Good Material For Bottom of Chassis

[cxcad]

Would something like this work fine? http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unbranded...1178/203183010
Or does it have to be baltic birch?

[Jrizo]

We have a sponsor willing to cut a pan out of sheet metal for us this year. Does any team use sheet metal instead of aluminum? If so what gauge? Or does any team use stainless steel. Just wondering short of the electrical issues that could occur if we were not careful, are there any other downfalls to using sheet metal. We normally use .25 lexan and have really not had any issues with it but it is expensive. and a pain to cut

[mrnoble]

I agree with other posts further up: say thank you to the sponsor, but use plywood.

[Amar Shah]

Originally Posted by cxcad

Would something like this work fine? http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unbranded...1178/203183010
Or does it have to be baltic birch?

You can also use this stuff. It's good enough for our entire chassis, so an electronics board will be no problem. Has a very nice finish.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unbranded...9023/100073744

[Mr V]

Originally Posted by Amar Shah

You can also use this stuff. It's good enough for our entire chassis, so an electronics board will be no problem. Has a very nice finish.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unbranded...9023/100073744

The nominal 1/2" and 3/4" sizes of that plywood is what we used to make all of the PNW's road cases that are used to transport the field and all of the production equipment. It is nice stuff.

[JDL]

I like a nice piece of aluminum or steel/stainless. We've been doing 1/4" aluminum lately.

But I'm a control panel guy, I'm pretty attached to my metal back plates and my Greenlee DTAP kit.

[atucker4072]

We used carbon fiber for a few years... however we did have a sponsor that just gave it to us for free which is nice because it can be very expensive. The only issue we had was that it was conductive so we velcroed electronics down. It was super light and we had the right stuff to cut it with.