Our New Rostrum

[Dalla]

For all those of you that wondered how all those bits of metal were going to go together to make our new rostrum.

Still got to sort boards and steps, but should be OK for Feb.

Any comments?

[rcracer]

what kind of price did it cost if you dont mind me asking

[Dalla]

Hi Neil,
No final figure, but the uprights and the 8ft spars are from industrial shelf/racking units and were kindly donated by my employer. As I said we have to sort some boards and steps, for which I am budgeting a maximum £200.

I had a couple of options for the boards one of which was 18mm ply and 3"x2" joists and the other was 38mm chipboard. Front to back would be about 3' and for storage and transport the width would be 4', so I would need 6 off.

Any one have opinions on the relative strengths?

[turbo_brick]

Kick board across the front incase anyone looses their footing (seen it happen several times)

(mrs turbo_brick)

[N7ELA]

200 quid Ian..? We gonna start running 50 car heats...? 200 quid will buy alot of wood which is currently at a good price. I would expect more in the region of 50 -60 to do all that racking...

[Dalla]

Right... is any one prepared to or does anyone know anyone who will do some welding for nothing?

I have the extra brackets for rostrum cross members, which I will cut to size, but they then need welded up. This should mean we only need 3 sheets of 18mm Ply, £50?

Still need to sort the steps though.