[SML] Very portable flats

[Bruce]

> In regards to the 25mm x 25mm aluminum extrusions, I am very 
> familiar with them, from machine design work. But they would 
> need to be screwed together if they are taken apart for 
> transport.  If they are are always stay assembled, they take the 
> same space as my wood flats, and are heavier. 


  Assemble the frames as pantographs with hinges.  Insert a crossbar once 
the pantographs are extended as a stiffener.  Full Size, tensioned, but 
collapsible to fit into any family sedan.

================
o              o   
|              |  
|              |
d              |   
q <<<<<<>>>>>> b   
|              p        <<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>     
|              |       ===================
|              |       o------d b--------o
o              0       o-------q p-------o
================       ===================

  I believe these would be  called parallels if they were for platforms....

Just a thought

:Bruce Cooper
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Itinerant stagehand