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Our church has, on the stage a "choir rail" its a wall 36 in tall, that is removable, in 5 foot sections. Has a 2 in galv pipe that drops into a corresponding hole in the stage to keep it from tipping over.
Some are curved slightly.
Each section weighs at least 200 lbs. They are a solid 5 inches thick, on the bottom you can see at least 7 different layers of wood. Center frame, plywood front and back, MDF panels on front, and baseboard front and back.
They wall is getting moved in and out alot, and this is a workers comp claim looking for a time to happen.
I am in charge of building a replacement that will be much lighter, finished on the front only and am looking for options on using lightweight bldg matls for this,
Planing (at the moment) on using like 2x2 framework, with X in the middle, and like a 1/4 luan sheet on the front.
Will be painted with a baseboard and trim on the bottom , and a stained mahagony handrail on the top,
the exixting panels have MDF panels, like a 6 panel door. I plan to simulate this on the new wall using trim applied to the Luan, from the second row, no one will notice the difference, and the surface mounted trim is currently used on the walls under the windows, so it will match ok.
I have looked at Outwater plastics and other places, but cant find anything that seems suitable for this project.
The one option that is seeming the best is using a 30x60 plastic table, as the base for the Luan and trim. The table is very light, and strong, I can stand on it.
Question : what is the lightest wood to use for the braces and framework? fir, spruce, cedar?
redwood?
Am also considering using steel sheetmetal studs
instead of wood.
Is there some foam, or plastic that I can use?
My house has western red cedar 4x8 sheet siding, and what appears to be 1x4 redwood trim on the corners, the trim is VERY light, feels about half the weight of the pine that I had to replace some with.
I have some 8x8 redwood timbers salvaged from a playground, removed because the timbers were getting eaten by something that made tunnels in the wood. like termite tunnels, but larger with no dirt,
I was thinking about ripping them down to 2x2, 2x3 and using them for this.
Like to hear anyones advice, tips.
Thanks
Some are curved slightly.
Each section weighs at least 200 lbs. They are a solid 5 inches thick, on the bottom you can see at least 7 different layers of wood. Center frame, plywood front and back, MDF panels on front, and baseboard front and back.
They wall is getting moved in and out alot, and this is a workers comp claim looking for a time to happen.
I am in charge of building a replacement that will be much lighter, finished on the front only and am looking for options on using lightweight bldg matls for this,
Planing (at the moment) on using like 2x2 framework, with X in the middle, and like a 1/4 luan sheet on the front.
Will be painted with a baseboard and trim on the bottom , and a stained mahagony handrail on the top,
the exixting panels have MDF panels, like a 6 panel door. I plan to simulate this on the new wall using trim applied to the Luan, from the second row, no one will notice the difference, and the surface mounted trim is currently used on the walls under the windows, so it will match ok.
I have looked at Outwater plastics and other places, but cant find anything that seems suitable for this project.
The one option that is seeming the best is using a 30x60 plastic table, as the base for the Luan and trim. The table is very light, and strong, I can stand on it.
Question : what is the lightest wood to use for the braces and framework? fir, spruce, cedar?
redwood?
Am also considering using steel sheetmetal studs
instead of wood.
Is there some foam, or plastic that I can use?
My house has western red cedar 4x8 sheet siding, and what appears to be 1x4 redwood trim on the corners, the trim is VERY light, feels about half the weight of the pine that I had to replace some with.
I have some 8x8 redwood timbers salvaged from a playground, removed because the timbers were getting eaten by something that made tunnels in the wood. like termite tunnels, but larger with no dirt,
I was thinking about ripping them down to 2x2, 2x3 and using them for this.
Like to hear anyones advice, tips.
Thanks