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Old 31-10-2013, 06:54 PM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Originally Posted by wasyoungonce View Post
Hi Yugant

I had the same things, just too much load to bring in/out. I contacted Altair on the same thing, they never replied. In practice sending something weighing ~80~10kg from UK is not ideal cost wise.

I had a local workshop make mine. I did up some drawings with CAD (I can send them to you, solid edge 2D drafting, although I can save as other formats) and had them cost & build, allowing them lots of latitude on parts (although I asked for a max dia pipe) and materials.

End product is great, although over budget by 30%...total cost $980 delivered. But it's a beast, ~ 200kg, way over designed but as solid as they come. Absolutely no ringing. I suspect you can change my design downsize materials and still be well within the deflection specs allowable (> .5 arc sec deflection (caculated), lateral force ~22 newtons).

Bert spoke some good info on piers recently, see here.

Just need to now put in the concrete bas and build a shed around it.
Wow, now THAT'S a pier

Mike
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