Little Swing Brake

[Strostkovy]

The first part of the brake is to make two of something like this, out of 3/16" or 1/4" plate:

The curves on top don't matter at all, only the hole positions and the little kick in the front. I recommend drilling the holes, even if you have access to a CNC cutter as I did.

I would like to upload a dxf file with these so people can cut/trace the contour, but I don't know how; any help would be appreciated. I could probably rename it to a .png and tell people to save it as a .dxf, but somehow I don't think that would be appreciated by forum staff.

Anyhow, once those are made, cut 3 pieces of 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 3/16" angle iron to 26". (This project takes about 15' total, so I'd recommend buying a full 20' stick)

Weld them like so:

Be sure to make the frame very square. Time spent here will save time in later steps.

Later I will post a picture with what you should have in front of you so far, along with the next steps.

EDIT: Here is a render of what you should end up with, I'll still have an actual picture later.