Three things I see different here: a) the drop is more steep now and a little short; b) the tunning fork is short; and c) the holes are drilled closer to the bend. These should technically improve the structural strength of the design .
Original double superimposed brackets are a neat idea to give additional strength to the concept. This is a very creative concept version of a well known longboard gadget extensively used in the hobby.
@dani, one other thing I will consider (suggestion) for future improvement in your fork design, is that you should widen them towards the outer sides, that way they will gain considerable strength. Because right now I see them a little slimmer and that could still induce some bending under bigger loads.
Thank you.
Widening will make them extend beyond the base plate base, I donāt know how neat this will be.
On the other hand the lateral stiffness will increase
Widening will make them extend beyond the base plate base
Yeah, is a consideration in case all the measures you already took still donāt work and bending still occurs.
The wide enlargement will be only at the fork section. Not by much, perhaps a couple millimeters to the external sides. Is not that aesthetically bad if they overlap the truck mounting plate by small marging.
Most truck plates sitting on a drop-through position over the tunning fork almost always never overlap the bracket. So is Ok.
One solution, which we talked about in my thread here would be to weld the two plates together, but you would have to get rid of the space you designed in the middle
Cut the vertical part to shape, to form the dropped shape with folded tabs to form the connection for truck and deck. Drill the folded tabs for mounting points.?
Iām with you on this, but @DavidF wanted a fork ā¦
Also, itās slanted because I had no truck on the other sideā¦ Just a beam to test these, the bracket itself is perfectly straight.
I will progress in two routes:
first will make the same one from stainless
Second will make a new design based on @rosco suggestions
