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Re: Best Practices for Not Crushing Thin-Wall Tubing
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Originally Posted by Chris is me
That said, might be easier to just make a gusset plate and slap it on the outside?
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We did this with our catapult last year - we used slices of C-channel to support the steel bar that our pneumatic pistons attached to, since we were afraid the thin-wall tubing would not hold up so well after repeated shots.
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