Roof Rack Inspiration.

[Jarred]

I'l keep my eyes open for various things on ebay, and I might pop down to a trash n treasure, but chances are it'll be a custom jobbie made from various bits of stuff Dad's got lying around in the garage.

[Preen59]

I'l keep my eyes open for various things on ebay, and I might pop down to a trash n treasure, but chances are it'll be a custom jobbie made from various bits of stuff Dad's got lying around in the garage.

Make it out of 20x20 RHS and paint it with a brush with red oxide primer.

Actually, do it. Seriously.

[Jarred]

Make it out of 20x20 RHS

huh?? RHS?

[Preen59]

huh?? RHS?

Rectangular Hollow Section.

Or as some less educated (in this area, not saying they're idiots) people call it, "box tubing".

You know, the square mild steel section you see EVERYWHERE, used as structural section for frame work, they mate ute tray bodies out of it, benches, pretty much anything... If you go into a manufacturing plant it will be used for everything from stools, tables to machine guards.

Aren't you studying to become a mechanical gingerbeer? I thought you would have learn't about RHS...

[Peter Jones]

Rectangular Hollow Section.

Aren't you studying to become a mechanical gingerbeer? I thought you would have learn't about RHS...

They don't teach engineers much at all these days! I would have assumed all year one engineers would learn about basic raw materials and fasteners. But I find myself having to explain terms like M8x1.25x20 10.9 all the time.


Pete

[Jarred]

Actually. funnily enough. WE learn squat all. So far its all very much theory based stuff.

I may have come across RHS before. in structures. but I doubt it. I would have just called it box tube, like a poor commoner! hahahaha

Things like thread measurements and stuff, I only know from a machining course I did last year (as part of the course, just covered basic lathe and drill press work, and learnt a few bits and bobs)


Oh and I'm only in 2nd year now. so yea. I geuss I'd learn more specific stuff about stuff later. but i don't know. Uni is pretty useless if you actually want to build stuff yourself. But to be able to calc all the stress's and other smarty pants things like that, well Uni comes in handy for that

on a side note: I wasn't ever a fan of gingerbeer. Didn't like the ginger part. the beer part though, well; that's another story.

[Preen59]

They don't teach engineers much at all these days! I would have assumed all year one engineers would learn about basic raw materials and fasteners. But I find myself having to explain terms like M8x1.25x20 10.9 all the time.


Pete

Tell me about it... A graduate engineer at work once asked me for a 15mm bolt.. I said 18 TPI? He didn't get it.

[Jarred]

yea, we are being taught as pen and paper engineers.

thanks why josh deffered and is doing CNC/machining apprectiship. and I don't blame him either!