Pocketing Gussets

[MichaelBick]

Originally Posted by cadandcookies

See, this is the part that I'm a little bit fuzzy on-- I'm well aware that triangles are the (logical) strongest shape to use, but what I'm iffy on is whether there's a significant increase in strength in FRC-specific applications. MY team has always approached it with the view of "we have limited machine time and expertise, and our rectangles haven't broken yet."

We may have to experiment with this during the fall...

The best method we have found is to use thinner material/wall. On thicker parts we resort to lightening on a waterjet(thinner material still costs less and takes more time, so that is default regardless of the fact that we waterjet all our gussets).