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Iconoclast feddit.uk Iconoclast@feddit.uk
Joined: 2026-02-05
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Building 36 identical shelving brackets wasn't particularly interesting I must say. Thankfully I had the foresight to set up jigs for cutting and assembling the pieces.

Pats on the back to whoever knows what these poles are for.

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Iconoclast feddit.uk Iconoclast@feddit.uk
Joined: 2026-02-05
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I forgot to take pictures of how I attached the top ends of the vertical studs to the wall. I didn't want to drill holes into the container, so I used the existing tie-down points. I bent some threaded rod into a U-shape, slipped it through the tie-down loop, and tightened the 2x4 to it with washers and wing nuts.

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tofu lemmy.nocturnal.garden tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden
Joined: 2025-03-04
#3 · Quote Reply

Looks great!

Pats on the back to whoever knows what these poles are for.

Giant Mikado, clearly

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whyNotSquirrel sh.itjust.works whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
#4 · Quote Reply

Neat result in practice!

weird javelins collection though

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e8CArkcAuLE piefed.social e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-08-12
#5 · (edited) Quote Reply

Looks great! Pats on the back to whoever knows what these poles are for. Giant Mikado, clearly

for horses!

took me a while, but the hint was them being on a UK instance

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Iconoclast feddit.uk Iconoclast@feddit.uk
Joined: 2026-02-05
#6 · (edited) Quote Reply

for horses! took me a while, but the hint was them being on a UK instance

Correct. Show jumping poles.

I'm not from UK though.

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higgsboson piefed.social higgsboson@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-27
#7 · Quote Reply

They look like goundwork poles for equestrian events

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Mpatch lemmy.world Mpatch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-02-01
#8 · Quote Reply

I got a bit excited, because I have a 40ft with the exact same set up but with steel. To store round bar stock, pipe, square tube etc for metal work. It even had an over head crane to move stock in and out. It was awesome until some fuck decided to back an excavator into the front doors and sides. Mangled the whole thing to shit.

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floquant lemmy.dbzer0.com floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-05-31
#9 · Quote Reply

What software is that? Can't tell if it's 3D modeling or CAD

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Iconoclast feddit.uk Iconoclast@feddit.uk
Joined: 2026-02-05
#10 · Quote Reply

What software is that? Can't tell if it's 3D modeling or CAD

Sketchup

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Crozekiel lemmy.zip Crozekiel@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-07-22
#11 · Quote Reply

They look like goundwork poles for equestrian events

I want to believe they are giant versions of those tubes from the 90s that go "eewoooowooowoweeooooooowoo" when you tip them over.

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owsei programming.dev owsei@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-09-16
#12 · (edited) Quote Reply

I want to believe they are giant versions of those tubes from the 90s that go "eewoooowooowoweeooooooowoo" when you tip them over.

excuse me, but, what the fuck‽‽

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anomnom sh.itjust.works anomnom@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-11-09
#13 · Quote Reply

Sketchup

So it’s neither 3D modeling or cad!

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Crozekiel lemmy.zip Crozekiel@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-07-22
#14 · Quote Reply

excuse me, but, what the fuck‽‽

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Groan_Tube_1.webm

Apparently they are called "Groan Tubes"?

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Trilogy3452 lemmy.world Trilogy3452@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-08
#15 · Quote Reply

Jousting?

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mojofrododojo lemmy.world mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-25
#16 · Quote Reply

So it’s neither 3D modeling or cad!

it's amazing to me that decades after it came onto the scene, sketchup exports even worse geometry.

I always pity the 'but we've modeled everything in sketchup so it should be quick to get working in a realtime env' folk.

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mojofrododojo lemmy.world mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-25
#17 · Quote Reply

I got a bit excited, because I have a 40ft with the exact same set up but with steel. To store round bar stock, pipe, square tube etc for metal work. It even had an over head crane to move stock in and out. It was awesome until some fuck decided to back an excavator into the front doors and sides. Mangled the whole thing to shit.

until some fuck decided to back an excavator into the front doors and sides. Mangled the whole thing to shit.

condolences. that sucks.

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GarboDog lemmy.world GarboDog@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-11-12
#18 · Quote Reply

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Groan_Tube_1.webm Apparently they are called "Groan Tubes"?

Yoooo Groan tubes are awesome!!! Never knew the name thankies!!

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