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square tubes are great
Posted by Joe Johnson, Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 3/12/99 2:32 PM MST


In Reply to: Fiberglass Frame posted by Dan on 3/12/99 2:10 PM MST:



The square tube is awesome stuff. The 1 X 1 X 1/8 angle stinks (it buckles at strong stares ;-)

It has been two years since we used it on a machine, but we use it a lot for prototyping ideas.

I have not weighed it since two years ago, but I seem to recall it being between steel and aluminum.

It is pretty tough stuff. It is easy to cut and glue to (with the proper glue -- I don't know the type we use, but it sticks to it great).

Over all, it has some good potential, but we have not continued to use it, so I guess that it can't be too fantastic.

It also uses up Small Parts Inc. Bucks pretty fast compared to Al and Fe.

Joe J.


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