thank you very much for your help, i now beter understand what forces i am dealing with and some of the ways of determining the load, but to get any real data on the various available extrusions i will need to contact a supplier.
thanks for the input.
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o.k. maybe i don't belong here being that i'm not a degreed engineer, but i am hoping someone will come forward to help the calculus challenged.
i am trying to build a device that will be set at an angle similar to a ladder that needs to carry a load of up to 1,000 pounds, it will be...
