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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
Hmmm, that is very interesting. What Kind of wood do you use? How does it compare to other materials used to reinforce tube?
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White Cedar. We have also used expanding foam to reinforce other tubes on the robot when we wanted to stiffen the entire length and not a specific section. For reinforcing a specific area the wood works extremely well for its weight. The tighter it fits the better though so some of the blocks were hard to hammer into place. I've used lexan in the past for this function but the weight of it is unnecessary in most applications and the wood works fine. It provides a huge strength advantage over aluminum tubing alone.