![]() Plenty of projects, small and shockingly huge, get done by people too stubborn to be daunted, I say go for it. I do play one on TV sometimes, and I don’t think your going about it half-as*ed or pie-balled, or if you are I think that’s great. Am I doing it half-as*ed and pie-balled? I am not an engineer, and I do not play one on TV. I was hoping to fit the apparatus to a specific stroke length, both open and closed. So I am not sure how to reverse engineer it to fit an actuator to arcs and lines. Rather than seeking the throw distance, the actuators I have found (online) have predetermined throws of 6, 8, 10,12,14 and 16". There are actually about 14 different large projects around here that must be done, and I will TRY to plan all of them out using this software. I am working with SketchUp to learn the software. I DO appreciate everyone’s assistance here. Also, with stainless, there are no rust or rot issues. I have about 30 4x10 sheets of 14 gauge stainless steel, so I’d like to make them out of the material I have. A design cut into them would look good, but then, who cares what they look like while we are dodging a tornado? Solid would not collect things like bugs, grass clippings, etc. I am also wrestling with solid sheet metal vs. When retracted, they could tuck up under the canopies, and disappear. A canvas canopy could be the “case” for the covers, making them invisible to the casual observer unless they are deployed to the closed position. This IS where a canvas canopy would come into play, I guess. I am wondering how I would cover the actuators, so that they are not directly exposed to the weather, and are not visible. C_j_ryan, I do like the concept you proposed. ![]()
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