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Super cool!

Great job calibrating the roller... that's an impressively toleranced part for a harbor freight special benchtop roll-n-break.

-q

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Completely awesome. Nice looking wheels.

Cass

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I certainly hope you're going with blue nitrile treads to complete the look.

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What are these side plates made out of?
Bruce

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Aluminum!

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Aluminum!

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Oops, a double post. :p

Anyway, my response to the wheels. Oooooo , shiny....

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How thick and what alloy?
Bruce

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All parts pictured are 5052 Aluminum and .090 thick except for the bearing retainer which is made out of .063

Allison

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Assuming you are using hardened aluminum, what hardness of 5052 are you using? T3,T4,T6?

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We use 5052-H32 for pretty much all of our laser cut parts, it is a pretty good middle of the road material in terms of cost, strength, and formability. This is also a material that our sponsors stock so it is readily available during build season. 5052 also has good weldablity although it was not a factor for these parts.

Allison