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Re: Q. Best sheet metal design?

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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV View Post
The vast majority of sheet metal designed robots use 5052 .09 or .125. I assume he is suggesting make robots similar to 148 or 971 that use sheet metal extensively for almost all their parts. They also limit the amount of welding and use rivets for most of their fastening. Teams have had success using 1/16" 6061 but from what I gather you have to be a bit smarter at your design then with .09 5052.
We were almost exclusively 090 5052 for our sheet metal this year. It held up fine to the torture that was this game. There was some 060 somewhere, I'm sure. None of the sheet metal was welded. We did weld the sheet metal -> tubestock joints, and tubestock -> tubestock joints.

Since we got access to a mill, we added 1/4" plate to our repertoire. Sheet is good for certain problems, and milled constructions are good for others.
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