I Beam platforms?

[bowhunter15]

I've seen a few of these floating around on the internet over the past few years. I think some guys on here have even ordered the raw material before, but I've yet to read any feedback on how they work. With the smallest size I Beam from Onlinemetals, if you cut it at an angle and make a few more adjustments on the grinder, you can come up with a step that's about 4.3oz, and I would think should work well. Anyone tried it?

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[DaveT1963]

I bought some stock but lacking proper tools haven't done anything with it

 

[g2outdoors]

Wow. Cool idea!

 

[ImThere]

I remember seeing pics on here I think a couple of years ago. Pretty awesome


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[bowhunter15]

I bought some stock but lacking proper tools haven't done anything with it

Yea, I'm not sure the best way to cut that I beam. Metal cutting band saw? The nice thing is that for ~ 6" of I beam, you get 2 identical steps.

 

[DaveT1963]

That's exactly what stopped me that and drilling out the strap area

 

[ImThere]

Chop saw or band saw


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[sb220]

why not just cnc that bad boy?

 

[DaveH]

A buddy of mine made me a set almost exactly like that. I'll try to post up some pics.

 

[DaveH]

 

[Bubbz00]

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Is this aluminum?

 

[DaveH]

I have five of these on a ratchet strap. They weigh about 8.5 oz each so not exactly ultralight. I covered them with camo tape and some non-skid tape. These are made of 4" aluminum I-beam and the step surface area is 2 5/8" x 3" so they are much nicer to stand on than the Ameristeps. I could probably do some mods to them to shave some weight but I'm satisfied as they are.

 

[bowhunter15]

I have five of these on a ratchet strap. They weigh about 8.5 oz each so not exactly ultralight. I covered them with camo tape and some non-skid tape. These are made of 4" aluminum I-beam and the step surface area is 2 5/8" x 3" so they are much nicer to stand on than the Ameristeps. I could probably do some mods to them to shave some weight but I'm satisfied as they are.

Do they move around at all when you tighten them down?

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[DaveH]

Do they move around at all when you tighten them down?

They slip just a small amount when you first step on them but are solid after that.

 

[redsquirrel]

@bowhunter15, they exist, but they haven't been saddlehunter'd yet. Let's do it!

 

[g2outdoors]

8.5 oz each is way too heavy for me. If we could cut that by 30%, I'd be a customer.

 

[bowhunter15]

8.5 oz each is way too heavy for me. If we could cut that by 30%, I'd be a customer.

The CAD I drew up showed about half that weight. I used a smaller stock size (shorter span distance) and then trimmed the step surface so that it's 1.25" wide instead of the full 2.6" or whatever it was. I tried perforations in the span too, but the difference was only a couple tenths of an ounce at the cost of reduced strength.

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[Tony]

Am I crazy in thinking that if you cut teeth in the flange, in the style of an xop 6 point bracket, that it would prevent any movement when the step had a lateral-side load place on it?

https://xopoutdoors.com/collections/replacement-parts/products/six-point-bracket

 

[bowhunter15]

Am I crazy in thinking that if you cut teeth in the flange, in the style of an xop 6 point bracket, that it would prevent any movement when the step had a lateral-side load place on it?

https://xopoutdoors.com/collections/replacement-parts/products/six-point-bracket

Should work. The way I was thinking was sort of like a 2 point bracket. Similar concept.

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[bowhunter15]

I'm also looking at alternative materials like FRP.

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