Solar Rack: Part 4 - Production, Clamps and Brackets

We finally had our solar rack design planned out and one of four sections built as our prototype. Now, we just had to recreate the prototype three more times. We set up production for each piece and part - measuring, cutting, sanding, drilling, bolting together, welding, sanding again, painting.

All of that took two solid long weekends. Then, we were finally ready to address another major project. How are we actually going to secure the panels to the racks and sliders? Pretty important stuff. Ha! We searched online for quite a while, looking for pre-made brackets/clamps that would work with what we had designed. No luck. Most of the clamps are designed to work with proprietary rails. So, we designed and built our own.
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