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80/20 Aluminum T-slot Building Systems – Build your Idea

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Post by maineiac »

jorts wrote: post #108
maineiac wrote: post #53

Signed back in for the first time in... years... to add that a lot of DIY van / overlander builders are using this stuff! I opted for the cheaper but almost-as-good TNutz.com manufacturer for my build. Slightly different alloy but totally valid for my needs. If you're considering building a van, check out Seven-O-Savage on youtube: How to build a van with 80/20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqiroMdqZ0Y

So weird I for the first time ever was looking at 80/20 for overlanding and this ends up on HN.

What's your project gonna look like?!

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Post by BizarroLand »

blep_ wrote: post #134
111111101101 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PVC pipes and fittings.

PVC fittings are weirdly expensive, considering how cheap the pipes themselves are.

It's probably because the manufacturing process is more complicated.

I bet the pipe is practically continuously extruded from a machine but the fittings also have to be processed and bent into shape before they harden.

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Post by bitschubser_ »

moffkalast wrote: post #137
anonymous344 wrote: post #136

Would love to see something like this in europe (uk not included because of customs) the induvidual beams that is available costs more than 30eur/meter so impossible to diy anything with low budget

Yeah same, I've tried finding them in local stores a long while ago and all of them basically looked at me like I'm asking for a moon rock or something.

where do you live? At least here in germany there are some sites selling B- and I- Type (Bosch/Item) compatible aluminium profiles for ~15eur/m with custom lengths (the heavy duty B-Type 45x45) I personally build most of the stuff out of these profiles, easy, sturdy and reusable

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Post by AYBABTME »

saalweachter wrote: post #107
idiotsecant wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is definitely an art to making accurate bends, especially in more than one plane! I have never had more respect for the conduit work electricians do every day with EMT than when I tried to learn how to do it myself.

DIY is a great way to learn what you're willing pay someone else to do a job faster and better.

Once upon a time DIYed a large tube structure (solar arch for a sailboat) and quickly realized why software is so cost effective. I'm so used to creating big structures with a few keystrokes. In the real world doing metal work, I would try to do stuff as quickly as I could but you can't escape the fact that sanding or polishing, etc... it all takes soooo much time! Just cutting the fish-mouths in the tubes to have them fit into each other took an eternity, and drilling holes in stainless steel is no fun.

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Post by saalweachter »

AYBABTME wrote: post #145
saalweachter wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

DIY is a great way to learn what you're willing pay someone else to do a job faster and better.

Once upon a time DIYed a large tube structure (solar arch for a sailboat) and quickly realized why software is so cost effective. I'm so used to creating big structures with a few keystrokes. In the real world doing metal work, I would try to do stuff as quickly as I could but you can't escape the fact that sanding or polishing, etc... it all takes soooo much time! Just cutting the fish-mouths in the tubes to have th…

For me, the simplest example was changing the oil on my truck; I could do it, but found it more than reasonable to pay someone else $20 to do it.

For other cases, sometimes I wouldn't mind paying someone else a good market rate -- drywall work comes to mind -- but the mental overhead of contracting and scheduling is currently high enough that I end up just doing the unpleasant work I'd rather pay someone else to.

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Post by 111111101101 »

blep_ wrote: post #134
111111101101 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PVC pipes and fittings.

PVC fittings are weirdly expensive, considering how cheap the pipes themselves are.

I thought it was an Australia thing but yes, $1.50 pipes and $3 fittings are the norm here too. Fortunately, you can 3d print fittings which opens up all sorts of possibilities that don't really make sense for use in plumbing.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2956356

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