Square holes instead of round holes on a frame

look at some internal framing from aircraft; the holes are rounded if not round, and usually dished or bead-rolled to add serious stiffness back in that mass removal deleted. dang near nothing on an airplane has a sharp 90' radius in it anywhere, and airplanes are the babydaddy of hot rods.

 

Square holes would sure make it weak AND ugly. You'd get cracks forming at the corners and the whole thing could collapse or buckle eventually. I think those triangle holes are kind of ugly too and look like they belong under an old bridge. Not really a cool look for a car. Sorry.

 

WOW I was going to post that there is a reason airplanes have round windows, but it looks like we have that covered.

 

Plus wouldn't it be way more work to make square holes rather than round ones?

 

Hell no!!! Ya just use a square drill------

 

Oh that's right. Sorry I forgot!

 

LMAO

 

Used to make square pegs for when you have round holes.

 

Cut the frame out of this stuff

With a gentle diagonal push, you can fold it flat so you can get the car 5-1/2" lower.

 

Be sure to add square headlights to match!

 

theres a reasone the windows on airplanes dont have corners

 

Square holes would fit the "style" of this thing:

 

square holes i did on my X member for my 32 chevy

 

The Comet is still operational as the RAF Nimrod. Although they are being refit due to some age related airworthiness issues at the moment. The metal fatigue issues were fixed but it was too late as the bad press hurt the planes sales. The 707 came out in the late 50's and BOAC bought them. One carried me to Canada when I emigrated from England.

 

Yes they are, AFTER they rounded the corners on the windows.

 

triangles,ovals,teardrops...don't be a square

 

Good call Matt....

what about doing some sparrow shaped holes?? maybe some cool nautical stars or cherries? Spider webs?

Man......I could make big money with these ideas.

 

My mom had some dining room chairs with that pattern. That's all I got to say about that...

 

Those are cool. What kind of speakers did you put in?

 

You need to loose the mesh it looks bad. Reminds me of somthing Catholic.

 

Is that where the word "nimrod" came from?

At any rate...I would not do square holes. I do think ovals look good though.

 

"its hip to be a square" -huey lewis
but he never knew what he was singing about.....

 

I believe that was sarcasm...

If you can make the squares strong enough like the guys said by rounding the corners then you'd actually be cutting more weight out since a square has more surface area than a circle of the same diameter.. all in all it's your car bro.. If you like the look of it as long as you can make it safe i say go for it.. Maybe see if the guy above could do another CAD drawing for you with squares and see if you like it..

 

Inlighten us...

 

Nimrod was the King of Mesopotamia an purportedly the great grandson of Noah and was reknowned as a great hunter. RAF Nimrods are sub hunters hence the name.

Not sure where "Nimrod" as an insult came from other than the obviusly strange sounding name it is.

 

I think you mean "enlighten"

 

This will clear up any questions you may have.
http://www.raymondswan.com/shop/PDF files/dril square holes.pdf