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Originally Posted by Sh1ine
Yeah I have considered 3/16" Al. Not 1/8", do you think that would be strong enough?
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If you have access to sheet metal working equipment, you can cold roll flanges onto 5052 aluminum (don't try this on 6061 unless you have a large bend radius) sheets as thin as .090 to .125 for a base chassis. Team 228 used .125 5052-H32 aluminum for our robot chassis in 2007, 2009 (and soon to be 2010
) to much success. Here's a photo of our 2009 practice robot frame:
