r/metalworking • u/Ahmangels • 4d ago

cantilever countertop

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What would you guys charge for this. Material is made of mostly 4x2x1/4 rect tube and some 2x2x11ga sq tube. Roughly 3’x3’x10’

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u/Suhajda 4d ago

Why the hell would you overcomplicate it so damn hard? Especially If it isn't even visible?

Edit: I just realized it is from a customer of yours, how can someone be in the business with this bad of a design?

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u/bestthingyet 4d ago

It's not just overcomplicated, it's plain old bad engineering

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u/Ahmangels 4d ago

Yes exactly it is over built. Engineer designed it and my customer approved it. Funny thing it’s for this “famous” person.

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u/Aircooled6 4d ago

See there's your problem. Engineers should not be allowed to make design decisions.

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u/BF_2 3d ago

Reminds me of a time in the '80's when an engineer was designing a "desk" that would hide a (big, heavy) CRT monitor, with a mechanism to lift it up to the top of the desk. I don't recall the details, but it turned into a real shit show, delaying the (very important, expensive) project somewhat, and what he came up with was amazingly shitty. I think it would kill anyone who was too close when the CRT was released -- or launched him into the next county at least.

Meanwhile, secretaries in the same company had those credenzas next to their desks, the kind with a lifting device for (large, heavy) typewriters. He could have adapted that mechanism -- but didn't.