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Hello, and welcome to 80/20Õs product highlight series. Today, weÕre going to take a look
at the Holey Tube Framing system. This framing system is a great choice for lightweight,
and cost effective solutions. When using Holey Tube, you have a few fastening options. You
can use the standard tube insert, or an extended tube insert. You can also use many of 80/20
brackets, flat plates, and gussets, to secure your frame, or reinforce other connections.
Now before you begin, the first thing youÕll want to consider is what fastening option
to use. Today, weÕre going to use the standard insert. Next, youÕll want to decide your
hole placement, and what youÕre looking for. These bars come standard with through holes
every inch and a half, but they can also come smoothed, or with machined holes in specific
locations. Today weÕre going to use the predrilled hole placement. So the first thing youÕre
going to want to do is grab your insert, and slide it into one of the end of your profiles.
WeÕll line up the holes on the tube insert, with the predrilled holes on the profile,
and weÕll slide our bolt through. WeÕll go ahead and grab our hex nut, and hand-tighten
that on. And weÕll finish it off the rest of the way with our wrench. From there, we
are ready for our other bar, where we are going to line up our predrilled hole over
the end of our tube insert. WeÕll take our bolt, and slide it in there, and start hand-tightening
it down. Now once you have that hand-tightened down, grab your wrench again, and finish it
off tightening it secure. Now, another option we have is the roll pin. This option gives
you a more smooth clean finish on your project and hides any bolts or hex nuts sticking out.
Now hopefully you found this segment on 80/20Õs Holey Tube framing system helpful. For more
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always, make it a great day.