Enthusiast III
My motto has long been why buy when you can build it.
After I first saw a video on the Quick-en-Suite, I KNEW this was the perfect solution for our needs. then I saw the price....
So I did some digging around and found some DIY versions. So I watch some videos, and picked up a set of fairly basic plans, that where crude but did fill in some gaps. mixed it all together and came up with a slightly modified design, that is a bit more compact.
Started by putting the finger brake kit to use, and bent up some brackets for the arms.
The original drawing showed 2 different length brackets, but I later discovered I could make them both the shorter length making the folded unit more compact and uniform looking
The trick was to notch the Right arm where the left front pivot bolt interfered.
This also means that that left front pivot bolt had to "float the arm" so it would nest properly.
You can see the gap between the top of the C channel and the 1" tube. this lets the pivot pin and arms fold into the right arm.
Testing out the frame movement
The arm brackets are drilled and tapped to mount to the back plate. and I added a piece of round tube to the open channel for the pivot bolt to go through
After I first saw a video on the Quick-en-Suite, I KNEW this was the perfect solution for our needs. then I saw the price....
So I did some digging around and found some DIY versions. So I watch some videos, and picked up a set of fairly basic plans, that where crude but did fill in some gaps. mixed it all together and came up with a slightly modified design, that is a bit more compact.
Started by putting the finger brake kit to use, and bent up some brackets for the arms.
The original drawing showed 2 different length brackets, but I later discovered I could make them both the shorter length making the folded unit more compact and uniform looking
The trick was to notch the Right arm where the left front pivot bolt interfered.
This also means that that left front pivot bolt had to "float the arm" so it would nest properly.
You can see the gap between the top of the C channel and the 1" tube. this lets the pivot pin and arms fold into the right arm.
Testing out the frame movement
The arm brackets are drilled and tapped to mount to the back plate. and I added a piece of round tube to the open channel for the pivot bolt to go through
