Has anyone made any interior furniture, cabinets, etc, from 80/20 framing? It's a kind of rapid build aluminum framing system.
http://www.8020.net
http://www.8020.net
Happy,
Keep us posted on what you find out about the design process.
I downloaded the 80/20 catalog, price list, design examples and got an overload of info. I'm scratching my head about the deflection info.
80/20 material costs seem very expensive, perhaps twice the cost of the plain-jane aluminum extrusion source in my area. Seems important to use the smallest-area geometry that will do the job. Pretty hard to do without that hold-it-in-your-hands experience. Maybe some other experienced users can be found on the Web.
My rough sense is that a loveseat convertible bed project I have in mind will cost about 4x the price of doing it in wood.
Intriguing stuff.
For lightweight framing the QuickFrame
And I just found your reply full of great info! I have not yet started because I wound up putting everything on hold, getting a new job and leaving the SF Bay Area for Utah.Have you done your conversion with 80/20? Just found this thread.