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I am currently Upgrading my robot (some say i should replace the whole thing but how and ever.)
I need to put on a new base plate to replace the 12mm plywood one i have at the miniute.
I have done a few calcs and for roughly the same weight i can have:
6mm Polycarbonate
6mm Polyporplene
3mm 7075 T6 Aluminium
1mm Stainless Steel
1.6mm Grade 5 Titanium
What would people recomend to use? All coments about this are appreciated.
Regards
Ian
I recomend polycarbonate, it is strong and hard to smash and it`s 6mm!!!
i would say polypro (or HDPE). If your doing another flipper then it will give abit, polycarb will just crack past a certain point. Normally ali would probably be best but 3mm isnt thick enough.
I used 10mm T6 ali and milled out loads of 9mm deep pockets to lighten but keep the strength.
oops I mean 7mm pockets!
Rob I dont have facilities for milling so what thickness alu as is would be ok?
Regards
Ian
Rob not all of us have access to machines to do this kind of method, I know i would kill get use of a vert. mill lol :proud:
Chris - http://www.featherweights.org/forum
Humm... pipped to the post by 6mins that teaches me right for going to watching the end of The Ring
Chris - http://www.featherweights.org/forum
Ian most of the chassis of my heavy weight is 3mm ali (6082 T6),It just depends how you use it !
:)GORD
You could do what Rob said quite easily (if boringly) with a pillar drill equipped with an end-stop.
Personally, Id use polyprop. Polycarbs ok if you use it right, if you dont, you may as well be using acrylic.