New Product Line (Competition Robot Parts)

[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by Orion.DeYoe

Getting this thin wall tubing in 6061 is hard in this area of the country. It just didn't end up being cost-effective to ship a large quantity of it from far away.

I will continue looking for a good source for 6061-T6 though. If it's what my customers want, then that's what I'll try to make available.

http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant...268&top_cat=60

There's a distributor in Northwood, OH.

[Nebster]

That has rounded corners, straight corners is generally what teams want.

Could someone explain what makes 6063 inferior to 6061? Even if 6063 is technically weaker, will it really make a difference in FRC?

[Mike Marandola]

Originally Posted by Nebster

That has rounded corners, straight corners is generally what teams want.

Could someone explain what makes 6063 inferior to 6061? Even if 6063 is technically weaker, will it really make a difference in FRC?

The folks that have ordered some have said that it actually has square corners.

[Nebster]

Originally Posted by Mike Marandola

The folks that have ordered some have said that it actually has square corners.

Good to know, thanks.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant...268&top_cat=60

There's a distributor in Northwood, OH.

Anytime I've ordered 1/16th tubing from Online Metals it comes from Washington and is very expensive to ship to New England in a timely manner even though they have a warehouse in Connecticut and several more across the country between here and the west coast.

Like Chris said, Orion is being honest and for some applications for certain teams 6063 will do the job just fine and for less weight than 1/8th. It is inferior and annoying to machine but I remember some seasons on a budget where cheap 6063 available quickly (and locally for teams around CRP) was just what we needed but didn't have.

Thanks for new products Orion. Love the hex roller hub!