[Madison]

Originally Posted by Bob Steele

We do have a way to roll tubing but we won't be using rolled tubing.
We made up layups to make the curved components from either carbon fiber or fiberglass... looking at the merits and weights of each right now.

Madison, we can roll tubing but it takes soft aluminum... it would probably have to be heat treated...we have a mock up in 3/4 X 1/8 wall that we are testing... let me know if we can help...

Ah, I see. Our gripper base is designed to accept anything as large as 1x1" square tubing -- and to allow replacing it quickly when it gets mangled to Hell. We've got 1x1x1/16" on hand as well as some 3/4" round tubing. The square tubing is 6061; I'm not sure what allow the round tubing is. We bought it back in 2006 and found then that we couldn't accurately bend it in a way that suited our needs.

I'll PM you a screenshot of our claw so you can get a better idea of what we're going for.