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mattylondon 4th April 2016 03:17 PM

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Key clamps and tube. Lots of fittings and tube size to select from and fairly cheap. Have built a few pieces of furniture in the past with good results.

Here's a part finished table
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...chmentid=12980

Delboy 4th April 2016 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by mattylondon (Post 109396)
Key clamps and tube. Lots of fittings and tube size to select from and fairly cheap. Have built a few pieces of furniture in the past with good results.

Here's a part finished table
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...chmentid=12980

Great product for that stuff too, practically indestructible. +++

Delboy 4th April 2016 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by tc4332 (Post 109395)
The support poles have flat plates at the top that ideally are screwed through the ceiling plaster into the ceiling joists. The base plate can be screwed to the floor.
As is usual things can only be as good as they are designed to be if used/fitted correctly.
SWMBO is always telling me that I over engineer whenever I do things. Where builders hammer nails in I screw.

As for self build, that is probably what we will have to do if nobody comes up with anything.

I bet your stuff doesn't normally fall off the wall though does it.

My motto is do it nice or do it twice

mattylondon 4th April 2016 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Delboy (Post 109397)
practically indestructible. +++

Indeed! That table had 48mm steel tube, needed two people to lift it +++

We built two identical with tempered glass tops. £150 each if I recall.

tc4332 5th April 2016 06:47 AM

A lot of years ago, when we were still relatively young (honestly there was a time when even I was young) I had been away in Europe driving tour coaches for about eight weeks.
When I returned home SWMBO had decorated the bathroom. She had mounted two shelves which involved hammer drill into breeze block wall, rawplugging and screwing.
Those shelves are still on the wall. She takes them down for decorating and refits them.
She claims that she learnt how to do it from watching me.
Really good having a wife that can change fuses, the old type where you replace the wire, and she fits her own plugs safely

The_Laird 5th April 2016 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by tc4332 (Post 109430)
A lot of years ago, when we were still relatively young (honestly there was a time when even I was young) I had been away in Europe driving tour coaches for about eight weeks.
When I returned home SWMBO had decorated the bathroom. She had mounted two shelves which involved hammer drill into breeze block wall, rawplugging and screwing.
Those shelves are still on the wall. She takes them down for decorating and refits them.
She claims that she learnt how to do it from watching me.
Really good having a wife that can change fuses, the old type where you replace the wire, and she fits her own plugs safely

Careful Ray, you sound pretty close to surplus to requirements! ;)

My SWMBO won't even wash her own car!

tc4332 5th April 2016 07:30 AM

It is al down to training :ROFL:

Seriously, I know that I am lucky, and I have an unusual model with all the updates and mods factory fitted. She has all the good bits that none of her sisters have. But then her Mother was very good to me. +++:D:love:

I don't have to wash her either :cool:

The_Laird 5th April 2016 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by tc4332 (Post 109436)

I don't have to wash her either :cool:

That's no fun then! :)

tc4332 5th April 2016 07:48 AM

I have a reply ready but I'm afraid not fit for publication.
Something about using and cleaning

Ooooooops!! nearly said it.

oldnick 5th April 2016 11:10 AM

I presume you mean that the bits you want are unavailable i the UK as they still sell this system ~I think

have you tried the ikeahackers.net site?


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