With the steel i'd have to buy,total cost would be 650-700eur.A worthwhile saving i reckon.Money to put towards something else.
The rails to hold the Bristle strips are the part that i'll have the trouble with.Im thinking of using 30x5mm flat welded to 20x20mm box like an upside down T,then welding these to a flat plate.
What i'm wondering about is,how could i weld the Flat and box together without it ending up banana shaped? Lots of spotting with mig and moving around? Then if by some miracle it didnt bend,how would i weld theses rails to the plate.There'd be 10 to weld up in total.
To keep the plate straight,i'm thinking i could spot some heavier lengths of steel to it,and spot and move around when welding the rails onto the plate.
My idea with the box and flat is not too far off how they're being made.So, basically what i'm wondering is,how are they able to put them together so well?
Any feedback would be much appreciated.
The machine is called a static brush.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqmAnekX_wg ....http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WCx79lrTnBw/UBFQUSKrKDI/AAAAAAACA1k/w6s0GWKX0qo/Broomate_Streifen2.jpg
The price of them to buy is 14-1600eur for the smallest 6ft wide model,depending on where i buy it.It'd be a machine that i could really do with,but i cant justify buying one.The bristle strips for it would only cost me around 500eur,so i'm thinking of making one.With the steel i'd have to buy,total cost would be 650-700eur.A worthwhile saving i reckon.Money to put towards something else.
The rails to hold the Bristle strips are the part that i'll have the trouble with.Im thinking of using 30x5mm flat welded to 20x20mm box like an upside down T,then welding these to a flat plate.
What i'm wondering about is,how could i weld the Flat and box together without it ending up banana shaped? Lots of spotting with mig and moving around? Then if by some miracle it didnt bend,how would i weld theses rails to the plate.There'd be 10 to weld up in total.
To keep the plate straight,i'm thinking i could spot some heavier lengths of steel to it,and spot and move around when welding the rails onto the plate.
My idea with the box and flat is not too far off how they're being made.So, basically what i'm wondering is,how are they able to put them together so well?
Any feedback would be much appreciated.