Need Aluminium or Hardox

[AbundantToast]

Hey, has anyone got and Aluminium or Hardox of a 3mm thickness for a base plate which I coulde buy?

Thanks
-Toast

[psycho_fling]

hardox doesn't come that thin

and aluminum at 3mm for base plate will be too thin

i'd go 6mm aluminum

alex

[AbundantToast]

Okay, Thanks Do you have any 6mm that I can purchase?

[psycho_fling]

nope but you should find some on ebay or contact my sponsors on the details below T Jones

[calumco]

3mm ali for a base plate is ok really, i use 3mm and a fair few other people have

[RogueTwoRobots]

Depends on your design. What weapon are you planning on having, or is it just going to be a pusher/rambot? 3mm ali in most cases would be perfectly fine for a baseplate; I'm using 3mm chequer plate on my current robot and used 3mm sheet on my old robot. It was plenty strong and even though it's now got more holes in it than swiss cheese, it is still strong enough for the robot's needs, even if it is more likely to get bent.

Ebay would be your best best for 3mm ali. The usually have various dimensions available. Just keep an eye on the description of the grade; the softer grades are sometimes not adequate.

[AbundantToast]

Mhmm, yeah Im either planning on an axe bot or a bar spinner i'm not sure yet.

[psycho_fling]

id go for at least 4mm maybe my early 6mm was over the top but you don't want to put all the design work into a thin base plate for it to bend

Jamie's spinners are famously compact s the 'footprint' of them is fairly small whereas the foot print of bigger bots will need to be thought about differently

alex

[dmac]

Hi

Whereabouts are you and do you have a size in mind, length and width of what you need.

DaveMac

[AbundantToast]

Hi dave, Im in the essex area (Harlow) But I willing to shell out for any postal costage and the size Im look for would be about 500mm by 500mm as I am thinking of doing a bar spinner of about 14-16 inch in diamter so yeah, you probally wont have that much :P