Unistrut: The stuff legends are made from. A well tried and tested building system and it's easy to weld! Very quick to build with, if you have a drop saw and a can of spray on galvanising paint for the cut ends. I know they also do stainless steel, but what other material options do they have?
On Tuesday, 25 September 2012 23:10:09 UTC+1, Lord Percival wrote: > > Good afternoon, > > I actually prefer Unistrut for this. I've built all sorts of useful > things, from shelves. to frames for silk-work, from bridges to outdoor > (geodesic) bath-houses, from wire-tracks through machine racks with it. > Very easy to configure or reconfigure, very solid design, and lots of > people carry the bits, Amazon, McMaster Carr, and unistrut themselves. > <A HREF="unistrut.com"> http://unistrut.com </A> with sales offices all > over the world. It's a bit heavy, but it's solid, durable, > off-the-shelf, bunch of different materials and easily available. Need > some tools to assemble, but nothing beyond a DYI ability. > > And yes, like "GridBeam" all you need is a good photograph, so you can > count the holes, there is no moop, unless you drop your bolts or the > like, it can collapse down quite flat, depending on your design, and is > designed to be structural, with many different pieces available for > corners, angles, attachments, etc. > > Percy > > On Mon, 2012-09-24 at 00:29 -0700, Gavin Harkness wrote: > > If your looking for a simple framing system, have you seen square > > tubing systems like these guys sell: > > > > http://www.speedframesystems.co.uk/index.php > > > > There is plenty of suppliers (even B&Q have a cheap version) and > > probably be significantly cheaper than wood. > > > > On Sunday, September 23, 2012 11:05:49 AM UTC+1, Vinay Gupta wrote: > > Gridbeam needs automation: it's a product, a feedstock, not > > something that is really sensible to DIY,. any more than it's > > sensible to make your own plywood! > > > > V> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "hexayurt" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/DRQvvtEpq8wJ. > > To post to this group, send email to hexa...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt > > +unsub...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/Z0w45blbwrAJ. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
