Help me to use T-slot to mount my Orphek Icons!

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Yes. I plan on running mine perpendicular as well with the bars or blades in between. That photo still has only 5 lights not 6. You may just save a thousand bucks!
 
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Still trying to figure this out. I'm pretty lost. My DIY skills aren't impressive. LOL
 

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If you are mounting inside a canopy... build the T slot grid and hang it from the top with stainless steel chains, so you can raise it or lower it to the perfect height.
 
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If you are mounting inside a canopy... build the T slot grid and hang it from the top with stainless steel chains, so you can raise it or lower it to the perfect height.
I was thinking I'd probably need to bolt the rails to the canopy top.

I was originally thinking I could just get 2 long pieces and mount them. Now I'm wondering if I need to actually build some sort of frame and insert it into the canopy. Then I started looking at all the possible pieces you can use and...now I'm totally unsure about what I should be doing. Haha!

This is the canopy.

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Design your fixture with this https://www.framexpert.com/products/framedesigner/download/ and it will print out a BOM of everything you need. It's cheaper if you buy extrusions and cut it yourself but it only cost a little bit more to have them cut to size, drilled, tapped for you. There are places like mitsumi or 80/20 (really expensive) that can do it for you. Slide in t-nuts or spring loaded t-nuts are what you want if you don't want to just do blind joints.

I have mine with linear actuators that can lift the whole thing up an extra 8" if needed.

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Design your fixture with this https://www.framexpert.com/products/framedesigner/download/ and it will print out a BOM of everything you need. It's cheaper if you buy extrusions and cut it yourself but it only cost a little bit more to have them cut to size, drilled, tapped for you. There are places like mitsumi or 80/20 (really expensive) that can do it for you. Slide in t-nuts or spring loaded t-nuts are what you want if you don't want to just do blind joints.

I have mine with linear actuators that can lift the whole thing up an extra 8" if needed.

okmZIaC.jpg
That is a NICE setup!!
 

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