Build-A-Stand

Build-A-Stand is a system for 1" Square tubing. This press fit tube system is compatible with Testrite's 1" Square Aluminum and 1" Square Steel Tubing.

Elevate Your Projects with our Premium Plastic Corners that are tailored to work with our 1" Square Tubing. These 1" corners enable seamless integration to enhance the potential of your square tubing designs. Need additional strength? Pair our 1in plastic corners with our steel reinforcement brackets and our aluminum press fit tubes.

Our precision-engineered plastic corners redefine the standard for tubular structure reinforcement. Innovative design meets reliable performance. We invite you to explore the versatility of our 1" Square Tubing Corners. Elevate Your Tubular Projects with Our 1" Square Tubing Corners.

Build-a-Stand is a great 80 20 alternative, with lower cost and lighter weight extrusions that can be used in place of 80/20 extrusions in many applications.

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Learn more about how to use Testrite's Build-A-Stand system in this blog post.

Check out our Frequently Asked Questions here.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Build-A-Stand?
Build-A-Stand is a 1" square aluminum tubing system paired with press-fit plastic connectors for modular framing system. It’s designed for anyone who needs to put together frames, displays, carts, booths, or structures quickly without heavy tools. This is an ideal system for DIY builders of commercial and residential projects.
Why use a 1" square aluminum tubing system?
1" square tubing is lightweight yet strong, easy to cut to size, and resistant to corrosion. With its clean finish, it looks professional in retail environments but is tough enough for many industrial and outdoor uses. Because it’s made in the USA, customers also benefit from consistent quality and short lead times.
What companies make 1” Square tubing and corners?
Testrite manufactures a system of 1” square aluminum tubing designed to mate perfectly with it’s injection molded plastic corners.
How can you cost efficiently build a custom retail display in low volume?
Buying aluminum extrusions and related parts and building a display yourself can be more cost effective for small volume projects that don’t meet the minimum of a custom display builder. TestriteAluminum.com offers a wide range of aluminum extrusions for this purpose, including Build-A-Stand, a 1” square tubing system, corners, brackets, and more, all designed to work together. For larger custom projects, a custom fabricator like www.TestriteOEM.com can take your custom design and often mass produce it for less and in less time than DIY. It really comes down to how many you need.
What extrusion profiles are available as part of a 1” square tubing system?
1” Square x.040" wall square aluminum tubing is the most versatile and cost-effective option. The thin wall means you get more feet of tubing per dollar spent. 1” Square 8MM ID double flange aluminum tubing is built to accept 8MM thick panels, including 8MM twin wall and quad wall polycarbonate panels, commonly used in greenhouses, enclosures, and data center containment. 1” Square Tubing with French Cleat receptor is designed for easy wall mounting of graphics, ACM panels, or foamcore sheets. When a digital printer asks, how can I nicely mount a rigid graphic panel on a wall with some space to create a shadow, our 1” Square that includes a French Cleat Receptor can be exactly what’s needed.
How do 1” Square press-fit connectors work?
Plastic corner pieces can be pressed directly into the tubing. The easiest way to install is with a rubber mallet, lightly taping the corner into place. No screws, adhesives, or specialty hardware are needed for most applications. Because the joints can be disassembled, structures can be reconfigured, stored flat, or moved with ease. If you need extra reinforcement, a self-tapping screw through the aluminum tubing into the plastic corner connector can be added at the joint. Our press-fit corners have fins, providing a tighter fit as the corner goes deeper into the tube, ensuring easy install while providing significant friction.
How can I make a cheap and light metal tubing cube?
1” Square aluminum tubing paired with 3 way corners are an inexpensive way to build a metal tubing cube.
How can I add lighting to my 1” square tubing structure, cube, rectangular prism, or triangular structure?
Add a modular lighting solution like the Testrite Torpedo Light that can be hung from mounting points inside the tubing structure. Simply add hang points like eye bolts and wires. The ideal lighting system will allow you to daisy chain lights together for larger structures. The Testrite Torpedo Light allows daisy chaining up to 5 lights together, enabling lighting larger structures from a single electrical outlet.
How can you add strength and reinforcement to a 1” Square tubing design?
Steel brackets are a great way to strengthen and rigidity to a modular structure built from 1” square corners. Straight steel brackets strengthen linear connections either on the outside of the tube or inside the tube, caster brackets allow frames to roll while providing 3 dimensional reinforcement, and heavy-duty corner brackets provide excellent stability for larger structures.
What types of projects can I build with a 1" square tubing system?
Customers have used Build-A-Stand to assemble retail merchandising racks, photo booths, lightbox, lightbox frames, signage frames, protective garden enclosures, and more. Whether you’re building one prototype or hundreds of identical units, the system is engineered to save time and reduce costs.