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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Milner" data-source="post: 14906" data-attributes="member: 9">Re: DIY mini-stage/riser/platformA local shop here built themselves some 4x8 decks using the leg-a-matics that you posted... and they are great! Having used them a few times, I believe they are the way I would go every time versus a threaded solution. They do an excellent job bracing the decks and are WAY WAY WAY WAY faster to put together then dicking around with a bunch of threaded flanges. &nbsp;I also had the displeasure of working with a band recently who had made their own drum &amp; horn risers using flanges and threaded pipe... the amount of bounce and flex in the decks they had was unacceptable in my opinion. They just didn&#039;t have the same lateral stability when you walked onto them as a properly corner braced and supported deck would. &nbsp;Just my experience... I am sure there are plenty of guys who have built GREAT decks with flanges and threaded pipe... It just wouldn&#039;t be on my list of things to do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steve Milner, post: 14906, member: 9"] Re: DIY mini-stage/riser/platform A local shop here built themselves some 4x8 decks using the leg-a-matics that you posted... and they are great! Having used them a few times, I believe they are the way I would go every time versus a threaded solution. They do an excellent job bracing the decks and are WAY WAY WAY WAY faster to put together then dicking around with a bunch of threaded flanges. I also had the displeasure of working with a band recently who had made their own drum & horn risers using flanges and threaded pipe... the amount of bounce and flex in the decks they had was unacceptable in my opinion. They just didn't have the same lateral stability when you walked onto them as a properly corner braced and supported deck would. Just my experience... I am sure there are plenty of guys who have built GREAT decks with flanges and threaded pipe... It just wouldn't be on my list of things to do. [/QUOTE]

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