Overhead fan arm

My dad is insisting on building (instead of buying) the upright fan stand to hold the fans in the barn at Jr. Nationals.  Can anyone help me out with the dimensions (as in how long is the arm that holds the fans and how tall)?  And a further question...do folks normally attach theirs to their stall display or is it totally independant and does it have a 'foot'?  Any help will be appreciated.  Might keep a fight down in the shop this evening... (argue)

and does anybody have opinions on the ideal material?  Since he is going to his friends fab shop to make it-stainless, aluminium and steel is pretty available!

Are u using a fan cage if so just make a spanner bar and make it ajustable so its easy to haul. Ive got 1 like the pic i think its around 7' tall with a 3' piece shooting out but thats for 1 fan. If it was me and i had full acess to a fab shop aluminum sq stock and make it as big as u want/need!

They are a very simple piece of equipment to fabricate and if there is a fabrication shop available there will be no difficulty in producing fan stands as good as what is commercially available. Students in FFA Ag shops across the country have made them by the thousands (including my students back in the day).

I've got  one my Dad made several years ago.  It's about 7 ft. tall and has around a 3 ft. top bar.  It's all one piece.  It has two brackets on the upright bar that can be adjusted up and down and secured in place to nail, screw, or wire the stand in place.

I suggest making it out of 1.5 or 2 inch square tubing.  Basically make a big L- with a brace bar cutting the L.  7' tall, 3' wide.

to hang two fans- you'll take a peice of tubing the next size smaller, and make it so you can slide it in and out- blow a hole in the fan hanger peice- weld a nut to it- make a turning bolt.. and then you can slide out the extension when you need it-- but it still slides back in to take up less space when traveling. 

outspoken said:

I suggest making it out of 1.5 or 2 inch square tubing.  Basically make a big L- with a brace bar cutting the L.  7' tall, 3' wide.

to hang two fans- you'll take a peice of tubing the next size smaller, and make it so you can slide it in and out- blow a hole in the fan hanger peice- weld a nut to it- make a turning bolt.. and then you can slide out the extension when you need it-- but it still slides back in to take up less space when traveling. 

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lightnin4 said:

I've got  one my Dad made several years ago.  It's about 7 ft. tall and has around a 3 ft. top bar.  It's all one piece.  It has two brackets on the upright bar that can be adjusted up and down and secured in place to nail, screw, or wire the stand in place.

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dfm said:

They are a very simple piece of equipment to fabricate and if there is a fabrication shop available there will be no difficulty in producing fan stands as good as what is commercially available. Students in FFA Ag shops across the country have made them by the thousands (including my students back in the day).

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Thanks so much for the input I will be showing this to the boss! Hopefully we will all live thru the construction!