On Sat, 21 May 2016 12:09:24 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
T i m wrote:
On Sat, 21 May 2016 02:12:05 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Saturday, 21 May 2016 07:18:35 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:

Which dexion are you talking about, the roughly 5x3" angle with
very large holes in it for bolts, or the 25mm square black slotted
tube with knock in corners ?

I've never seen Dexion that size

Nor me. 25mm square black (unslottted) tube with knock in joints
sounds more like (Dexion) Speedframe?

Yes. Made some speaker stands from it.

I built an electric racing 'motorbike' from it (that used to be my
bench at work). ;-)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5772409/EV1.jpg

They once did a smaller version
(20mm?) in matt chrome.

Not seen that.

I use an angle grinder in a stand with steel cutting disc to cut it.

I used a hacksaw when building the EV.

I've use my sliding saw to cut ally - not sure I'd want to risk an
expensive blade on steel. Even one which claims to cut it. ;-)

I (now) have a steel cutting bandsaw and one of those big bench
grinding disk type cutters (loads of sparks though).

My local Dexion stockist is no more. Now a block of expensive flats. ;-)

I'm not surprised. Who (outside us here) builds anything these days,
even benches or racking. ;-(

Even kids construction sets are just kits for specific models. When I
had Lego and Meccano I don't think I ever got any instructions with it
.... and didn't need any. ;-)

Cheers, T i m