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Unread 07/28/2007, 05:15 PM   #17
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I wasn't trying to argue your material/size usages at all. Quite the opposite. Thanks for the document, but I don't really understand many of the variables involved.

So I'll just ask... Does that 7000psi equate to saying a fir 2x4 can support a weight of 7000 lbs * 1 3/8 * 3 3/8 = 32484.375lbs? I've got to be missing something... Got any numbers in force rather than pressure? On say a single 32" long vertical 2x4. I'd bet just 1 could come close to supporting the weight of a 240g tank, and most people just don't realize that.

Just a note, I'm a CPE and we never dealt with wood in any questions in my Statics class. And another side note, I hate working with wood. I was joking about Titanium, but I would much rather build a stand structurally out of steel, and then just skin and trim with wood.


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