Metal fabrication student reinvents life

Story by Devin Graham

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People & Blogs

Tags:

• Clackamas
• metal
• fabrication
• auto

[Mainer1945]

You got a plan. More than most.. Good luck. But please never get under a vehicle that is relying on jacks. I lost a neighbor that way. He was doing a brake job and the jack failed.

[mschusterjr]

Daddy must have a good job

[TVDUDE33]

i want to see the finished truck

[practicalman45]

It doesn't matter if your truck springs work out at first or not. You will try something else until it does, or learn a lot in the process. Whats important is your initiative and your desire to learn. You are motivated and headed in the right direction in life. Would be proud to have a young man like you for a son. You go get what you want out of life and don't let anyone try to discourage you.

Too many young people are zombies today in front of video games or TV. This kid will succeed in life!

[trinicaleb]

@valveman12 Engineers learnt what didn't work by years of gathered information from these sacrificial few who "took the chance".. I do agree that consulting the advice of an engineer or engineering principles would be his best option as there is way too much technology and information resources to make any design just using imagination...

[valveman12]

@trinicaleb As an Engineer I agree. However, an Engineer's opinion is based on basic principals and centuries of knowledge. BTW: Most of the plans that crashed were not designed by Engineers, they were built by people of all walks of life and yes most lost their lives.

[trinicaleb]

@gijigadget not all engineers are correct... sometimes it's good to think outside the box. it the foundation of innovation... the first airplanes crashed before the flew...

[jakehartner]

Why do you say "my dad must have a good job"? I dont even have garage to work in.

[honeybunchickens]

Thats right buddy prove though's mofo's their full of shit, straight up dog shit, I have to prove people that my shit will work all the time to man, you get use to it after a while, think of it as a motivation strategy, i go look for people to prove me wrong every day, just so when im done i have somewhere to take it to, just to see the looks on there faces, like their stupid, and they probably feel stupid so they cover it up by telling you that they never said it wasn't going to work, :)

[steelfab101]

Keep going bro, dont let anyone tell you that what ever you are making wont work. I would like to see other people get off of their bakesides and do what you are doing. Make the crazziest things you can.

GOOD JOB =)

[sasquatch955]

@dirtbike390 I may be retarded, but i can build a suspension that works. Ask anyone that knows anything about offroad suspensions, this is going to be one extremely weak and unstable setup. I don't know how this project turned out, but i promise you the suspension sucked and he scrapped it. So i suggest you shut the fuck up because you don't have a clue what your talking about or who your talking to.

[gijigadget]

I think you should listen to the Engineers!