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[Luke Owens]

Looks awesome! I'm guessing it would be damn heavy to post...

[tomtom]

Girders! (said in my finest glaswegian accent)

[Baldy]

Sexy, Estimated price?

[Durbs]

For a sensible price, I'd take one.

Though that one might need some more holds...

[Ti_pin_man]

if price is right and if it would fit in my garage I'd be interested... it would help me with me being such a lazy ar$e who hasnt gotten around to building my own!   

[andyd]

Is that just an L frame or is there some support out of shot?

[cheque]

Pictures of them building one are being put on the Moon Facebook account this afternoon.



Looks sturdy!

[tomtom]

I think its a great idea - but I expect it will be quite heavy and fairly expensive...

My terms of reference for this are collapsible engine hoists - built of similar size bits of steel.. weight, c.50-80kg and probably less than half the metalwork than would be involved with this.. Thinking how much a joist cost me last time I got one (a couple of years back) theres quite a few ££££ of steel involved with this..

If you want something freestanding, making something of similar dimensions but out of two wooden A frames (with the board between the two) would be much lighter and cheaper..

[Jayefuu]

I think its a great idea - but I expect it will be quite heavy and fairly expensive...

I recon there's about:
12 metres of 40 mm mild steel box section there. A 6 m length is  about £30 plus VAT.
2 8' x 4' lumps of 18 mm ply. £30 a sheet?
200 M8 T nuts
plus fixings, custom steel brackets, paint & labour.

Yup... not going to come cheap once they've added labour and stuff.

[scottygillery]

Yup... not going to come cheap once they've added labour and stuff.

It's clear from this comment that I earn a lot more money than you

[andyd]

Yup... not going to come cheap once they've added labour and stuff.

It's clear from this comment that I earn a lot more money than you

[SA Chris]

12 metres of 40 mm mild steel box section there. A 6 m length is  about £30 plus VAT.

Suely it would cost about the same to ship this as to buy it locally?

Might be better to send the crucial lighweight bits out in a kit and then the steel can be sourced locally and drilled according to a provided template.

[a dense loner]

So you want someone to get 3 pieces of ply shipped now?

[SA Chris]

yes, all painted pretty colours so you can be sold the holds, and spoonfed how to set the problems and the respective grades.

You think it's an economically viable option to be ship out some heavy lengths of structural steel with holes drilled in them when you can go to a local builders merchant and get the same for similar price? If you want you could stick the support web in the kit, so the angle is exactly right and you don't get accused of cheating when you take the tick.

[lagerstarfish]

so, that bit in The Real Thing with Ben Moon hammering away at a lump of steel - it might be happening for real now?

"all free standing Moon boards are lovingly hand crafted in Shalesmoor"

[Nibile]

Genius.