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Re: Best frame building material

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Originally Posted by Denman
All of our robots we have ever made have used 1/2 inch steel box section. Its cheap, light, easy to weld and strong. Our robot stood up to me jumping up and down on it (and i am around 15 stone ) so its pretty strong. We even made a small "featherweight" for robot wars thing here once out of it. Its just really good

this is exactly what i was talking about....for those teams which are stuck on extrustion you will save atleast have the cost, and the weight,
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