Thread: Ideas for making one of these:

I would think weight savings in the foot would be more meaningful than in the upper parts.

As I've left my run a little late, I am going to have to use what I can get quickly, I think.
A local steel supply has offered to fabricate ( assume braze together )the frame for me today, so will see what happens.

I bought the handlebar and both stems today so I'm on the way.

Thanks for all the comments.
I'll post a pic of the finished device, if it works...lol


Steve

I have finally got the frame built.
It look awhile to find a supplier for the right size material (I needed 1.40 mm wall thickness ) and for it to arrive.
I bent it up on the conduit bender at work ( yes, I bent one of them a little too far....) , cut the copes on Saturday and got it welded up today at a local steel supplier.
It just needs to be assembled after the paint dries tomorrow. I hope it works....lol

Steve

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Just thought I'd post a conclusion to this quest.....

I've assembled the leg sim today and had a test run. It seems to work very well and is very easy to use. ( I haven't fallen yet...)
I'm quite prepared to have to 'tune' it but it does not appear to be far out.
I weights 3.8 kg which is not too bad. I didn't try very hard to keep the weight down.
Might see if I can source a foot with some 'give' in the toe area...Might improve the transition a bit.
Steve

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Congratulations Steve on the great execution. Kudos to you for getting the design down and following through having it fabricated to your spec. Nice job!

Originally Posted by variant22

Congratulations Steve on the great execution. Kudos to you for getting the design down and following through having it fabricated to your spec. Nice job!

Thanks Variant. Was a great result and will be very useful to me.