Good Material For Bottom of Chassis

[mman1506]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

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The diamond bellypan is nice... but in nearly all cases is a huge resource waste. Many subsystem gearboxes and gussets could be cut in the same time.

I've never understood the diamond belly pan thing is their any other advantage over a thinner sheet besides being able to tap it?

[MichaelBick]

Originally Posted by mman1506

I've never understood the diamond belly pan thing is their any other advantage over a thinner sheet besides being able to tap it?

We like that it makes it super easy to zip tie wires down. You can do this with wood too, but you have to drill a hole wherever you want to put a zip tie in.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by MichaelBick

We like that it makes it super easy to zip tie wires down. You can do this with wood too, but you have to drill a hole wherever you want to put a zip tie in.

Drilling holes through wood is so hard Instead I will waterjet GIANT holes