Greetings, On Wed, 2012-09-26 at 01:16 -0700, Gavin Harkness wrote: > 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?
In addition to the most common standby, I've used their fiberglass, I've seen aluminum (both T5 and T4), and I've heard rumor of (but not actually seen) carbon fiber. Percy > 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. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt > > +unsub...@googlegroups.com. > > 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 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.
