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Intriguing. But the concept is new to me, and I found the site not very n00b friendly. My initial questions are: Can I use it to build a greenhouse? And how m
by chiefalchemist 4y ago
Intriguing. But the concept is new to me, and I found the site not very n00b friendly.
My initial questions are:
Can I use it to build a greenhouse? And how much would that cost?
I couldn't find anything comparable, and left.
- tinco 4y agoYou could but it would be extremely expensive, and not as strong as a steel construction. If you are building a robot that tends to the plants in your greenhouse however, this is a great material to both build the skeleton of the robot, and the structure that holds your plants. It allows you to quickly prototype in a very precise and lightweight manner.
- chiefalchemist 4y agoThanks. Still intriguing, but now for other ideas / projects. I wish the site was more transparent on their sweet spot.
- sgc 4y agoThe sweet spot for extrusions is usually convenient precision. If you don't need relatively high precision and accuracy, they are often overkill.
- chiefalchemist 4y agoWell, it's a cool tech-y look as well.
- himinlomax 4y agoSimple square aluminium tubing would be cheaper and with similar characteristics for this application. You can assemble them quite easily with a drill and bolts/nuts/washers of the appropriate size. The advantage these profiles have is that they are more precise, are more easily adjusted and allow for a wide range of connections.
- convolvatron 4y agoAdd a portable bandsaw to your collection and raw stock is probably ultimately more adaptable
- linsomniac 4y agoI've done all of my extrusion cuts using my miter saw with just the stock wood blade, I go a bit slow and the cut is basically indistinguishable from the factory cuts. I assume it'd do as well on tube stock, but if I was cutting large diameter solid stock I'd probably go with a non-ferrous blade.