Ok so I need to make a flat trailer into a dovetail trailer. I will be cutting and plating the existing I-beams under the deck to do this. The welding and cutting I can handle but the math has me boggled. I know I have been taught how to do this equation but I can't even get started. So, here it is. I have a 6" I-beam (just imagine it in 2d as a 6" rectangle) that is 20' (240" long) I will be bending it at the 188" line and lowering the remaining 52" by 12" (this 12" drop will be at the TOP of the rectangle) .. Now, what I need to know is how much of the bottom of the I-beam I need to plasma out? The top will just be have about a 1/16 gap cut in it but the bottom of the removed "pie piece" will be much larger. I do not want to remove too much but don't want to be cutting a 1/4" at a time till I get there either. Someone save me here, I can't even seem to get there with CAD.. My brain is fried..
Thanks,
Jason
Thanks,
Jason