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Re: pic: 1648 Painted Frame / teaser 2

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Originally Posted by apalrd View Post
1/8" wall would be stiffer in the directions we are concerned with in a chassis design like this.

Decreasing the wall thickness to match the equivant 80-20 stiffness, it would be lighter.
Would you mind pointing me to the data that backs this up?
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