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On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 10:18, Dale Rogers wrote:
Those of you who have built your own mounts:
What size(s) and thickness of tubing did you use?
Dale R.
COZY MkIV #1254
Mostly 1/2x.049. Some pieces of 3/4x.065.
Running the numbers for a static analysis shows this to be way
over-engineered, but...
1) Why trust a simple static analysis with no more tube than we'll be
using?
2) By necessity, some of the tubes will be loaded in compression and
vibrating. This makes any damage caused by a dropped tool critical and
likely to lead very quickly to buckling.
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