Lite Steel Beams
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:26 am
Has anyone read anything about the lite steel beams seen in the website below?
http://www.litesteelbeam.com/index.html
I saw an add for these in fine homebuilding magazine and wondered if they could be used instead of i beams or 2"x2" steel tubing to construct a ski press. From the website it looks like they can be cut and drilled as if they were aluminum. They are pretty light weight and much cheaper than steel I Beams. I don't know if they would be cheaper than 2"x2" steel tubing (which I am finally realizing is the best material to build a ski press out of). I don't know how to do the calculations on a C looking beam (I have a spreadsheet that can figure everything out for I beams). Does anyone know how to do the calculations?
Here is a crappy screenshot of my spreadsheet I made with all of the steel I beam sizes. I can email this to anyone that wants to take a look at it.
here is a screenshot I took off their website. I do not work for them also, just thought it might be a cool product that might work out perfect.
http://www.litesteelbeam.com/index.html
I saw an add for these in fine homebuilding magazine and wondered if they could be used instead of i beams or 2"x2" steel tubing to construct a ski press. From the website it looks like they can be cut and drilled as if they were aluminum. They are pretty light weight and much cheaper than steel I Beams. I don't know if they would be cheaper than 2"x2" steel tubing (which I am finally realizing is the best material to build a ski press out of). I don't know how to do the calculations on a C looking beam (I have a spreadsheet that can figure everything out for I beams). Does anyone know how to do the calculations?
Here is a crappy screenshot of my spreadsheet I made with all of the steel I beam sizes. I can email this to anyone that wants to take a look at it.
here is a screenshot I took off their website. I do not work for them also, just thought it might be a cool product that might work out perfect.