I'm in the early stages of designing a piece of furniture that has a single column suspened from the ceiling. It must adjust vertically carry ~100 #'s ecentrically and have as little play as possible and be inexpensive to make. I'm thinking of using 2.5" x 2.5" x .125" square tube female & 2" x 2" x .125" male. My local steel providers don't provide anything with closer tolerances how do i take up the slack. I remember seeing a piece of weight lifting equipment use a kind of teflon tape as a type of anti friction / shim. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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