Thread: Vertical connectors on Kit Bot chasis
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Re: Vertical connectors on Kit Bot chasis
The best answer depends on what you're planning to do up top. Are you intending to use this upper part strictly to protect components below, or are you mounting a big heavy arm to it?

Probably the easiest solution in the former case would be angle aluminum (especially if you cut your frame an inch short on each dimension--if you didn't, watch out for your bolt heads). If you don't have room on the exterior of your frame, threaded rod might also work for you--I'd suggest spacing it off with some smallish-size PVC pipe.

(And as much as I love AndyMark's product and service, you'd probably save a bit of money doing that upper frame in angle if you didn't have some overriding reason.)
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