Having just seen your picture of the actual stand, I think you need to put a little more twist resistance into the lower half, because nothing is bracing the legs below the 'X'. No stringers there, so maybe just a diagonal brace from end to end attached directly to the legs. Your horizontal plate across the ends underneath the barrel should be enough to stop the 'X' spreading, but your joining might need beefing up, consider gang-nails across the joint. If the buckling persists then determine which corners are spreading apart and tie those corners with rod or wire, after straightening them of course.
regards, Anthony On 22 October 2012 12:39, Anthony Farr <farranth...@gmail.com> wrote: > While I'm not sure what you mean by "buckled", looking at the picture > suggests that it might have settled with some spreading, some twisting > and some leaning. Is that the case? > > That structure seems to have all its strength focused at the cross > point, and depends for its strength upon mechanical friction at its > junction. As a sawhorse it's probably designed to be folded flat. > I'd be inclined to attach some horizontal ties between the feet of > each 'X' to resist spreading, and put in a diagonal brace between the > top and bottom stringer (is that the correct name?) on each side. > Don't forget to attach the each brace where it crosses the centre leg, > you might need spacer blocks for this, or you might find brackets > that'll bridge the gap. > > You should be able to park a (small) car on it then. > > regards, Anthony > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
