I generally agree, especially for kids' furniture, but the pre-drilled grid-beam compatible beams from McMaster-Carr[1] (which is likely just 80/20 Ready Tube)

I generally agree, especially for kids' furniture, but the pre-drilled grid-beam compatible beams from McMaster-Carr[1] (which is likely just 80/20 Ready Tube) are incredibly strong. I've made a bunch of office desk & table structures and they are still going strong years later.[2][3] [1]: Aluminum Bolt-Together Framing https://www.mcmaster.com/product/8809T7 https://www.mcmaster.com/product/8809T7 [2]: Grid-beam office tables https://twitter.com/hugs/status/824028862753439744 https://twitter.com/hugs/status/824028862753439744 [3]: Grid-beam office tables https://twitter.com/hugs/status/1089303146533396481 https://twitter.com/hugs/status/1089303146533396481