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    Thanks for the feedback.
    At first I had a centre vertical but after reading about the roof trusses where forces are pressing down from the top it is redundant for all practical purposes, force are directed down the diagonals into the legs, of course this only applies if the diagonals are within a particular angle to vertical which in my case they are. The mantra for the trusses was to create triangles, which I'm sure we all know about.
    I'll have another look at a centre vertical and two shorter diagonals and see what it looks like, I'm trying to keep material to a minimum although as with a workbench it's best to have a bit of weight about it.
    Now I look at it again I can see the bed needs more support so I'll add two more intermediate cross members.

    The welding plan is to tack it all round then do like bolting a cylinder head down by jumping around apposing joints to fully weld them, hopefully this will prevent too much heat build up in one area.

    Edit: new options added, what's the verdict on best option ? ( just measured and there's less material in Option 2 )

    Option 1 - side diagonals only + extra bed cross members

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    Option 2 - centre vertical, smaller diagonals moved to meet new bed cross members + extra bed cross members

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    Last edited by EddyCurrent; 21-10-2013 at 10:41 AM.

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