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Re: pic: 3647 Frame

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Originally Posted by sanddrag

If VEX can make beautiful 7075 gears for a few bucks apiece, I'd bet they could do some box tubing with holes in it for a great price too. They essentially already do this, with slightly different products.

I would normally agree, but have you looked at the price per foot for VEX metal? They obviously haven't moved manufacturing overseas for these items but I am not sure they can get down to the $1 per foot range even if they do that.

It's currently $40 for 6 feet of 1x1x1 C channel. (This is thicker sheet metal and not extrusion but I would think it's comparable.)

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