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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Heywood40 who wrote (1583319)1/14/2026 2:17:33 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (3) of 1584703
 
I hadn't seen that.

Not having seen the screws, it might or might be enough. No idea as to how deep they go into the uprights or how many screws were used.

Driving in screws from the top isn't a great way to build something like that. I've built platforms before. Admittedly, not a scaffold to hang someone, so you might have experience I don't.

If you have built anything like that, you should have the crossbeam reach all the way across both uprights and use angle bracket on the inside angle and straps on the outside, all with screws that aren't deck or sheetrock screws. Neither of which deal with lateral forces well.

As to clinging to ideas no matter what, I'd say you might scare up a mirror somewhere.
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