What is this structure called?
What is this structure called?
(OP)
Hi all, is there a "professional" term for the following structure:

It is used as a support to hold certain loads (parts of heavy equipment etc) after they have been dismantled. It's just a temporary support while waiting for the maintenance work to be carried out. The red part is the main rod where the load will sit, while the black lines are the 4 legs that spread the load.

It is used as a support to hold certain loads (parts of heavy equipment etc) after they have been dismantled. It's just a temporary support while waiting for the maintenance work to be carried out. The red part is the main rod where the load will sit, while the black lines are the 4 legs that spread the load.
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corus
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But then, wasn't sure how ridiculous it would sound. That's why I'm looking at what others would say, or if there would already be an "official" name for it.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawhorse
It's also correct to call it a 'trestle', but that invites confusion with trestle bridges
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trestle
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Good luck,
Latexman
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So, now I'm undecided between:
- Horse
- Sawhorse
- Trestle (sounds professional)
- A frame Support
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However, I would say that a true sawhorse has an implicit functional requirement; the horizontal member must be a material that won't damage a saw blade when you forget and try to saw through it.
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Females will recognize it right away, because that's the word they use for sawhorses when they are positioned under a door that's used as a table.
Males will engage you in the same argument we've got here.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Guess I should have used that in the first place, huh? My bad!
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A horizontal beam or bar held up by two pairs of splayed (divergent) legs used as a support: definitely a trestle or tressel.
Horse and sawhorse are also applicable, if just because in Spanish it is called "caballete".
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and a "caballete" would be like this,
BigInch
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BigInch, how come you speak Spanish ?
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Saludos
BigInch
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BigInch
Como ingeniero argentino que también dí mis vueltas por el mundo, quedé muy impresionado por su experiencia y su sabiduría.
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BigInch
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Put wheels on it it's a movable gantry.
Best regards
pennpoint
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BigInch
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An A-frame and a Gantry should have the loads suspended below, whereas the trestle and horse support above. I made that up but it seems sooo right to me.
And I'd like to make a stand on this point. (guffaw)
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"temporary support stand"?
Specialised supports can have particular names; an "engine stand" would be a stable supprt to which the engine block can be bolted which allows the engine to be rotated to various angles for access.
Is there a reson that it matters?
Is this part of an instruction set being put together for maintenance? If so, I assume it then has to have a set of specifications attached as to load bearing, safety etc.
If so, perhaps it is more important to know what the maintenace team would call it and use their language - it may save ambiguities...
JMW
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- Horse
- Sawhorse
- Trestle (sounds professional) or tressel
- A frame Support
- Gantry crane or gantry support
- Swingset
- Equipment stand
Hmm...choices, choices...
Regards,
DD
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Horse bar
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