John Cartmell wrote:
I'm hoping to produce a frame for some display material. My initial
plan is to produce a square 'tower' about 900mm square and approx
1800mm high - effectively two 900x900 frame cubes - strong enough to
carry a light notice board on each of the four 'faces'.

I'm thinking of making the frame from aluminium square section (1cm
square?) joined with plastic fixings - square equivalent of the sort
of fixings you get for gazebos/markees. The construction needs to be
set up and dismantled in minutes, be light, and be constructed of
materials that can fit in the back of a car. And it needs to be low
cost.

NB Using the design described I'd need 20 lengths of aluminium
section 88cm long (having them all the same size helps fast
construction) and 12 fixing pieces.

Q. Am I likely to be able to get such aluminium section and plastic
fixings? Where?

Any help would be appreciated.

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Dunno about square, but could you not use round alloy poles? as these could
be got from an aerial supplier.
Come to think of it you might get the square ones there as well?

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