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If you're up for a challenge.. *PIC*
By:Simeon
Date: 5/4/2010, 7:33 pm
In Response To: Strip: Schedule 40 drain pipe as strongback (Eric Anderson)

Have a think about making a curved external strongback.

I made mine a couple of years ago, and it's been hanging in my basement with a boat that's slowly progressing sitting on it ever since. I had a look at the alignment marks I put on it the other day, and it's still perfectly straight.

From memory it cost me less than $20 to build including screws.

If you're engineering inclined, then the exercise of figuring out all the angles is quite fun for an evening.

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Messages In This Thread

Strip: Schedule 40 drain pipe as strongback
Eric Anderson -- 5/3/2010, 1:44 pm
If you're up for a challenge.. *PIC*
Simeon -- 5/4/2010, 7:33 pm
Re: If you're up for a challenge.. *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 5/5/2010, 8:18 am
Re: If you're up for a challenge..
Ken Blanton -- 5/5/2010, 10:40 pm
Re: If you're up for a challenge..
Eric Anderson -- 5/6/2010, 8:18 pm
Re: If you're up for a challenge.. *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 5/7/2010, 9:22 am
Re: If you're up for a challenge..
Eric Anderson -- 5/7/2010, 11:13 am
Re: If you're up for a challenge..
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 5/7/2010, 12:27 pm
Re: If you're up for a challenge..
Paul G Jacobson -- 5/7/2010, 9:13 am
Re: If you're up for a challenge..
Ken Blanton -- 5/4/2010, 10:50 pm
Re: If you're up for a challenge..
Simeon -- 5/5/2010, 12:09 am
IMO ... Use An External Strongback
Ken Blanton -- 5/4/2010, 7:13 pm
Re: Strip: Schedule 40 drain pipe as strongback
Bill Hamm -- 5/4/2010, 1:40 am
Re: Strip: Schedule 40 drain pipe as strongback
Mike -- 5/4/2010, 4:17 pm
Re: Strip: Schedule 40 drain pipe as strongback
Bill Hamm -- 5/5/2010, 1:51 am
Re: Strip: Schedule 40 drain pipe as strongback
PatrickC -- 5/3/2010, 11:08 pm
Re: Strip: Schedule 40 drain pipe as strongback
Brian Nystrom -- 5/3/2010, 9:57 pm
Re: Strip: Schedule 40 drain pipe as strongback
Paul G Jacobson -- 5/3/2010, 5:33 pm
Re: Strip: Schedule 40 drain pipe as strongback
Eric Anderson -- 5/3/2010, 9:17 pm
Re: Strip: Schedule 40 drain pipe as strongback
Paul G Jacobson -- 5/4/2010, 4:49 am
Re: Strip: Schedule 40 drain pipe as strongback
Ian Johnson -- 5/6/2010, 7:17 am
Re: Strip: Schedule 40 drain pipe as strongback
Bill Hamm -- 5/6/2010, 1:27 pm
rigid strongback, align forms
mike allen -- 5/4/2010, 2:41 am
Re: rigid strongback, align forms *PIC*
Ian Johnson -- 5/6/2010, 7:15 am
Re: Strip: Schedule 40 drain pipe as strongback
Mike Bielski -- 5/3/2010, 9:48 pm
Re: Strip: Schedule 40 drain pipe as strongback
Ian johnson -- 5/3/2010, 4:01 pm