RBS/Beam
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Description
Sourcing
Steel
United states
- Any construction steel supplier.
- McMaster Carr "steel structural tubing"
- Unistrut
Canada
- Any construction steel supplier.
- Unistrut
(This should be a table)
UK
- Any construction steel supplier. (Undrilled)
- predrilled?
Aluminum
United states
- Any construction steel supplier. (Undrilled)
- Unistrut
Canada
- Any construction steel supplier. (Undrilled)
- Unistrut
(This should be a table)
UK
- Any construction steel supplier. (Undrilled)
- predrilled?
Wood
Warning
In North America, wood which is called '1x1' or '2x2' is actually smaller than 1 inch or 2 inches in cross section. This is unfortunate but legal. Speak to a lumber yard or other supplier about getting 'wood which is actually sized 1 inch by 1 inch or 2 inches by 2 inches'. They will be able to help you, possibly by setting up a small order correctly sized material with a local mill. (If you are a woodworker, this paragraph is obvious, and we apologize. And you have a table saw.)
Imperial
- 1"x1" or 2"x2"
Metric
- ? x ? (Metric)
Construction Debris
It's plausible that we can use Eiffel or similar to mill construction debris wood down to 1"x1".
Notes
- Nails - After checking carefully with a nail finder, and doing
- Gravel
Working Notes, ignore below this line
- Eiffel should be able to drill the beams for daughter machines.
Wood Construction Debris
It's plausible that we can use Eiffel or similar to mill construction debris wood down to
- 1"x1" or 2"x2" (Imperial)
- ? x ? (Metric)
Inspiration
- http://www.dalefield.com/mwes/history/eiffel_tower.html
- We need background material on 'Gridbeam', previously called 'The matrix building system for nomadic furniture'.