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Re: Alternatives to Welding?

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Originally Posted by DonRotolo View Post
By tubing, I am guessing you mean square extrusion? Much of the following applies to round tubing as well.
I pretty sure he means tubing like 1" x 1" with side walls of 1/8. That is what we used this year for our robot, though we did have it welded at my dads shop (biggest sponsor). But you could easily use gussets but it would be heavier than welding them.
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