7 Apr
2001
7 Apr
'01
10:04 a.m.
16" spacing would be better than 24, but most houses are built to support
100 # per square foot. What are the dimensions of the vax? If it is 3x8
you're looking at a capacity of about 2400#.
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Clint Wolff (VAX collector) wrote:
I am looking for an online reference to help me calculate how
much live load (AKA VAXen) I can put on my living room floor.
The floor: 2x10's 2 foot on center, approximately 14 foot
span (guess, too lazy to measure just yet). 3/4" OSB on top,
carpet, 1/2" OSB (to keep the VAX from squishing into the
carpet)...
The VAX: 1100 lbs of true blue & white BIG IRON! minus
whatever I remove for hand transport.
Me: 300 lbs of Coca-Cola and Hostess fruit pies :)
Clint
PS I also want to replace a smallish steel IBeam with
a micro-lam, so steel numbers would help too...
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid