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work has started on my hw, and i will have quite a few questoions over the coming months, the frame is built but i was wondering what i should use for my hw base. i can obtian stainless steel, aluminium, and mild steel relatively cheap. but dont know what to go for in material and thickness, on a bit of a budget, any able to make any suggestions, thanks.
we use aluminium,
on some robot my dad quickly made so we didnt miss a load of events we have a stainless steel base and it weighed like 40kg so for obvious reasons i would go for aluminium
cheers john, what sort of grade and thickness did you go with, do you remember?
we just use what we get for free :P lol so not sure what grade - i dont think its the best for robot combat
its all 8mm though and has been strong enough for KO and the axes - so far - we will get a nice hole from KO next event now iv said that lol
but wont be tested with spinners til rebel robots so might not be strong enough but hopefully is lol
the robot is slowly getting ti plates added to it lol got the back plate and will hopefully get the side plates one day soon
8mm t6 aluminium and it holds out well, but it does depend on what ur building
22mm plywood in ours.
In Obsidian the baseplate is a very tough kind of ali, about 6mm thick.
But, if I would build a new heavy, it will be like the Hannibalitos, a minimalistic Tframe.
my heavy (mythras) uses 12mm aliminium, and 10 mm mild steel in some spots
jack
thanks people, it has given me some ideas, think i will go with ali around 8mm.
i did wonder about wood woody. lol
(Message edited by promo robots on April 17, 2008)
Its only 18mm Alan!