for perspective, home use
I’ve been using wood staging platform boards, but they need replacement.
it is not unusual for both my wife and I to be on it at the same time.
suggestions?
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bobl Volo, non valeo
for perspective, home use
I’ve been using wood staging platform boards, but they need replacement.
it is not unusual for both my wife and I to be on it at the same time.
suggestions?
_____________________________
bobl Volo, non valeo
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For 2 people on the same plank, you need the heavy duty aluminum type.
Alum. is THE way to go..just don't use the ones with all the little rollers on em'...man, they are killer..{G}
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations.
No rollers? Man, no wonder I've been falling so much.
No rollers---
Chicken. <g>
Curly
P.S. do you hold on to the ladder as well?Hand Hewn Restorations Inc.
Restoring the past for the future.
I only use the roller ones that are 1/4 circle now, that way I can work around corners...can't hang on to a ladder, I am always carrying a log or sumptin.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations.
I have found if I use roller blades on the roller platforms so that I can get twice as much done. If I am in a real hurry I also use a little jet pawered fanny pack to move things along a bit more. <gg>
Curly the flying stoogeHand Hewn Restorations Inc.
Restoring the past for the future.
I also use a little jet pawered fanny pack to move things along a bit more
Have you tried the fanny powered jet pack?
YES!
I find Guiness or Yuegling to be the best sorce of fuel if you will.
Curly
P.S.
Do you do any artsy fartsy copper work? Like trellises, garden type stuff? Any exp. with braising copper?Hand Hewn Restorations Inc.
Restoring the past for the future.
Do you do any artsy fartsy copper work?
Most of what I do is architectural (roofs, gutters, etc ). I've done quite a bit of copper cornice and mouldings. I've got some sculpture I'm working on, but quite honestly, I'm not too creative. I'm more of a problem solver. I haven't learned to braise- I solder. Slater on this forum does braising and WELDING of copper.
bobl, they are kind of heavy for one person to move alone, but I have some 16" wide torsion box scaffold planks I built out of 2x4s, with 1/2" plywood skins held on with a gazillion staples and Gorilla glue. You could drive a friggin' tank on them. Three strategically placed handles help moving them around alone, or better yet with help. I think I have about 50 bucks and an hour invested in each one.
I've thought about making something like that.
I have an idea of what to do, but not sure. done some research on torsion boxes but it only came up with generalities, not anything I could make real decision about.
could you describe how you made them?
my guess would be 2 rails, with cross pieces every 12 inches, glued and screwed. both sides sheeted with ply, glued and screwed. I know you stapled, but I don't have a stapler
since I wouldn't be using them often I also wondered if I could use 1x3's for the rails and cross pieces and 1/4 ply for sheathing. since the width would be 20"-24" I don't know if I would need a center rail or not.
I understand torsion boxes can hold a lot of weight._____________________________
bobl Volo, non valeo
"could you describe how you made them?"
Yeah, you have it right, but I probably put my cross pieces at 24" centers. Stagger the plywood joints top and bottom. The other thing I did with the two I built - 1/12', 1/16' - is I built a 1+1/2" camber into the center of the plank by clamping both ends down to me portch with a 2x4 centered under and perpendicular to the plank. That camber does flatten out some when I'm resting the longer plank at its very ends.
2x3 for the frame? Maybe, for a short plank, like say a 10 footer...maybe even 12, but I wouldn't trust it as well, bobl. Frankly, I don't like the sounds of it.
1/4" plywood? Maybe. If it was a good grade, but 1/2" CDX will probably be cheaper than 1/4"CC, so I'm not sure what you'd gain...maybe a little weight? It might be fine, but I'd rather have the extra plys, such that they are nowdays.
Andy Engel, who first told me about those planks a few years ago also suggested using steel studs to reduce weight, but I haven't tried that yet.
Last time this subject came up I think it was Mongo who said he has devised a way to nest the ends of two planks together so you don't have that 4" drop when one laps another, but I didn't quite catch all of that.
Hold a lot of weight? I hope to shout they'll hold a lot of weight. You, me, four of our closest friends, your Aunt Tilly AND a pony keg. These things are stout.
Made a few of them before, mine work great. I used 5/4 yellow pine for runners and 3/8 BC ply fer the skin
Thanks for the reply. I'm trying to teach myself what I can about copper and joining. Have wanted to screw around with some ideas and projects for years and I finally got tired of thinking about it. So in I go with both feet off the highdive. Will probably sink like a stone but what the h e l l , need a bath any way.
Curly the copper scrappin' guyHand Hewn Restorations Inc.
Restoring the past for the future.
Hey Curly, If ya really want to meet someone who KNOWS how to work artistically,there is a friend of mine in NC.
We did a handrail of brazed copper tubing, (he does this all the time, just needed me on one job) and it really is an art...
wanna me to email ya his info? Don't know if he has a website ( I kinda doubt it) but Jake is the man..any kind of metal sculpting..iron, brass, copper..for real, ya have to visit his shop..he was a welder in the Navy, and made the big propane tanks in Mobile, AL.
He and his DW have a retail bus. in NC..fountains and the like.
I really mean it, this guy is wild...lemme know.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations.
Sphere,
Thanks for the offer. kbachwitz @ comcast.net
Curly the cpper hacker and smackerHand Hewn Restorations Inc.
Restoring the past for the future.
Had to read that twice !!!!!!! Why did he just copy that seti....Duh ....... LMFPJPO