I'm sure I've seen this kind of bracket in various applications. I suppose they may all be custom manufactured, but I'd have thought they were common enough to be something of a commodity item.
Leg brace. For a wood table, you'd use a isoceles wood triangle, beveled to match the table and notched where it affixes to the leg, or design with a skirt for LARGE wood/wood contact area.
A simple rod won't keep the leg vertical, it needs TWO rods to make triangle-rigid in two planes. The bend is a weak point, so bevel-cut-and-weld is the better way to use steel in this application.
nuh. just get a short galvanised steel strip from bunnings for a few dollars, cut it to length if necessary, bend the two ends to the right angle, and drill holes for the screws.
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I was going to try that this afternoon. But my blow torch is empty. Strange, as I've barely used it. Slow leak? Or did the workmen I had on site for a couple of weeks just use it?
Another of life's mysteries to which an answer will probably never be known.
It's not about how weak it is compared to the rest of the strut. It's about how strong it is compared to the requirement and the cost. Welding is very expensive compared to thicker metal in a strut like this.
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If you are talking about a propane cylinder torch you should unscrew the head from the bottle if it is going to be idle for some time. The cylinder has a good seal in it. The head not as much.
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Here you go again, trying to make yourself relevant. Firstly, you have absolutely no idea what the *application at hand* is since it was never explicitly stated. You just wanted to make your statement sound impressive but all it's made you look like is a dick. And you're good at that!
The bracket cracked because it was *work hardened* in the forming process and required annealing before and after to *reset* the aluminium and relax the internal stresses.
Didn't you ever do any metallurgy studies at Richmond Tech? Before you dropped out, that is!
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I'd call it an angle bracket but I'd expect it hard to buy a pre-made version as there are so many variables.
What is the difficutly with making one in steel? It looks like a simple vice clamp construction Perhaps a blow torch might be needed to warm the steel to make it bend/ curve better rather than "tear" as the aluminium is doing.
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