16-11-2011, 09:59
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
no team (6th Gear)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,933
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Re: Questions about 80/20
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Originally Posted by Tetraman
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Con: HEAVY AS ELEPHANTS
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Big Grin
Remove some of the weight and expense by making your own brackets to use a corners and other fastener locations. The 80/20 folks charge a ton for their simple, thick hunks of aluminum with a few holes drilled into them (the brackets).
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