gantry rail
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tannje3
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gantry rail
Building a 5x10 table, have the 2x2 gantry rail cars. knowing this will be spanning 10' what metal thickness 2x2 square tubing would you make this?
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acourtjester
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Re: gantry rail
Watch your corners the thicker the wall the rounder the corners become. I use 11 Ga. for mine but they are not that long, I also use a 3/16" X 2" X 3" angle welded to the bottom for more support.
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Re: gantry rail
acourtjester wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:25 pm Watch your corners the thicker the wall the rounder the corners become. I use 11 Ga. for mine but they are not that long, I also use a 3/16" X 2" X 3" angle welded to the bottom for more support.
