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Re: Interesting material usage?

We used 1/2" x 1/2" x 1/16" angle to build our ramp.
After making it, I now firmly believe that angle is magic. The ramp weighed very little but could hold around 50-60lbs easily, and it was just a big triangle supported by smaller triangles made of angle.
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