Thread: Interesting material usage?
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Unread 06-05-2015, 08:43
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Re: Interesting material usage?
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Originally Posted by asid61 View Post
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.
I think you mostly just discovered the power of the truss. Triangles are magic when it comes to making something stronger.