@grim I tried to make a frame with 1 inch thick steel pipes but it flexed to much in the z direction. Might work with tension cables connecting everything
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@SPyKER I am collecting frame builds in a central place in the repo. Do you have a finished picture of yours and did it work? May I include it in the frame library?
@Rolf the fiberglass looks very cool, did it work? May I include pictures or a write up of the final thing in a centra repo frame library?
@Garse @dlang May I include your drawings and pictures and descriptions in a central frame library in the Repo?
If you are looking for a tension compression portable design I had some fun with an x shaped frame held together with chains. Working on an updated design.
Wouldn’t steel cable be a little more practical than chains? Easier to tension, I guess.
I found a turnbuckle on chains to work really well. Several other people thought that cable might stretch more, I think either would work.
I reckon that the cables will stretch over time but not during use at least not after al the first few uses.
So you need a reference that doesn’t get tensioned. So some string that you use as a fixed reference when tensioning the cable, like a metre stick, and that you can use every time to ensure that the cable is tensioned to the correct amount.
What do you think?
At the moment I am not that worried about it changing from setup to setup as the calibration just got a lot faster. My curent plan is to calibrate each time. Strings might be a good idea. I am just marking my chain and calling it good. I was pleased with how stiff the chain made the frame though.