> not sold in hardware stores
It’s common it have strange unavailabilities.
Like not selling 1/8 or 1/4" pvc or abs sheet. You know-now that this whole “making things out of plastic” fad has started to catch on.
My dad made a mailbox post out of this stuff
I made my mailbox post by sinking an H beam 6 feet into the ground. We’ll see who’s mailbox survives a drunk driver
They’re great we use them a lot for made to order machines. Much much cheaper than making drawings, sending them to the steel cutting welding and powder coating firms and hope everything is within spec.
Just make very sure that the cutting guy doesn’t leave the channels full of shavings because you’ll have a bad day in more than one way
For how much these cost nowadays, you could pay someone to weld up whatever you're making from steel for the same price.
They don’t survive a hard forklift hit as well as 5mm steel does, but it’s way easier to replace these than it is to get a replacement custom steel part on site.
Based. Unistrut is for kings, alu profile is for rich morons with more money than sense. If weight is a concern, why are you trying to make something strong to begin with?
no one uses that shit just be a man and instead buying 300 dollar worth of alu shit buy a fricking welder and by 20 dollar 20ft length square tube and accomplish the same shit.
Angle and flat bar is generally more useful than square tubing for building useful shop equipment.
That said the alloy is ideal for industry which uses a shitload for light duty work stations. Heavy duty are often custom fabbed from angle, flat bar and some box tubing.
>still not commonly available at every hardware store everywhere
Unironically baffles my mind.
> not sold in hardware stores
It’s common it have strange unavailabilities.
Like not selling 1/8 or 1/4" pvc or abs sheet. You know-now that this whole “making things out of plastic” fad has started to catch on.
My dad made a mailbox post out of this stuff
I made my mailbox post by sinking an H beam 6 feet into the ground. We’ll see who’s mailbox survives a drunk driver
Your dad made it specifically to break away so he doesn't get sued
https://www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2021/SCO/previews/0615-16/0615-16.asp
>drunk butthole trunkfricks a mailbox
>somehow the homeowners fault
get fricked alchie
You might want to read the article that was linked there, genius.
>connection refused
noice
https://courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2021/SCO/1124/201057.asp
The driver lost this case.
Doesn't matter, the home owner still had to pay legal fees out the ass
They’re great we use them a lot for made to order machines. Much much cheaper than making drawings, sending them to the steel cutting welding and powder coating firms and hope everything is within spec.
Just make very sure that the cutting guy doesn’t leave the channels full of shavings because you’ll have a bad day in more than one way
They don’t survive a hard forklift hit as well as 5mm steel does, but it’s way easier to replace these than it is to get a replacement custom steel part on site.
For how much these cost nowadays, you could pay someone to weld up whatever you're making from steel for the same price.
>actually holds the world together
>long lead time expensive euro trash that makes things look sexy
>
>far more useful and available everywhere. industrial electrician approved.
Based
Also, that lomg slot shit, what’s that called?
I use this to Black person rig shit all the time it truly is holding society together
> unistrut
It’s ridiculously over priced, so it doesn’t matter.
The metal studs are much cheaper and work just as well.
>It’s ridiculously over priced, so it doesn’t matter.
just go to any construction site and raid their roll off dumpster. you can usually find lots of cut off scrap pieces to use for projects.
Akshually!
Feel like steel is already at a tray niche. Unless it needs explicit strength, every machine we get is becoming more of an alu block.
Based. Unistrut is for kings, alu profile is for rich morons with more money than sense. If weight is a concern, why are you trying to make something strong to begin with?
>holds the world together
>holds my shitbox car together
for me, kratom holds the world together
no one uses that shit just be a man and instead buying 300 dollar worth of alu shit buy a fricking welder and by 20 dollar 20ft length square tube and accomplish the same shit.
Angle and flat bar is generally more useful than square tubing for building useful shop equipment.
That said the alloy is ideal for industry which uses a shitload for light duty work stations. Heavy duty are often custom fabbed from angle, flat bar and some box tubing.
>holds the world together
That's not a picture of love, anon