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Originally Posted by sgreco
I'm sort of in the process of leanring about the techniques of sheetmetal fabrication so I don't really know
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Akash is doing this to learn more about sheet metal, and the quote above echoes a few posts (not much knowledge or experience with sheet metal), so I'll make you guys a super deal:
No matter where you go in the United States and Canada, there is a sheet metal shop within driving distance - often within bicycle distance. There you will find tooling of many types, and people with an awful lot of experience. Most will bend over backwards to help a high school kid learn about their business. So, here's the deal:
Find a shop and visit them during the day sometime.
Explain you're a high school kid, you are interested in engineering, and you are really interested in learning more about sheet metal. Like, for instance, how to bend flanges inside a cut sheet...
I GUARANTEE that 98 times out of 100 you will get a wonderful education that day. If you're over 18, maybe even a summer job...
Try it, see what happens, and let me know.
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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
Buuuuut, after a few years you come to realize nothing beats good 'ol 2x1  |
At first I was thinking "no, that's why commercial products don't use 2x1 much..." but, thinking about it a little*, I came to realize the wisdom in Adam's post: Indeed, for FRC stuff, where you have relatively easy cost and weight constraints, and generally one-off designs, 2x1 aluminum extrusion is about the most versatile stuff there is.
Don
*Can't think much more than that...