80/20: Profile Selection

80/20: Profile Selection

Hello and welcome to 80/20’s product highlight series. Today we’re going to take a look at the vast selection of profiles that 80/20 offers. 80/20’s profiles come in wide variety of shapes, sizes, and finishes to suit your project’s needs.

Their available in fractional and metric measuring systems, and come standard with a clear anodize which prevents oxidation and corrosion. You have options available with up to 10 open Tslots. This means you can quickly and easily add profiles, parts, and accessories to your project. As well as make additions and changes later down the road. We have standard, light, and ultra light available to give you options when it comes to weight and strength.

As well as a range of shapes to choose from. We have square, rectangle, angled, and radiused. The fractional series comes with Align-A-Grooves on it that makes it easy to line up bars for fast and accurate connections. There are also smooth option available for fractional series and all metric profile series are smooth for an aesthetic look that is also easy to clean.

[intjonmiller]

I get excited every time you guys publish a new video, only to be disappointed by each one. These brief overviews are BARELY more informative than looking at your eBay listings. Your build videos show only very basic products (no linear motion, for instance, at least as far as I've seen). Your product selection is VAST and understanding when to use different products can be quite challenging when only viewing static images and written descriptions or charts of strength characteristics and dimensions.

I am launching a separate channel for my own build projects and I would love to incorporate your products because I think they are fantastic, but I always end up struggling to identify which would be the most appropriate for a given application and abandon my cart before checkout because I feel I need to do more research. This has happened several times so far this year. I wonder how many other customers are going through similar challenges?

[waterfordrs]

Your catalog/website has plenty of helpful info. It’s easy to see how stiffness increases as a design goes from a fixed end to a supported end.

Is there a calculator to determine the gain in stiffness to cross pieces or what might be called a stringer for a table top? Or adding mitered braces of matching aluminum coming off each leg?

Thank you kindly

[WarriorDovakin]

Would anybody be able to give some instruction on how to make those angled connections at 0:36?

[gwho]

It seems like the larger cross sections come with more variety and options of parts compatible with that size?

For example, the 20mm one doesn't have a 45 degree version, whereas the 40mm one does.

[vzuolee]

Which model is capable of carryinh motorcycle up to 1000lbs?

[mjremy]

Rule #1- Amateurs add music. Professional film makers do not. It makes viewers deaf trying to listen to what is being said over the droning buzz of the background noise called 'music'. The brain goes nuts trying to concentrate. Very disrespectful to add additional noise like a jackhammer in the background or a jet flying overhead. It is distracting, irritating, prevents concentration, and hurts the ears.

Rule #2 - Show an EXHAUSTIVE list of product categories and some samples of each. While this video was clear and concise and has value, it skims the surface of what you make. As such, it is meaningless to builders. I feel very frustrated. I don't know where to begin. I am the person you need to teach. Once I start using it, and have my compass points, I won't need coaching.

I need broad product categories and a tree structure of how your products break down. These provide boxes into which I can put information that is compartmentalized into details. This is how my brain works when I process information. I work in Tech and I am highly analytical. I dislike chaos in information. Structure your information properly and I will remember it better. No structure means I am paralyzed and unable to make an informed decision. Here is a guide for your videos:

BOX 1 - struts come in 3 product thickness: Regular, Thin, Ultrathin. Are these the only 3 thicknesses? Is there a Superfine?
If there are only 3 thicknesses, I know definitively that there are only 3 values in Box 1-Thickness type. I know I can request profiles in only 3 thicknesses. My knowledge of Box 1 is complete.

BOX 2 - struts come in different sizes. Sizes included 5 categories of internal diameter: 0.5", 1", 1.5", 2", 2.5", 3". Not every shape is offered in 3 sizes but the maximum is 5 sizes and .5" is smallest, and 3" is largest. Some struts like radial ones only come in 2 sizes, etc. These are qualifiers. However, now I know that square struts will come in 5 sizes, rectangular and radial may not. This narrows down what my options are. My knowledge of Box 2-Diameter Size is complete.

BOX 3 - struts come in different shapes. We have square, rectangular, flat, angled (triangular), radial, half radial, etc. This is very important. We need to know what functional and creative shapes exist in this world so we can select correct shape for build. Box 3 - Shapes - knowledge complete.

Box 4 - struts come in different profiles. Each Shape is offered in different Profiles. Square Shape can have grooved channels on all 4 sides, 3 sides, 2 sides, 1 side. Remaining sides can be curved or straight. Rectangular Shape may have only 2 Profile options. Radial may only come in 1 Profile option.

Summary - Each Shape can have multiple Profiles, Diameter Size, Thickness. These are my strut choices. Now what are all the different joinery attachments?

Joinery Section
T-Nuts -these come
Hinges come in ....
Pivot Joints come in....

Angle Brackets come

Assuming all hardware is made to fit all struts in a mix and match combination with some constraints.
Do you see how organizing this information makes it so easy for a new builder to navigate your product offerings?
Unfortunately, most manufacturers rely on distributors to organize their information for the retail consumer. This is a mistake. You make a good product. Spend some time communicating your product to the consumer. Hire some good Business Analysts like me, to organize your product offerings and educate the public. You have a huge domestic market. You need to improve your education skills, organize your categories, and reduce your prices to corner that market. Its a matter of time before China takes over your product offerings at a much lower price, so build your consumer base while you have time and are ahead.