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    Raising Floor for Temporary Structure

    Hi All, I'm looking at building up the floor height for a film set and was thinking of running beams across the floor, something like 75x150 though I haven't decided yet. Then running the next layer at right angles to it. Assuming the top layer is around 400mm spacing between beams to...
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    Sliding Doors, ala Star Trek.

    Ok, I've got to build the mechanism for some sliding doors and I can't get my head around it. I figured I'd lock the two wood pieces into some kind of frame and have a curtain pull string style thing going on, but in my head I can see it all falling apart the first time I touch it. Also I'm...
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    Angles...angles...angles!

    Ok, I've reached something of an impass. A single virtical beam with two boards attached to form a corner. My problem is trying to attach a board when the angle is greater that 90 degrees. Other than trying to shave off a couple of degrees from the angle of the beam, I'm not sure how to...
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    Right Kind of Wood?

    Hi, I'm wondering what kind of wood I'd need to bend around the inside of vertical beams set in a circle about 2m in diametre. Cheap and cheerful, it's not gonna be up for more than 7 days. Any recomendations? top down view... Ta. John.
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    Roof Dilema.

    Hi, I've got a 20mx20m area 3m off the ground and I need to make a roof for it. The size can't be changed. It can't be supported anywhere in the centre, but as many supports as I like on the perimeter or further out. It has to have a slight angle on it to let rain run off, and has to be...
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