you wouldn't happen to know the density of HPDE?
you wouldn't happen to know the density of HPDE?
About 970 kg/m^3, just less than water.
thanks Rory
Ok so I did the Maths and looks I might have to use HPDE in select places instead of Hardox. I knew this might have been the case but still a little disappointed.
You could always try thinner hardox. 5mm is really quite thick for a featherweight, especially all over. Carbide has 5mm hardox side armour and a 3mm raex base, and that's a heavyweight.
Hummm, might look into it but I can only go 1 or 2mm thiner at best.
The thinnest Hardox 450 I have worked with is 1/8" or 3.2mm.
I heard about thinner stuff, but never had the pleasure to see it.
you wont get 1mm or 2mm hardox
SSAB did a run of 2mm but that was it, really just beetleweight stuff
After another bit of Maths and some tweaks with the CAD I think I got a bot that should be possible to make. with the bot using 4mm hardox instead of 5mm it can free up weight. Now I have emailed K-cut about cut tolerances and got a response, but I wanted to check with people here.
Should holes be made lightly bigger then I need them to be and add a millimetre or two around the parts to insure they are not cut too small?
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Yes. It's a huuuuuge pain when you have to enlarge the holes yourself.
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