Thread: Legal fastener for aluminum structural framing question.
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Re: fastener vs. structure vs. other stuff
Posted by Samuel Lindhorst.

Engineer on team #240, Mach Vee, from Jefferson High School and Visteon.

Posted on 1/22/2000 12:30 AM MST


In Reply to: fastener vs. structure vs. other stuff posted by Ken Patton on 1/21/2000 2:48 PM MST:



: Here's my interpretation:

: If you are using the device to connect two structures together to keep them fixed in contact or very close contact with each other, then its a fastening device and is legal.

: If you are using the device to hold two structures away from each other, then its a structure and not a fastener (so its not a freebie unless it meets some other rule reqt).

: If there is relative motion intended between the two structures, then it is not a fastener (so its not legal unless it meets some other rule reqt).

: my two cents..

: Ken


OK, I asked Eric about this a while back, and he said:


Per the additional hardware list, you are allowed unlimited use of joining plates for the extruded aluminum. Other hardware (slides, hinges, etc.) is
not covered, but you could get a hinge from another source and attach it to a joining plate.

There you have it.



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