Re: [sudo-discuss] Is there a welding hackerspace support for Revolution Books in Oakland?

What is "the robot?" Great advice. Any ideas help. I am redesigning. Might just use welding to secure bolts. This draft-version metal a-frame is welded at the bottom cross bar but does not have to be. These need to be somewhat indestructible. I have been making a-frames cheaply out of plywood & door hinges for 5 years. When we put out posters which are anti-american, pro-communist or promote Bob Avakian, some signs get thrown in the street, stolen, broken violently or disassembled. With the election of Trump and the rise of the alt-right, thin bike lock cables get cut and the rest has increased to the point where it is worth it to make a-frames out of metal and chain and lock. More important, as fascism is being consolidated in America; anti-american, pro-communist and posters that promote the new synthesis of Bob Avakian are urgently needed to build resistance and drive out these fascists. http://revcom.us/avakian/ba-new-synthesis-expanded.html We have been working with 30-40 a-frames at times promoting events at Rev Books around Berkeley. This guerilla marketing has worked great. (The a-frame size is dictated by our poster size of 17x44 piecing together four BW 11x17 to make a poster cheaply - Using Teknabond wallpaper wheat-paste to glue.) My new goal is 100 metal to expand in Berkeley and around Oakland. * Cheap n easy DIY: We are low-budget * Indestructible: The angle iron gauge of draft-version adequate * Disassembly-proof: If nut-and-bolts get used, they need to be impossible to disassemble. * Flat: surface plywood or sheet metal to glue posters onto * Weight: as light as possible for easier handling and deployment * Thickness: As thin as possible for stacking 100 in my dodge caravan - and to take up less space in my storage * Safe: no sharp edges or points * Water proof: The draft-version has rusted. Need to avoid with paint or galvanized steel * Lock attachment: something to pass a large chain thru or a flexible metal bar/clamp to wrap around trees and poles and padlock * Locking: large chain or a flexible metal bar/clamp/shackle to wrap around trees and poles and padlock * Lip: A-frames get loaded on top of each other 20-30 to a stack with posters rubbing and tearing. A lip all the way around would help - like protective case provides to a cell phone screen at the edge. I am thinking about using angle-iron half the size of draft doubling it up - or just strips of plywood This is all-volunteer and donation based for Revolution Books in Berkeley http://www.revolutionbooks.org/ Thanks for the support! Often when Joyce Carol Oates tears into T**** on Twitter, she uses this image of our a-frame. https://twitter.com/JoyceCarolOates/status/960350740538474497 Attachment shows perhaps the most prominent abortion provider in America with the a-frame for his book event Jacques On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: