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Originally Posted by jamie_1930
Just to reitterate real quick is the whole piece is two 12" x 12" sheets of 1/8" thick aluminum, and the supports that are holding the floating pieces, like the swirl on the cougars cheek, on the front plate are 1/32" wide channels. My opinion is that these are completely structural sound for their purpose, keep in mind that if we ever use this it would be for decoration and kept out of the areas that will be frequented by collisions.
Out of curiosity how much would you guys estimate it would cost to get this cut?
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My only concern is getting it cut, not how strong it will be once it's cut. If it is an issue, just throw some thin lexan over it. If you're outsourcing it to be fabbed, I would really look into making the yellow pieces out of vinyl. Especially since you could then eliminate those structural supports altogether. I got a key chain custom cut with plasma, not water, from TMSmetalworks.com, and they were really nice to deal with, and reasonably priced. I'd stay away from plasma because of the wall thickness though, but that's just me. We do all of our cutting at GM, so I have no idea how much it would cost.
I'll say it one last time: go for vinyl!
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http://www.customcutvinyl.com/graphics.html