Thread: 80/20 chassis
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Re: 80/20 chassis

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Originally Posted by Raul View Post
I do not mean to be rude and correct you guys, but I know from many years of working with these materials that 1"x1" 80/20 Alum is 24.6" per lb. Where as 1"x1"x.0625 wall Alum extrusion is 48" per lb.


I also want to warn anyone who is machining phenolic that the dust created by machining it is very toxic to your lungs if you breath it in.
I think what JesseK meant by in his first post was 1"x1"x.125" wall tube is roughly the same weight as 1010 80/20 extrusion. We came to this conclusion after taking two equal length pieces of both stocks and weighed them both. The difference was roughly .250-.5 lbs per 8'.