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    Building a garage elevator.... 3"x3" wall thickness

    Not much formal education but I did stay at a Holiday Express last night. :) I used an beam span calculator and entered the type of wood and MOP (modules of plasticity) along with 50 PSI live load and 15psi dead load with 2x12 x18 at 16" OC for the joist, and two 2x14 LVL bolted together to...
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    Building a garage elevator.... 3"x3" wall thickness

    The 3"x3" tubing would be mild steel. I am just not certain if 1/8" wall would be thick enough or if I should go with 3/16".
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    Building a garage elevator.... 3"x3" wall thickness

    Afternoon everyone, I just found this awesome site where I thought I could enlist the help of a lot smarter people than myself with my project. I want to build a garage elevator to raise and lower various articles from my storage loft. My loft has 9' floor with a 15' ceiling. I was going to...