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06-01-2008, 12:18

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Re: Wondering if we can use steal for our frame

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Originally Posted by Vince lau

you can use steel, but it will be heavy. the kit frame is a good frame to use, we've been using it for the past 2 years and will be using it again this year.

You could make a frame just as stiff and strong as any aluminum frame if you could afford some 4130 tube, you know. It's 3 times the density, modulus, and yield as 6061 and anyone with a MIG can weld it. Now, it's also at least 3 times the cost.....

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