Structural Suggestions

[captain_slinky]

If you needed to make a stand-alone wall out of 2 sheets of 4'x8' Peg Board, how would you go about doing it?

Please consider that you'll bu hanging several pounds of comic books and action figures from this wall, so it needs to be sturdy enough to be put off-balance by being front-heavy.

Also, it needs to be as light and compact as humanly possible.

PVC Pipe?

Comments

[agelesseuridice.livejournal.com]

I am going to assume that that the 4' side is how tall it is.
Cut two slits, 2' long, a little wider than the boards are. Invert one board and slide it down into the other slot. The closer to the edge of the boards the more like a corner you will have. The closer to the center the more like an x and the more stable it will become. The x shape may not need anything more to make it stable. The corner will probably need support on the outside edge.

[collisions.livejournal.com]

Imagine a big Connect Four board and do that.

That is, make legs like an inverted T - 2x2" wood boards are probably fine for that part. Set up the legs 8' apart so the Ts are facing each other. Sink Then sink some pegs or screws down the fronts of the 2x2s so you can hang the 2 pegboards across. As long as you use 3 or more screws on each side of each board, the pegboards should keep the frame rigid.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

That's kind of where I'm going with it right now, but I have to think in the other direction. The wall needs to be*really tall* so that folks can see my product behind me, and if I remember correctly that Peg Board is kinda wobbly...

So going on the Connect Four Principal, maybe I could make my T-Supports on either side be 7' tall and...

Okay, instead of a "T" how about two "L" braces that come together to form a "T", sandwiching the pegboard between the 7' upward supports? Suspending the pegboard a good 3 feet off the floor?

By golly, i think that's how I'll do it!

Now, in the interest of space and weight... do you think I could do that with screws and half-inch PVC pipe?

[collisions.livejournal.com]

I was thinking you wanted to put the 2 begboards into an 8' by 8'square, with the supports 8' tall. 2 L supports would work too - same concept. If you instead want to make 2 walls with the pegboard up off the ground, that could work too. The big deal is to have pegs or wood screws screwed into the supports so that you can just hang your pegboard on it. You can use the pegboard holes or drill bigger ones. The more screws, the more stable.

As far as material, I think the vertical part needs to be wood so your screws have better purchase. You may get away with PVC if the walls of the pipe are fairly thick. 2x2s are also less flexible than PVC, and you want a rigid frame with this design. Made of pine, they shouldn't be too heavy. I would guess that as far as transport, your pegboard will be the unwieldy part of this rig.