I had a chance to measure a jobsite in Edina to get all the information to design a custom wheelchair ramp. It will be installed inside the garage. After a few hours of CAD drafting, I was ready to go to the shop and start cutting components. This ramp has two straight, and one curved section. I started on the curved section, to get the tough part done first. Here are some pictures of the first day working on this project!
Most of the pieces to get started came out of one sheet of 12ga steel.
Here are the parts, still wet, right off the cutting table.
After grinding both sides to clean them up, I’m ready to start assembling.
Starting to lay out parts on my welding table and hold them in place with magnets and clamps.
Another view!
I cut indicator slots into the curved rails to easily locate the position of the vertical pieces.
Starting to tack weld!
Here it shows the curve and incline on this ramp section.
The inside panle is done!
The welds on the inside.
Here is a view of the bottom. The side panel starts in the back corner a zero overhang and on the other corner with 1″ overhang, to accomodate the pitch in the garage floor.
Here is what I got after the first day! Happy with it so far!
