My first post - this is a great site with lots of talented athletes, carpenters and welders!
I am building a basic 36" square wood platform to mount in my basement and will need to mount it to a steel beam overhead.
The platform is two layers of 1" wood glued and screwed together. (Three boards on hand.....) I'm guessing total weight is 50-60 lbs.
Should I come up from the platform with recessed bolts to the steel beam? I am concerned the weight of the platform will strip itself off the bolts, although I see commercial platforms using this method to attach the platform to the tubes.
Or should I mount metal ""U" type frames with 1.25" lag bolts to the top of the platform and bolt the metal frame to the steel beam? With this method I am concerned the lag bolts will come loose from the top of the platform.
I hope this make sense.
Either way - how many points of contact to the steel beam should I use and how far apart should the bolts be from each other?
Thank you for any advice you can share as I dig deeper into this site.
Thanks again!
I am building a basic 36" square wood platform to mount in my basement and will need to mount it to a steel beam overhead.
The platform is two layers of 1" wood glued and screwed together. (Three boards on hand.....) I'm guessing total weight is 50-60 lbs.
Should I come up from the platform with recessed bolts to the steel beam? I am concerned the weight of the platform will strip itself off the bolts, although I see commercial platforms using this method to attach the platform to the tubes.
Or should I mount metal ""U" type frames with 1.25" lag bolts to the top of the platform and bolt the metal frame to the steel beam? With this method I am concerned the lag bolts will come loose from the top of the platform.
I hope this make sense.
Either way - how many points of contact to the steel beam should I use and how far apart should the bolts be from each other?
Thank you for any advice you can share as I dig deeper into this site.
Thanks again!
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